Ark: Survival Ascended Expansion Lost Colony Stars Michelle Yeoh, Leads Into Ark 2

Dinosaur endurance crippled Ark 2, which immoderate had suspected mightiness person tally into occupation oregon adjacent been abandoned, is backmost connected aft developer Studio Wildcard revealed a caller enlargement for Ark: Survival Ascended that leads into the sequel.

Ark: Lost Colony is the archetypal first enlargement battalion for Ark 1 remake Ark: Survival Ascended, and its uncover trailer, below, was produced by anime workplace Mappa (Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack connected Titan, Chainsaw Man) and stars voiceover by the Michelle Yeoh, who reprises her relation arsenic Mei Yin from Ark: The Animated Series.

Studio Wildcard said the enlargement volition diagnostic galore cinema-grade anime communicative sequences created by Mappa. Here’s the authoritative blurb:

In this caller frozen world, players travel successful the footsteps of legendary Ark subsister Mei Yin, connected a soul-searching quest heavy into the chilling bosom of acheronian to find answers to long-buried secrets of Ark’s past.Ark: Lost Colony volition contiguous survivors with thrilling caller challenges arsenic they go the hunted successful a immense occupied city, and summation entree to almighty caller kinds of quality abilities, unsocial gear, gathering systems, and phenomenally exotic tames.Will Survivors beryllium capable to look down the demons lurking successful Arat Prime, and link Ark's past and future?

In its enactment to press, Studio Wildcard said Ark: Lost Colony “directly connects” the storylines of Ark’s Extinction and Genesis expansions and leads into the events of Ark 2.

Ark 2 is the Unreal Engine 5-powered sequel to the hugely palmy Ark Survival Evolved. It was archetypal announced with a astonishment Vin Diesel cameo astatine The Game Awards 2020, astatine the clip with a 2022 merchandise date, but it was aboriginal delayed into 2023. Then, earlier successful 2023, Ark 2 was delayed again, this clip to precocious 2024 arsenic an Xbox Series X and S console exclusive, day-one connected Game Pass, and connected PC via Steam and Windows.

As precocious arsenic December 2023, Studio Wildcard was inactive insisting Ark 2 was connected way for a precocious 2024 merchandise window. Obviously that didn’t happen, sparking interest from fans. So this announcement, coming 3 months into 2025, volition assistance reassure fans that Ark 2 is inactive successful the works, though Studio Wildcard failed to supply an updated merchandise window.

We bash person firmer details for Ark: Lost Colony, however. Pre-orders footwear disconnected successful June 2025, and each purchases instantly unlock exclusive Ark: Lost Colony preview gameplay content. A afloat merchandise is acceptable for November 2025, with Ark: Lost Colony priced astatine $29.99 for Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 5, and PC.

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