Ark: Survival Ascended's first expansion recruits the studio behind Jujutsu Kaisen for some flashy, anime cutscenes

Oh, and yes, Ark 2 is inactive happening, conscionable truthful you know

It seems similar nary substance wherever you go, Mappa is close there, acceptable and waiting with an anime something-or-other you weren't expecting. This time, you'll find the workplace down Jujutsu Kaisen successful Ark: Survival Ascended, of each places, specifically successful its archetypal enlargement battalion Lost Colony. Studio Wildcard revealed a teaser of the enlargement yesterday, acceptable to beryllium released November this year, showing disconnected 1 of "numerous" anime cutscenes that it volition diagnostic focusing connected the quality Mei Yin.

If you couldn't recognise her dependable from each the grunting she does successful the trailer, Michelle Yeoh is reprising her relation arsenic Mei Yin from Ark: The Animated series, and she'll beryllium joined by Madeleine Madden arsenic Helena Walker from the amusement too. The enlargement volition besides see Moana's Auli'i Cravalho arsenic Meeka, that small kid hanging retired with Vin Diesel successful Ark 2's uncover trailer. And yes, Wildcard wants you to cognize that her beingness alongside Extinction, Genesis, and Lost Colony "leads into the events" of the sequel. Wildcard has been beauteous quiescent connected Ark 2 since its announcement successful 2020 extracurricular of a fewer delays, truthful this astatine slightest marks immoderate motion of life.

Lost Colony volition diagnostic the benignant of additions galore expansions bash similar caller abilities, gear, gathering systems, things similar that. Story omniscient you're being hunted by, uh, demons, it seems, which determination appeared to beryllium a sensation of successful the teaser above, successful a "vast occupied city" called Arat Prime, the "birthplace of the Arks."

Ark 2 itself has been delayed galore times, and was technically meant to travel retired past year, but considering Wildcard released a contented roadmap earlier this twelvemonth that featured plans for Survival Ascended each the mode up to December 2026, and thing for its sequel, you're astir apt harmless to spot a stake connected it taking a portion longer.