Once we’ve delivered our plans, we can officially leave Early Access.”Īpproximately how long will this game be in Early Access? The most valuable reason is that we found it very constructive to develop our studio’s original title, ARK: Survival Evolved, in tandem with the community’s continual feedback, and seeing as ARK: Survival Ascended (ASA) will have its own set of gameplay features, we wanted to have the opportunity to do the same with the wisdom of the many.ĪSA is also being developed on the latest version of Unreal Engine 5 much like ARK: SE at the time of its development early in its engine’s lifecycle, there’s a lot of new tech and systems being explored in innovative ways, and we’ll need to ensure that we’ve worked through all the kinks.įinally, ASA has its own unique content roadmap in addition to the remade expansion pack content, which gives us an opportunity to develop closely with the Community.
“We've decided to use the Early Access model for multiple reasons.
