12-24-2020, 01:03 PM
Ark II is Coming to Xbox Series X|S as a Console Launch Exclusive
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<p>Last week at The Game Awards, Studio Wildcard took their next dinosaur-sized step with the Ark franchise and thrilled the world by announcing <strong><em>Ark II</em></strong>. The reveal trailer (above) was fully captured in-engine and showcases some of the features and gameplay fans can expect when it arrives as an Xbox Series X|S console launch exclusive in 2022.</p>
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<p>The Ark franchise has a long-storied history with the Xbox community. <strong><em>Ark: Survival Evolved</em></strong> was a console launch exclusive in the Xbox Game Preview program in December 2015, gaining valuable feedback from Xbox One players along the way before launching in August 2017. When Xbox One X launched in November 2017, it was one of the first Xbox One X Enhanced titles. Then in January 2019, Xbox Game Pass members joined the Ark community then gained access to the Scorched Earth, Aberration, and Extinction DLC. <em>Ark: Survival Evolved</em> is also <a href="https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/11/20/inside-xbox-series-xs-optimized-ark-survival-evolved/">one of the first titles to be optimized for Xbox Series X|S</a>.</p>
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<p>Now with <em>Ark II</em>, players will be thrust into a brutal new world of primitive survival against both beast and man, facing down the ever-present threats of hyper-realistic intelligent dinosaurs, aggressive alien fauna, and the exotic environments of an unearthly planet. Survivors will continue Ark’s dramatic eons-spanning story of humankind’s evolution, in this next-generation sandbox survival experience.</p>
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<p><em>Ark II</em> will also feature Vin Diesel as a hero character, Santiago, who will also be a crossover character in the upcoming “Ark: The Animated Series.” While Vin Diesel will lend his acting talents to <em>Ark II</em>, he is also a massive fan of the franchise, now serving as an executive producer on the game’s sequel and having logged over 1,000 hours in <em>Ark: Survival Evolved</em>.</p>
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<p>We’ll have more news to share in the near future about <em>Ark II </em>here on Xbox Wire. We look forward to seeing you in the Ark! </p>
<p>P.S. Don’t forget to grab your free Santiago weapon skins and the Animated Series Raptor costume in <em>Ark: Survival Evolved</em> now, before they’re gone! </p>
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<div class="entry-main entry-main--post entry-main--post-no-sidebar">
<p>Last week at The Game Awards, Studio Wildcard took their next dinosaur-sized step with the Ark franchise and thrilled the world by announcing <strong><em>Ark II</em></strong>. The reveal trailer (above) was fully captured in-engine and showcases some of the features and gameplay fans can expect when it arrives as an Xbox Series X|S console launch exclusive in 2022.</p>
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<p>The Ark franchise has a long-storied history with the Xbox community. <strong><em>Ark: Survival Evolved</em></strong> was a console launch exclusive in the Xbox Game Preview program in December 2015, gaining valuable feedback from Xbox One players along the way before launching in August 2017. When Xbox One X launched in November 2017, it was one of the first Xbox One X Enhanced titles. Then in January 2019, Xbox Game Pass members joined the Ark community then gained access to the Scorched Earth, Aberration, and Extinction DLC. <em>Ark: Survival Evolved</em> is also <a href="https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/11/20/inside-xbox-series-xs-optimized-ark-survival-evolved/">one of the first titles to be optimized for Xbox Series X|S</a>.</p>
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<p>Now with <em>Ark II</em>, players will be thrust into a brutal new world of primitive survival against both beast and man, facing down the ever-present threats of hyper-realistic intelligent dinosaurs, aggressive alien fauna, and the exotic environments of an unearthly planet. Survivors will continue Ark’s dramatic eons-spanning story of humankind’s evolution, in this next-generation sandbox survival experience.</p>
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<p><em>Ark II</em> will also feature Vin Diesel as a hero character, Santiago, who will also be a crossover character in the upcoming “Ark: The Animated Series.” While Vin Diesel will lend his acting talents to <em>Ark II</em>, he is also a massive fan of the franchise, now serving as an executive producer on the game’s sequel and having logged over 1,000 hours in <em>Ark: Survival Evolved</em>.</p>
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<p>We’ll have more news to share in the near future about <em>Ark II </em>here on Xbox Wire. We look forward to seeing you in the Ark! </p>
<p>P.S. Don’t forget to grab your free Santiago weapon skins and the Animated Series Raptor costume in <em>Ark: Survival Evolved</em> now, before they’re gone! </p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/12/...exclusive/