What do you need to play Ark 2?

What devices can you play Ark 2 on?

Ark 2 is a console launch exclusive for Xbox Series X. Studio Wildcard announced this partnership with Microsoft Gaming alongside its reveal of the game – it's a deal which ensures that the only console platform you'll be able to play Ark 2 on at launch will be Xbox.

How do you get Ark 2?

Is Ark 2 for free?

ARK: Survival Evolved is Free To Own!

Will Ark 2 be open world?

ARK 2, the sequel to hit survival game ARK: Survival Evolved is officially on its way, and this time around it's inviting some pretty big names to play around in its open world, where dinosaurs roam free and humans eke out a way of life however they can.

ARK 2 - Everything We Know About Ark 2 So Far

What are the differences between Ark and Ark 2?

There are some major differences between Ark and Ark 2.

The biggest is that the game swaps the original's first-person perspective for third-person, promising, "Advanced character traversal mechanics include mantling, free-climbing, parkour, sliding, and swinging!"

Is Ark 2 only for console?

Ark 2 is an Xbox Series X/S console exclusive, but will also be playable on PC. If that console exclusivity lasts forever, though, is another question.

Will Ark 2 be single-player?

You will still be able to play on single-player, non-dedicated, player-dedicated, and unofficial servers," the developer wrote before stating "Ark: Survival Ascended will have its own fully supported Official Network for all platforms."

Why is Vin Diesel in Ark 2?

Ark II is being created in Unreal Engine 5 with photorealistic real-time lighting technology. Diesel serves as an executive producer on the game, which launches in 2023 on Steam Early Access and as a console launch exclusive for Xbox Series X/S.

Will Ark 2 have dinosaurs?

Studio Wildcard confirms two new dinosaurs for ARK 2: the Stegosaurus and the first creature we've seen that doesn't already exist in ARK 1: The Brachiosaurus.

Do you play as Vin Diesel in Ark 2?

Vin Diesel is playing the character of Santiago, a clone of long-running ARK Survival Evolved character 'Santiago da Costa'.

Will Ark 2 have Crossplay?

Ark Survival cross-platform is currently only enabled between Android and IOS or between Xbox and Windows. So as it stands, if you are a PS4, MacOS, or Nintendo Switch player Ark Survival Evolved crossplay is not available.

How long will Ark 2 be exclusive?

However, as indicated by Microsoft on their website, Ark 2 will be a console launch exclusive for the Xbox Series X/S. That means that, for some duration of time, PlayStation 5 players will not be able to play. This could be as little as three months but could also be as long as a year depending on the deal.

Will Ark 2 have mods on Xbox?

Finally, saving perhaps the best for last, Ark 2 adds a revolutionary new feature for consoles players: fully stackable, user-created mods, including on unofficial servers, for the Xbox version of the game enabled through official mod support by mod.io!

Is Ark servers shutting down?

“With the launch of ASA at the end of August, we will be taking down all Official Servers on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC for ARK: Survival Evolved – at that time, the final save-datas from the ARK: Survival Evolved Official Servers will be uploaded for players to re-host on their own servers or play in singleplayer/non- ...

Does Ark 2 have a campaign?

The game will have a single-player campaign featuring the characters shown in the trailer — father-daughter duo Santiago and Meeka — as well as an online co-op mode featuring all the gameplay changes that are meant to "retouch and improve on all aspects of what constitutes an Ark game."

Who is the main character in Ark 2?

Gerard Butler plays General Gaius Marcellus Nerva, a brutal ancient Roman despot. Devery Jacobs plays Alasie, a peppy 17th century Inuit teenager, now finding her place on the ARK.

Is Ark 2 gonna be 3rd person?

No, ARK 2 will not have a first-person mode and will be presented only from a third-person perspective.

What month will Ark 2 come out?

Is ARK 2.0 offline?

Thankfully, ARK can be played offline.

Why is Ark free right now?

Ark: Survival Evolved is free to keep on Steam right now thanks to Studio Wildcard discounting the base game by 100%. In fact, everything Ark-related is free on Steam right now except for the Genesis Season Pass and the expansions that are part of the Ultimate Survivor Bundle.

Will Ark 2 have Souls-like combat?

Ark 2 will have Souls-like combat, meaning its enemies will likely be difficult to take out and require a few tries to actually defeat. So we hope lead actor Vin Diesel has good stamina.

Will Ark 2 be like Dark Souls?