Ark: Survival Ascended <\/em>developers have apologized for a “rocky few days” but remain adamant the release of Scorched Earth <\/em>will not be impacted.<\/p>
A major patch was issued by Studio Wildcard on March 11 in preparation for Scorched Earth’s <\/em>release, the first new map to be introduced to Ark: Survival Ascended<\/a>, <\/em>but resulted in several bugs for players.<\/p>
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Players reported a significant increase in both client and server crashes following the new Ark: Survival Ascended <\/em>update, but in an announcement on the official forums<\/a>, Studio Wildcard said it had patched “as many as they can” on the server side and “some client-side” bugs on PC.<\/p>
Despite the fresh problems, Studio Wildcard insists that despite a “rocky few days” the release of Scorched Earth <\/em>“at the end of the month” (April 1 per the roadmap that was released<\/a>) would not be impacted.<\/p>
Ark: Survival Ascended <\/em>players have endured plenty of setbacks, the most recent of which was the delay to The Center <\/em>DLC<\/a>. Initially set to release before the end of February, weeks of radio silence were finally followed by an announcement that surprised nobody, with the release of The Center <\/em>DLC being pushed back indefinitely.<\/p>
The Gigantoraptor<\/a>, a creature due to release alongside the new map as an exclusive on The Center, <\/em>was then released as a mod pack for the standard Island map and can now be tamed. There is no word on whether a new creature will replace the Gigantoraptor on The Center.<\/em><\/p>
As for Scorched Earth, <\/em>the imminent release is the first major update to Ark: Survival Ascended <\/em>but faces a difficult task in luring players back to the game. Per data from SteamDB<\/a>, the 24-hour peak for Ark: Survival Ascended <\/em>was 14,711 compared to 26,480 in its predecessor, Ark: Survival Evolved. <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
