Ark: Survival Evolved has passed it’s Gold Master and certification for retail release but the process took a little longer than expected so th release date for the full game has been pushed back to August the 29th. Of course it’s been in early access for months so many have you been playing it already, but those waiting to pick it up on disc will have to wait a little longer.
The free Ragnarok DLC has also been delayed to coincide with release of the game, but the developers say “this extended time will allow further development of the map and you guys can expect a gigantic update, even bigger than we initially thought.”
The also had this to say about the future of the game:
First of all, there will be a lot of focus on PC Performance this month (don’t worry console-users, you’ll be receiving these updates too!). We will be porting over a lot of the improvements we made on console, as well as working with our industry partners to bring up that PC performance to get you the best possible experience.
Secondly, we will be immediately (as I type this the engineers and gameplay programmers are working on the update) showing some love to these aspects of the game:
Multiplayer Bosses; let’s face it, they’re ridiculous, we know why and we’re going to fix it. You’ll soon be able to enter the boss arenas and fight bosses at reasonable difficulty, it’ll still be a challenge, just no longer a monumental/near-impossible task.
The Baby-to-Juvie-Stasis issue; that’s also getting fixed. For those not familiar, this is the problem where baby-creatures are entering stasis which (sort of) prevents them from ageing, and therefore they’re not eating from troughs which result in death.
The Center & Under the Mesh; we’re going to be implementing a technical solution to stop jerks from going under the map and raiding people. This one will take a little bit longer, but we’ll have it in as soon as possible.
Source: ARK
