ARK: Aquatica Gets A Release Date But Fans Are Unconvinced By Its 11-Second Teaser Trailer

ARK: Aquatica — the caller enlargement for ARK: Survival Evolved — yet has a merchandise date, and it's soon: July 15, to beryllium precise.

Snail Games announced its "in-house developed caller enlargement map, Ark: Aquatica" astatine GDC successful March. The workplace described the enlargement arsenic a non-canonical broadside communicative to Ark successful “an ambitious underwater mounting featuring 95% of gameplay taking spot beneath the surface." However, the Ark: Survival Evolved enlargement trailer released alongside the announcement was resoundingly condemned aft fans discovered grounds of generative AI imagery.

OG developer Studio Wildcard instantly distanced itself from the discussion, clarifying connected societal media that Ark: Aquatica was not being developed by its team. It besides revealed Ark: Lost Colony, a caller enlargement for Ark: Survival Ascended that volition pb into the sequel, though since missing its antecedently planned precocious 2024 merchandise window, the aboriginal of Ark 2 remains unclear.

ARK: Aquatica introduces the archetypal submerged ARK with above-water islands, "challenging players with caller endurance mechanics, utmost biology hazards, a immense explorable representation area, and unsocial gameplay elements".

The underwater biome adds 21 caller tameable creatures, 74 caller Engrams — including 7 tek Engrams — and underwater endurance acknowledgment to features similar aerial pockets and propulsion vehicles.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the latest teaser has been nether aggravated instrumentality scrunity, with immoderate going arsenic acold arsenic to implore others to study it to Steam if they fishy thing is generated by AI. Some are besides questioning the intent of the trailer posted to Snail Games' YouTube, with 1 asking of the 11-second teaser: "Okay, truthful what the f**k does this archer maine astir the expansion?"

"I americium 200% definite that this update was created to termination each existing mods and plugins," added different YouTube commenter.

ARK: Aquatic is successful improvement by Studio Sirens to "commemorate the 10-year day of ARK: Survival Evolved" and volition beryllium disposable exclusively connected PC. A terms has yet to beryllium confirmed.

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