ARK: Aquatica Launches Today With a New 'All In-Game' Trailer

Last week, we learned ARK: Aquatica — the caller enlargement for ARK: Survival Evolved — yet received a steadfast merchandise date: July 15 (that's today!), and to observe the launch, Snail Games has dropped an all-new authoritative trailer, this clip showing disconnected what to expect from the game.

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, and the follow-up 11-second trailer released past week truly didn't amusement america precise overmuch astatine all.

Now, however, a brand-new motorboat trailer is disposable to tempt you into picking up the enlargement today. It shows disconnected a enactment of dinosaurs — some the aquatic and dry-land types — and however they beryllium alongside a people of humans, who tin usage their prehistoric companions to get astir some connected adust onshore and via what appears to beryllium upwind funnels beneath the waves.

Not each of the creatures you bump into are friendly, though, truthful we're besides treated to a small combat, too, arsenic good arsenic immoderate genuinely stunning underwater vistas.

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. Expect caller characters and a "narrative connecting aggregate ARKs."

ARK: Aquatica is disposable exclusively connected PC via Steam. For the archetypal 2 weeks of release, players tin prime it up for $8.99 — that's 40% disconnected the recommended retail price. A caller ARK: New Depths Bundle, which features some ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Aquatica Expansion Map, is besides connected merchantability astatine a 20% discount.

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