Ark: Survival Ascended launches on PS5 tomorrow following delay

Studio Wildcard has announced that Ark: Survival Ascended is officially coming to PlayStation 5 on November 30.

Following a delay which suggested that the game would be released in early December, PlayStation fans can finally look forward to the game when it launches tomorrow. 

“We appreciate your patience while we worked to launch Ark: Survival Ascended on PlayStation,” the studio said in a statement on Twitter. “In our last announcement, we were expecting a launch date in early December, but we are thrilled to announce that the launch date has been set for this Thursday, November 30th at 9:00 AM PACIFIC [12pm ET / 5pm GMT, or 4am AEDT on December 1].

“Similar to other console launches, the new set of official servers will not go online until a few hours after the launch to allow ample time for downloading. This will ensure everyone has a fair chance to join the game and experience Ark: Survival Ascended.”

Wildcard added that the new servers will also go online with bonus rates “for a period of time” so all players have the chance to catch up. 

The open-world RPG launched on PC in early access on October 26, followed by the Xbox Series X|S version on November 21, the latter of which went through a last-minute delay of its own after it was scheduled to arrive on November 14.

The game was still going through the certification process which caused the game to be pushed back, but then it was reported on November 16 that the process had “yielded some unexpected issues.”

Ark: Survival Ascended is a remake of the 2015 game Ark: Survival Evolved built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5 and features cross-platform modding and multiplayer and access to all of ARK’s worlds, including Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, ARK Genesis Part 1, ARK Genesis Part 2, and more.

For more, be sure to check out our picks for the best survival games you can play right now, as well as our list of the best RPGs currently on Xbox Game Pass.