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[Draugoth]

Ark: Survival Evolved has been receiving negative reviews on Steam since developer Studio Wildcard announced that it will be releasing a paid upgraded version of the game called Ark: Survival Ascended. Studio Wildcard also announced that all official servers for the original version of Ark: Survival Evolved will shut down in August, with the option to migrate saves to the new upgraded version.

Players on Steam have taken issue with the Unreal Engine 5 version of the game, because Studio Wildcard is charging for the upgrade and closing the official servers for the original version. It's important to note that players can still operate their own servers in Ark: Survival Evolved, but all of the official servers are being migrated to Ark: Survival Ascended. This also includes the servers for the Xbox One and PS4 versions of the game, despite Ark: Survival Ascended only releasing on current-gen consoles and PC.

 

[adamsapple]

Yep, closing the original servers and announcing a paid-for re-release at the same time is kind of a dick move, totally understandable.

 

[hemo memo]

Deserved as thats a shitty move.

 

[T4keD0wN]

One of the scummiest moves in gaming industry and thats an especially high bar.

 

[feynoob]

 

[Comandr]

It is sort of funny that after all the effort that went into the new switch version it’s all just being shut down with those customers not having a path forward, paid or not. Like this is such a colossal middle finger to everyone involved.

 

[recursive]

Pretty shitty game so I am not upset but I feel for those that were invested in it.