Ark Survival Ascended devs give three reasons why so many have stuck with ASE

Alongside the likes of Rust, Valheim, and Subnautica, Ark has established itself as one of the biggest players in the survival game space. Ark Survival Evolved is now ten years old, and still boasts healthy player counts to this day. The same can be said for its Unreal Engine 5 remaster, Ark Survival Ascended, which is busy enhancing ASE’s vast library of content expansions and creating original ones in the process. An ambitious sequel, Ark 2, is also in the works. There’s even a star-studded Ark animated series. While that all sounds remarkably positive, it’s safe to say that there have been trying times too. In an exclusive interview with PCGamesN, two of the co-founders of Studio Wildcard - Jesse Rapczak and Jeremey Stieglitz - reflect on the last decade of Ark, the reasons why swathes of players are yet to shift over to Survival Ascended, and their favorite Ark expansion of the last ten years.

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