Ark developer Studio Wildcard has backtracked on some of its plans for the future of the dinosaur-survival game series following what the studio said was “passionate” feedback about a bundle.
The biggest change, the studio confirmed in a blog post, is that the Ark Respawned Bundle is getting cancelled entirely. This Xbox-only bundle would have included Ark Survival Ascended and Ark 2, and the intent was to offer players a package that gave them “two products for the price of one,” Studio Wildcard said. However, the studio said with the benefit of hindsight, it sees that this was “not the best move,” so the bundle is being scrapped entirely.
“Our bad; we recognize how combining Ark Survival Ascended with Ark 2 and requiring further DLC upgrades wasn’t optimal, especially since you wouldn’t be able to judge Ark 2 as no gameplay or content would be available yet,” Studio Wildcard said.