ARK Survival Ascended potential console release date explored

ARK Survival Ascended, the successor to the popular dinosaur survival game ARK Survival Evolved, went live on Steam a few days back. This title follows the adventures of a player who is stranded on an island filled with dinosaurs and has to continuously build bases and items to ensure their survival. They can also tame dinosaurs and use them to harvest the materials necessary for their survival.

Although the game is supported on consoles as well, it's yet to go live on those platforms. So when does ARK Survival Ascended release on consoles?

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Everything you need to know about ARK Survival Ascended's console release date

Based on the information revealed by Studio Wildcard, Survival Ascended will go live on Xbox on November 14, but the PlayStation 5 versions will be delayed till late November.

Ideally, all versions of the game were scheduled to go live in October itself, but there were some gameplay issues with the console versions, hence the delay. Once the console version is launched, crossplay between PC and console will remain disabled until a patch that addresses the multiplayer issues goes live across both platforms.

ARK Survival Ascended will be available on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PlayStation 5. There are also rumors of the game being launched for the Nintendo Switch as well, considering that Survival Evolved is available. So there's a chance that the Switch release will either happen at a later date or once the Switch 2 is launched.

As of now, Survival Ascended is only available on PC via Steam. Players can get their hands on the game by making a direct purchase on the digital marketplace.

Some rumors suggest the game will be available on Game Pass at a later date. Given that the game was launched at the Xbox Partner Showcase lends credence to Survival Ascended making it to the service eventually.

Considering that the game has just gone live and the issues that it's facing on PC, the developers would want to wait it out for a while and address all the problems before launching it on consoles.

For more information about ARK Survival Ascended's console launch date, players are advised to keep an eye on the official ARK Twitter channel.