The new Ark: Aquatica DLC for Ark: Survival Evolved has essentially broken the game after its recent release. This DLC was eagerly awaited by the fanbase, but its launch has been quite disappointing for the Ark: Survival Evolved community.
Ark: Survival Evolved released Version 1.0 in 2017, and it has seen incredible success since, selling over 76 million copies. Despite the Ark: Survival Ascended remaster being released in early access in 2023, the original title continued to be popular, and is still receiving updates from developer Studio Wildcard. Ark: Survival Evolved’s latest DLC was released on July 15, promising to bring a vast underwater biome system to the game, but it hasn’t been as successful as many hoped.
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Soon after its release, the new Ark: Aquatica DLC has essentially broken Ark: Survival Evolved, making existing saves no longer playable for some gamers, resetting settings, and even being incompatible with previous mods. As spotted by The Gamer, the community is furious with the current state of Ark: Survival Evolved’s DLC. There are reports of players spawning into empty maps, the game running slower, and even problems for those who have not purchased the DLC. Developer Snail Games, who created the DLC, addressed the issues, stating that the team has “enabled a public branch of the game that was the previous build before the update at launch,” which should at least alleviate the issue while they fix the problems.
Gamers Are Frustrated by the Current State of Ark: Survival Evolved
The entire launch of the Ark: Aquatica DLC has been seen by the community as a trainwreck. Not only is the DLC currently boasting “Overwhelmingly Negative” reviews on Steam, but the recent Ark: Aquatica trailer was accused of using AI-generated content, which caused enormous backlash.
At the time of its release, the developers of Ark: Survival Evolved denied knowing that the trailer used AI, and Studio Snail Games confirmed that generative AI tools were not used in the development of the DLC. It remains to be seen how the studio will address the poor state of the DLC, however.
While these problems are happening with Ark: Survival Evolved, Studio Wildcard continues to work on ARK 2, which does not have an official release date. Earlier this year, Studio Wildcard revealed that Ark: Survival Ascended will have a new DLC called Ark: Lost Colony, which will be released in November 2025, and it’s said to tie the storylines of ARK: Extinction and ARK: Genesis together, as well as lead into the events of ARK 2.
ARK: Survival Evolved
- Released
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August 29, 2017
- ESRB
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T for Teen: Blood, Crude Humor, Use of Alcohol, Violence
- Engine
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Unreal Engine 4
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