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Ark: Genesis

The massive “ARK: Genesis Part 1” expansion includes: Waking up within a virtual simulation, you must survive in a world unlike anything you’ve seen before! ARK: Genesis represents a new, story-oriented…

8 August 2019

Ark: Genesis is an adventure developed by Studio Wildcard, released 8 August 2019 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Ark: Genesis is

Ark: Genesis is an adventure game developed by Studio Wildcard and released in 2019. It was published by Snail Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The massive “ARK: Genesis Part 1” expansion includes: Waking up within a virtual simulation, you must survive in a world unlike anything you’ve seen before! ARK: Genesis represents a new, story-oriented beginning in ARK’s epic saga of survival. With a strangely familiar companion, you must overcome the simulation’s rigorous tests. Only by fighting, building, taming, and exploring will you uncover the secrets behind this forbidding place.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Ark: Genesis launched on 8 August 2019, within three weeks of Control, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Remnant: From the Ashes and Wolfenstein: Youngblood. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Control, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Remnant: From the Ashes, Wolfenstein: Youngblood.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Ark: Genesis come out?
Ark: Genesis was released on 8 August 2019 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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