Today, Studio Wildcard and Nitrado proudly announced a partnership centered on the multiplayer of ARK: Survival Ascended, the upcoming sequel to PvPvE hit ARK: Survival Evolved. ARK: Survival Ascended is scheduled to be released in Q3 of 2023 and with that upcoming multiplayer means that there needs to be servers in-place and for this outing, that’s coming from Nitrado.
Doug Kennedy, co-founder and CEO of Studio Wildcard, says: “We’re happy to announce this partnership with Nitrado and are confident that together with Nitrado’s seamless integration of ARK Survival Ascended’s revolutionary cross-platform mod system, will lay the foundation for a new frontier in online survival games!”
Studio Wildcard, the developer of the ARK games, and Nitrado, the world leader in game server rentals, have worked together for nearly a decade and this new collaboration takes their partnership to the next level. How so? Well, Nitrado will provide know-how and funding for the development of ARK: Survival Ascended, as well as access to Nitrado’s top-notch server tools. This includes an enhanced mod experience with Overwolf integration, unrivaled SteelShield DDoS Protection, and unparalleled server support. Nitrado will, in turn, be the only commercial provider of rented game servers for the ARK games. With this exclusivity, it’s easy to question what will happen for PC players, and the answer is simple: Self-hosted servers by players will still be possible for PC players to run and manage.
Raphael Stange, CEO of Nitrado, added, “We are honored to help bring the next iteration of the ARK franchise to the gamers who so eagerly await it. Being fans of ARK from the start, we’re committed to do the best we can to make the technical side of the multiplayer experience as perfect as possible!”
ARK: Survival Ascended is slated to be released Ocotber 2023 for PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X and Series S.
