Ark: After Controversy, New DLC Finally Reveals Release Date

Ark: Aquatica DLC Reveals July 2025 Release Date – PC via Steam Amidst Community Backlash

Snail Games has released a new trailer for Ark: Aquatica, the upcoming expansion for Ark: Survival Evolved, officially confirming its July 15, 2025 release date for PC via Steam. This new reveal follows significant community backlash sparked by the expansion’s initial teaser. The widespread dissatisfaction primarily stemmed from two key issues. In March 2025, an earlier Ark: Aquatica teaser trailer generated considerable criticism due to its use of generative AI, resulting in visible errors like a character with three hands and another with flippers instead of feet. Snail Games subsequently removed this AI-generated video from YouTube. Additionally, many players expressed frustration when Snail Games shut down Ark: Survival Evolved’s official servers in 2023 to prioritize the remastered Ark: Survival Ascended, leading one user to comment, “You guys just left this game behind…” Despite the release of Ark: Survival Ascended in 2023 and the community’s concerns, the original Ark: Survival Evolved continues to attract tens of thousands of players daily on Steam. The Ark: Aquatica DLC is set to coincide with the game’s 10th anniversary, which Ark: Survival Evolved celebrated in June 2025, marking an opportune moment for new content.

Ark: Aquatica – Unseen Underwater World Expansion with 21 New Creatures

Ark: Aquatica plunges players into an entirely unseen underwater world, featuring submerged islands and five distinct deep-sea biomes, each found at a unique depth. This expansion introduces extreme environmental dangers and new gameplay mechanics, including air pockets, swift propulsion vehicles, specialized tools, and dynamic ocean currents, all designed to significantly alter traditional survival dynamics. The DLC, which operates outside the main Ark storyline and offers no hints about Ark 2, also expands the game’s roster with 21 new creatures to tame and 74 new Engrams, including 7 Tek Engrams. Among the new creatures joining Ark: Survival Evolved’s roster are the dog-like Mudpuppy and the massive shell organism, Tridacna. Ark: Aquatica aims to merge the thrilling dinosaur fantasy of Ark with the underwater adventure popularized by games like Subnautica. Ark: Aquatica will be available exclusively on PC via Steam. Players can already add the DLC to their wishlists to receive direct availability notifications. For the first two weeks following its launch, Ark: Aquatica will be offered at a 40% discount (Source: Snail Games).

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