{"id":124650,"date":"2022-04-12T10:10:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T08:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=124650"},"modified":"2022-04-12T10:10:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T08:10:16","slug":"ark-2-to-be-developed-using-unreal-engine-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/124650-ark-2-to-be-developed-using-unreal-engine-5","title":{"rendered":"ARK 2 to be developed using Unreal Engine 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Studio Wildcard has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/survivetheark\/status\/1511374597718872064?s=20&amp;t=COhTTPZyi6UIFUzmMEUrTQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that hat ARK 2 will be built using Unreal Engine 5.<\/p>\n<p>This news shows ARK fans that the Studio is ready to utilize the next generation of Unreal and up its game with everything the new iteration of the engine offers.<\/p>\n<p>The post came shortly after the recent State of Unreal livesteam presentation that announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/124546-epic-games-has-launched-unreal-engine-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launch of Epic Games\u2019 Unreal Engine 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ARK 2 has now joined <a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/124275-the-witcher-4-announced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Witcher 4<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/124554-new-tomb-raider-game-announced-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new Tomb Raider game <\/a>as games that have committed to using this new engine.<\/p>\n<p>Unreal Engine 5 promises to bring these titles enhanced performance, upgraded UI, and more photorealistic graphics.<\/p>\n<p>ARK 2 is an anticipated successor to the original dinosaur survival sandbox, and is expected to launch before the end of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Studio Wildcard teased the title at The Game Awards 2021 where it was showcased in a cinematic trailer featuring Vin Diesel as one of the main characters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Continue humankind&#8217;s story in this next-generation multiplayer sandbox survival experience &#8211; ARK II powered by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UnrealEngine5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UnrealEngine5<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re excited to share more about a brutal new world of survival soon! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jetpEEWuvK\">pic.twitter.com\/jetpEEWuvK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ARK: Survival Evolved (@survivetheark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/survivetheark\/status\/1511374597718872064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JHJ_VxRzT5M\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a title=\"Permalink to Xbox Game Pass confirms the 6 games leaving in April 2022\" href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/124646-xbox-game-pass-confirms-the-6-games-leaving-in-april-2022\" rel=\"bookmark\">Xbox Game Pass confirms the 6 games leaving in April 2022<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studio Wildcard has announced that hat ARK 2 will be built using Unreal Engine 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":124651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1966,13850,25982],"class_list":["post-124650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-games","tag-studio-wildcard","tag-unreal-engine-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}