March 18 at 8:50am PDT Snail Games has now confirmed that Ark Aquatica is a new DLC for Ark Survival Evolved. The headline and body of this article has been updated to reflect the new information.

Ark: Aquatica was supposed to be a special celebration of Studio Wildcard's original survival game, but it's been met with a hugely negative response as many players find their saves unplayable, ...

Ark: Survival Evolved's Aquatica expansion has had a controversial history, and its launch on July 15 has caused more significant problems than anyone likely anticipated. While most of the Ark focus ...

Gabriel has been playing games since he was a kid. Loves most RPG games, platformers, and innovative indie games, and can talk for hours about how the first Fallout is the greatest game ever. He ...

Ark: Survival Evolved is an open-world dinosaur survival game where players fight for every breath amongst the most ferocious creatures to ever walk the earth. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, Ark: ...

TL;DR: Another controversy hits the ARK franchise as Snail Games unlists the ARK: Aquatica trailer following backlash over its AI-heavy production. Originally showcased at GDC 2025, the trailer was ...

Ark: Survival Evolved publisher Snail Games released a bizarre, poorly received trailer for a new expansion, Ark: Aquatica, on Wednesday, drawing immediate ire from the Ark-playing community. Even ...

ARK: Aquatica — the new expansion for ARK: Survival Evolved — finally has a release date, and it's soon: July 15, to be precise. Snail Games announced its "in-house developed new expansion map, Ark: ...