Ark: Survival Ascended’s Debut Expansion, The Lost Colony, Set to Launch This Year

Ark fans have been waiting for more information regarding Ark 2 since its debut trailer at The Game Awards 2020. Studio Wildcard may be getting closer to revealing more information, as the team announced the first original expansion for Ark: Survival Ascended, Lost Colony, that will directly link the Ark story to the upcoming sequel this November.

Lost Colony will see players assume the role of heroine Mei Yin–voiced by Everything Everywhere All At Once’s Michelle Yeoh–as she searches a new world for hidden secrets. The expansion will add new abilities, gear, builds, beasts to tame, and more to the game, while those who preorder the expansion will receive “exclusive gameplay preview content” immediately after placing the order.

The expansion will include multiple anime story sequences created by Studio MAPPA, which is known for multiple hit series including Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Chainsaw Man. Along with Yeoh, the voice cast also includes The Wheel Of Time’s Madeleine Madden as Helena Walker and Moana’s Auli’i Cravalho as Meeka.

Ark: Survival Evolved first launched in August 2017, with the updated Survival Ascended delivering it to the current console generation in late 2023. Lost Colony marks the first expansion made specifically for the Survival Ascended update; previous updates only included content from Survival Evolved with Ascended’s upgraded tech.

Ark: Survival Ascended is available now for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC. The Lost Colony expansion is set to launch in November, with preorders opening up in June. The expansion can be wishlisted on Steam today.