We have some good (and bad) news for all you console players waiting to get their hands on Ark: Survival Ascended. The good news is that there’s a release date, and it’s arriving next week! The bad news? Well, only the Xbox Series X|S version is coming, with Ark Survival Ascended receiving a delay on PS5.

The news comes from a community blog post over the weekend, where Studio WIldcard outlined releases and launch plans for each console while confirming that the PS5 version has received a delay. How long of a wait? Well, if everything goes accordingly, PS5 owners should expect ArK: Survival Ascended sometime at the end of November, with the Xbox Series and Windows version launching on November 14. The team noted that they’re working with Sony to finalize a release date on PS5.

Xbox Series X/S and Windows:

We’re on track for a November 14th (Tuesday) launch day!  As we get closer to the launch, we’ll share more information on precisely when it should be available for you to download. The Xbox version will be up-to-spec with the latest PC functionality as of Nov 14, and will launch directly into crossplay with the PC version (along with new servers, including Xbox-only servers).

Playstation:

We’re hoping to have a more precise date to share with you soon as we’re currently finalizing this with Sony, but it is slated for the end of November. We know this isn’t ideal, but we’re optimistic we’ll be able to share a date very soon!

Following the PC launch and the information and data we’ve gathered, we’ve decided to make some changes to our plans for the console launch. Here’s how everything is going to shake up:

Xbox Launch

• Cross-platform with Steam will be enabled Day One.
• We’ll be onlining a new set of Official Servers for the respective game modes (PVP, PVE, and Small Tribes). These servers will be running boosted rates for a period of time to allow players starting on them to catch up. Our hope is to synchronize the rates by mid-December.
• We’ll also be onlining our first set of console-specific servers at this moment so that players who do not want to play on crossplay can play on those

PlayStation Launch

• Cross-platform with Steam and Xbox will be enabled Day One
• We’ll be onlining another new set of Official Servers for the respective game modes (PVP, PVE, and Small Tribes). These servers will be running with even higher boosted rates for a period of time to allow players starting on them to catch up. Our hope is to synchronize the rates by mid-December.
• We’ll also be onlining an additional set of console-specific servers with higher rates that will get synchronized by mid-December

Thankfully, it doesn’t seem like a significant delay for the PS5 version, though that’s only if everything goes to plan.

Ark: Survival Ascended releases on Xbox Series X|S and PC (Windows edition) on November 14, with an end-of-November target for PS5.