Studio Wildcard today launched ARK: Lost Colony, a story-driven expansion for ARK: Survival Ascended that delivers the most ambitious narrative experience in the franchise’s 10-year history. Lost Colony introduces a vast frozen world spanning seven distinct biomes, more than a dozen new creatures, the debut of Thrall Mastery & a cinematic story blending MAPPA-produced hand-drawn anime storytelling along with Unreal Engine 5 'Metahuman' cinematics - all brought to life by a cast including Michelle Yeoh as formidable warrior "Meiyin", and Karl Urban (The Boys, Dredd, The Lord of the Rings) as veteran survivor “Bob,” now fully redesigned in Urban’s likeness.
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Studio Wildcard released a brand new trailer revealing story elements coming in the ARK: Lost Colony expansion update in December 2025. Both Ragnarok Ascended and the Lost Colony Expansion Pass are scheduled for launch in ARK: Survival Ascended this evening, June 19th pacific time for all platforms (PC, Xbox, PlayStation). Stay tuned for the Ragnarok Ascended Trailer coming very soon!
At Game Developers Conference 2025, Studio Wildcard revealed a two-minute anime-style trailer for ARK: Lost Colony, the first all-original ARK: Survival Ascended expansion pack. The expansion will feature numerous cinema-grade anime story sequences, created by legendary Japanese animation studio MAPPA (Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan, Chainsaw Man). In this new frozen world, players follow in the footsteps of legendary ARK survivor Mei Yin, on a soul-searching quest deep into the chilling heart of darkness to find answers to long-buried secrets of ARK’s past.