Studio Wildcard has announced that ARK: Genesis Part 1 has officially launched on Nintendo Switch. The new mission-based game allows players to travel alongside a “beloved in-game AI” while exploring the world in search of strange creatures.
Developers are keen to show off gorgeous locations and some of the critters players will encounter along the way. To do so, they have released a brand new trailer. Players will travel to snowy regions and to the depths of lava-filled volcanoes — and everything in between.
The game is a free upgrade for ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition owners that includes all of the ARK: Survival Evolved content. This means players gain access to the base game, and Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, and Genesis Parts 1-2. Part 2 will launch by the end of the year.
In the massive ARK: Genesis Part 1 expansion, Survivors wake up within a virtual simulation accompanied by the strangely familiar ‘HLN-A’ companion. Together they must overcome the simulation’s rigorous tests and only by fighting, building, taming, and exploring this new world will Survivors uncover the secrets behind this forbidding place.
ARK: Genesis Part 1 features
- Summer Bash is running from now through July 24th. Relax by the beach and hunt for new chibi pets. Dress up dinos and characters in “sizzlin’ summer styles,” including some 4th of July threads perfect for any summer occasion.
- Helena Walker has created HLN-A, the game’s AI companion. This AI will send players off on missions, tasks, and story adventures.
- New biomes include “fetid alien bogs, deep undersea trenches, frigid mountain peaks, dangerous volcanic hellscapes, and even the wild low-gravity surface of an alien moon.
- New creatures include “web-spinning spider-like beasts, cute-but-deadly shapeshifters, sea turtles the size of islands, lava lizards, and an immense hyperspace-capable space whale.”
Check out the ARK: Genesis Part 1 official site for more details.
