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- Published on Jul 14, 2025
- Get the Lost Colony Expansion Pass and unlock early access to powerful bonuses that will shape your journey into ARK’s darkest chapter yet.
Discover the frost-covered ruins of Arat Prime-the birthplace of the ARKs-in ASA’s first major story expansion. Follow Mei Yin, voiced by Michelle Yeoh, in cinematic anime sequences created by legendary studio MAPPA, and prepare to face what was left behind.
Enhance your journey from day-one with the Lost Colony Expansion Pass! Immediately gain access to these exclusive bonuses:
Fantastic Tames: Drakelings - Adorable seasonal shoulder dragons that each offer unique passive buffs, controlled descents, and can be wielded for tactical breath attacks and ally support. Collect all four to unlock their full potential.
Veilwyn Companion - A mystical creature with aura-based buffs for defense, offense, and speed. It will evolve into one of two powerful forms at full launch.
Lost Skill Tree System - Gain early access to a new progression system with three distinct paths to specialize your Survivor: master of creatures, resourceful survivor, or seasoned explorer.
Template Hammer - A revolutionary building tool that lets you save and replicate your structures as reusable templates.
TEK Bunker - Expand your base underground with a fully deployable TEK environment.
DarkTek Cosmetics - Don this striking fusion of gothic elegance and sci-fi technology, including armor component skins, sword skin, and Dark Drakeling skin
ARK: Lost Colony (December 2025): Confront the demons of Arat Prime -- birthplace of the ARKs -- in this full expansion that will directly connect the storylines of ARK Extinction and Genesis, leading into the events of ARK 2.
Uncover the secrets of Arat Prime, confront corrupted enemies, and take the next step in ARK’s story.
Featuring the Talents Of:
MICHELLE YEOH as Mei Yin Li
MADELEINE MADDEN as Helena Walker
AULI’I CRAVALHO as Meeka
DAVID TENNANT as Edmund Rockwell
KATEE SACKHOFF as Diana Altaras
KEITH DAVID as The Lost King
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I saw more Quetzals in this 3 minute trailer than I’ve seen wild ones in the actual game
and did you see the speed on the things?
@@BLiNNeMaNS what are they eating to be that fast in ark 2?
Delays?
They would have all been level 5's
Not only did you see Quetzals, you saw the exact same model for the Quetz that we've had since they released them like a decade ago. 💀
@@goobertfroobert5572 "you can't fix what's already perfect"
Probably WC
"The stuff of nightmares"
Cue: tiny adorable snow fox ferret looking thing, fae dragons, long-awaited build templates.
Ah yes. Nightmares.
Stop trying to lure me back in ARK, 5000 hours is plenty!
Try nearly 40k...
It was the Dev's mightmares
To be fair... anything they need to ("re")make is a nightmare for them...its broken as hell like usual xD @@FaolinCoffey
Get back here 😂😂
That cut absolutely killed me lmao
Ark 2 footage after 5 years
just watched this and my 8 year old asked when ark 2 is coming... dont really have an answer lol
if there is not gameplay,there is not sure thing
Not even ark2 is fking ASA dlc it's a here we fked ark 2 so bad this is what we made to keep you busy till we can get 2 into a form where we can sell the beta to you 😂
If Ark 2 comes out before GTA 6, then we REALLY know Rockstar dropped the ball.
@@warlordhax5995 They are most likely using ASA as a testbed for the technology and structure of Ark 2. That is why we are getting RPG elements like skill trees, blueprints for structures, etc. Those are things that were intended for ARk 2
2:09: A medium Crop BP from a Red Drop
It's 5 o'clock in the morning, and I'm laughing all over the house
better than some arrows and a stone pick bp
Typical
REALBAHAHAHAH
Might be the funniest comment in here 😂
We eating good on this one 😮
Hey syntac!!
Do you mean the cannibals after the rest of us starve? If so, then maybe.
No we aren't dude. Shilltac
yp pve guys not pvp
Syn!!!!
Getting Keith David on board is insane! Absolute acting legend.
Jesus Rick, you look like Phil Spector wiped his ass with Randy Quaid!
As soon as the video started, I was like "is that Keith David???" Man I don't want to have to delete every game on my PS to play this . . But I will if I must 😂
Hope he isn't some creep like David Tennant, that man should be in prison.
@@ImaGeezerwhat did David tennant do?
others are good too so lets not decapitate others
Just a reminder to everyone: ARK 2 was announced in late 2020, almost FIVE YEARS ago and still only getting little teases here and there.
And look at the animations they didnt fix the movement of the characters looks so robotic, I think that animation took 2 years to finish and publish like a teaser just to let know people they are "working still" in ark 2
I was trained by Half-Life 3 to wait 20 years for a game.
@@firestegosaurus999 lmao true
Would ASA official servers shut down before ARK 2 releases in 2030 on new gaming platforms? We might see a new Xbox, PS6, and Switch 3 by then.
@@SSGoatanks idk they maybe keep them going if there was players & people buying paid content (even after moving on from actively developing ASA I could see them continuing to encourage new premium mods)
$30 to get access to a skill tree??? how is that fair at all???
That’s what I’m saying
Why you play video game if you cant affort it ?? That what im saying ...
€30 to get Lost Colony and a Fantastic Tame you mean. It's like Bob's Tall Tales, not everything is out yet.
didnt you just buy it like 5 mins ago
If you honestly saw the trailer and a skill tree is ALL you think is coming for $30, I'd recommend you watch again 🤣
This was probably supposed to be Ark 2 but since it’s not coming out for 30 years (before delay) we get the ASA version
Ermmm go cry some more
Ark 2 probably not even comin' at all bruh
30 years? I like your optimism.
bro by the time Ark 2 will be out no1 will even remember Wildcard and Snail, they will be long gone and it will be done by someone else lol
Who the hell said it's gonna take 30 years? U guys say the stupidest things 😂
we will get GTA VI before Ark 2
LOL
Ark 2 was never a thing to begin with
@@DuskyStrixwell, according to my wishlist, it is
I guess we also get GTA VII before Ark II
@@riderpsychopate well, according to the trailer on the Steam page its out already for 2 years
Speed quetzals are back?!
😂😂
Man i wish...
@@TheFIFABoysme too!
What is everyone on about? I didn't see a single quetz 😂
@@Orlyybeginning of this, they look like giant pts
Pay to win features truly are "the stuff of nightmares"
Arks always been like that bro you couldn’t play evolved without the dlc not PvP at least
they have delayed ragnarok so many times that they can't publicly delay it anymore so they just ignore it
Remember how it was suppose to release last August
Exactly
@@LCJ73it did got delayed releasing (not releasing) tomorrow
On the ark website they put out an announcement about an hour ago saying it got delayed and we should expect it tomorrow "the evening PST Thursday 19th June"
@@ian_w19 nobody is looking at that tbh. People expect a public statement on X and social media in general.
Its insane to me how they never met a deadline or a release date of anything
who cares you still get it eventually
@@_Ryano does Wildcard D taste good?
@@_Ryano oh we will? what the fuck are you on about ? read what i said again
@@_Ryano are you nine?
@@i_s_u-c_l_o_n_e637na he's probably just your typical idiotic ark consumer, guess who keeps giving money to wildcard
“The stuff of nightmares”😢
The nightmare: an otter fox hybrid
🤣🤣🤣
Lmao and all the other mods
UE 5 Hellena face is stuff of nightmares
@@firestegosaurus999fr they messed her up so badly😭
@@firestegosaurus999 how they make her so ugly for no reason
This game has not been about dinosaurs for a long time, it's a shame, but I have to end my adventure with Ark.
Both Keith David and David Tennant as villains in one dlc omg this is gonna be good
Dude I hated what they did to Rockwell in the show, how did they fumble a character like that?
Yeahhh I didn’t care about this at all until I saw the armor and heard Keith David, Hollywood isn’t kidding, Star Power is a real thing
@@SirRulean1223 I’m still salty about it. It would’ve been so much better if they’d just animated the actual explorer note lore instead of changing so much of the story and character development. Rockwell as a boss in Gen 2 simply doesn’t hit as hard when you and Helena as main character are not endeared to him in any way, shape or form because he’s so utterly despicable straight off the bat in the animated series. As a bi woman I’m also pissed they had to force Mei and Helena. Their relationship worked perfectly as somewhat platonic with Diana coming later into the mix. Then it turns out Diana is this girl’s mother? Idk, even the BTT notes have started pissing me off with the changes made this late into the lore development, so to speak. They got MAPPA to do it but they couldn’t get a good enough writing team to do it justice imo. It could’ve been the next ARCANE 😢
I couldn't have said the better myself@@MeeshT
im kinda mad they are milking rockwell i love him but his story is over
I feel like somewhere along the line we made a tragic misstep and are now living the bad ending
Idk, I don't feel bad about this at all? They're implying the Diana/Mei Yin relationship may actually be canon again, and those voice actors are incredible choices. Admittedly the foxes are goofy AF but that's Ark lol
@@FeralSheWolf oh boy, I'm so excited to pay $40 for sneak peeks of space lesbian slop, and then $80 for the full game that's been put on ice for years! 😱😱😱
We're ascending. Just downwards.
@@_DMNO_ "Space lesbian slop?" So you're mad... what, that there's a same-sex romance? Damn dude, grow up, it's 2025.
There's always been two relationships in Ark lore, and ever since literal Aberration, one of them has been same sex. The genders of the people in the relationship are not at all an issue.
Regardless, this isn't a teaser for Ark 2. It's for Lost Colony... a $30 DLC.
@@_DMNO_ how do you survive in real life? considering is a WAY higher ratio of gays to straight there than in this video game...
MESH TEK now is avaliable and CANONICAL, WELL DONE!
lol
It will be an amazing new concept that won't be buggy or cannot be exploited in official PvP at all
that’s right 👏👏👏
@@Myne1001 that was my first thought. cant wait to see it get nerfed into the ground. eh eh
fuck yeah i can finally dupe a hole ass base instead of just one inv :D
The only "stuff of nightmares" is
Diana is still in love with Vin Diesel, despite no natural feelings to each other in the old lore
and
MEI STILL DOESNT HAVE AN ARMY OF TAMES
she ain't "The Beast Queen" without her actually taming anything
frrr mei yin and diana romance was my favorite part of the story from the original game
@@DarkMaster2522 It was the worst thing that ever existed, yes!! There wasn't even supposed to be "romance" in a game focused on dinosaurs
Never been less excited about my favourite game 😮💨
Yo vox. I kinda disappeared but I am back now. And Yeah gotta Rant about these stuff on stream.
Hahaha I don't really rant about it anymore 😅 kinda fully done and closed the book on ASA now lol
Well done! MESH TEK is now available and CANONICAL.
well they are raid able at least!
This feels like an expectation vs reality video but with the reality part cut out
Feels like its the expectation part that is cut out
Hey you just copied what I said on the Aquatica trailer but swapped the reality part with the expectation part! And it doesn't make sense!
Since I play single player I will wait for a sale; its not worth the $29.99 for me, maybe its perfect for the content creators who wanna rush content out but I'll wait. Cool stuff tho
Trade it's 41$ here
WHERE IS RAG? 😭
3hrs. After 3 hrs 2hrs. After 2 hrs another 4 he's waiting then ohh we have to delay so we will extend the event
@OuttPlayz Delayed till tommorrow
@@Db-prodaso realistically maybe Friday
they say delayed like 24-27 hours but truthfully it will probably be delayed until weekend maybe monday due to a holiday in the US tmr and microsoft may not be able to approve cert during the holiday
@@SoalRaptor😭
ARK 2 MENTIONED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS!?! YESSSSS!!!
Right! I was NOT expecting that AT ALL.
Nobody cares at this point
@defaultuser9273 Maybe you dont, but I do. Wildcard still has my respect, and I trust them on delivering an amazing game.
its been mentioned lots this year lol
@@_Ryano I must have been living under a rock lol
Remember when this was a simple Dino game
like when tek punching mammoths and megatheriums? that was cool :D
I started playing Ark in 2017. No, I don't remember it being a simple dino game. I remember it being a sci-fi survival game with dinos and still developing lore.
Looking good looking good. Cant wait to see it in 10 years time.
Keep up the good work WC
The Katee Sackhoff leak was real!! I'm SO excited; she's perfect for Diana. And Keith David!!! My Mass Effect dad! SUPER glad to see David Tennant back too; does that mean Rockwell WILL feature? God I hope so.
Also: THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES cutting to a cute little magic fox -sent- me. WHAT an editing choice.
I heard Keith David's voice and I was like, "Arbiter?" Nope, just one of my favorite VOAs. iirc, he also took over as Zavala in Destiny after Lance Riddick passed.
I genuinely don't care about the story, but clearly someone in the studio still does
I LOVE the story. It’s soo good! I really wish someone would make a legit series of Ark, and follow the story. (Animated Ark did not do that).
it feels like the opposite to me they are just making stuff up and deleting existing lore or at least changing it to fit the new narrative
Underground tek bunker is gonna cause so many antimesh problems lmao
There's already a Tek Bunker premium mod for ASA that does the exact same thing and there's no antimesh issues with it. Heck, it's probably the same mod dev that's been working with Wildcard so they could come out with an official version of it
It is the same dev, they hired them.@@AmalgamaniacGaming
@AmalgamaniacGaming yes but it wasn't available for official servers, I'm expecting the issues will start there
a good thing that the video was made at 15 fps like the game. True dedication
With the edition of templates for base, there should now be an option where we can share our build designs to others, it will be so cool to use base templates of others 🎉
Casas infonavit pre construídas, definitivamente, Ark está en su prime 😍
Liar
XD anonde tan puntual mi pito de moshops
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Obvio mi adrkcito
Jajaja vengo a ver el comentario por tu video bro
Vengo de tu vídeo 😂❤
I was more excited about the Mega Mek scene than I should have been.
Where’s my Raggggggg
It was never going to be released on time, maybe we’ll get lucky and get it by Friday.
It's a West Coast developer, they'll probably release it by the time we go to bed
They announced Thursday evening pst
@@colbysw3460 they also announced it would come out today, trust nothing they say
Animation is amazing, this DLC is looking to be the most insane yet.
Rag Delay is frustrating tho even if we all saw it coming.
yep
Definitely did NOT see Dr. Facilier himself get a lead feature for this Expansion! As a native Louisiana and ARK fanatic, I approve of this decision, Wildcard. Good job, y'all!
Ark 2 mentioned! It's not dead yet!
It might be tho
@Taçtiçal_puffindoubt it
It didnt even live
I see we are so back gang
You know the video is just a trailer because the quetz move faster than 1mph 😂
10 years since ARK came out. I have been getting nostalgia feelings at randoms times about it. The summer of 2015, good times.
Says The stuff of nightmares and proceeds to show a cute little fox thing
Yeah, that was a bit underwhelming
Its cute but sometimes the cutest things can be nightmerish.
If they attack in packs teleporting around you they could be real trouble.
Never forget moglins
let's not forget about the ferox
I’m so happy that Madeline Madden and Michelle Yeoh are playing Helena and Mei Yin from the animated series and that the girl who plays Moana is playing Santiago’s daughter
Release whenever ah devs
That cinematic gave me chills.
Because you are a Sensitive person fanatic of ark
I am definitely a sensitive person fanatic of Ark.
Did I just hear Keith David!? Now you got my attention more! This is looking pretty great! 👀
Heck yeah! Dr Facilier, Husk and Spawn is here! One of the greatest voice actors is here for us!
Sounds like Goliath @@ryderdufour905
@ryderdufour905 The arbiter from halo too!!!!
great actor. terrible game. nothing to be excited about. bro is unaware of how bad the game is
@ThePhobiaCrew game was not even that bad but alr
The real nightmare here is that Helena despite being dead continues to stalk a child
I WISH quetzals were that fast.
“Behold, *MY STUFF!* “
Top 10 gamer moment
December 2025...
so that's Spring 2026 if we're lucky..
Only if the stars are aligned
Probably more than likely summer of 2038
Let's not forget that this DLC was planned for july at the beginning
Helena is more like a literal godmother.
She and/or the ark created the child when they resurrected her mother after becoming a god in the machine.
Okay that Helena moment was honestly amazing
Her face ruined the atmosphere. They could have done it in the Animated series version instead of animating it in EU.5. I definitely wouldn't be disgusted by the characters' faces
congrats to the guy who made the original bunker mod for getting it added to base game
WC even hired him!
Teaser of ARK 2 well little bit but we still need a gameplay of it
Just give up, Ark 2 won't come out
THIS IS THE MOST ARK 2 CONTENT WE'VE GOTTEN IN 5 YEARS
This used to be Ark.
It is no longer Ark.
Ark 2 is going to be shit.
I totally agree
yup, and this isn't some hot take, it's actually being conservative
quetzals are getting movement speed back 😂
Tek bunker is gonna be a nightmare in ratholes I can already tell and can we please get a time for when ragnarok is dropping
I get the feeling wildcard is testing its features for ark 2 on paying players.
A trailer of a paid map in development, instead of the free one that was supposed to be released today. Keep supporting guys keep supporting...
Dude it will come out rag tommorw evening
A trailer with one cinematic about the new map and the main content is from pre order pack thats coming tomorrow with Rag, seems fine to me.
You do have the option to not play as well as not buy any of these things
We paid for our full games already. People giving them more is just what Tencent does with any game under their umbrella. WC might say TC has no hand in this yet everything owned by TC eventually ends up like this where a games development stagnates and it turns out time and resources have been shifted to selling player micro transactions. All it takes is for anyone to step back and look outside Ark at the other games financially backed by Tencent and you will see this pattern. They are basically Chinese EA and ruin everything they own with these business practices.
@@TarisRedwing You know you could at least use google search, tencent have nothing to do with wild card. Wild card owned by snail games which discussed in every single ark topic for 8 years as main reason why ark went to shit, but you probably not playing this game, are you? Snail and tencent are ever in lawsuit against each other due copyrights for other game.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT IVE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING SOO AMAZING!!!
Instead of fixing the problems they just continue to add. They hate us and we need to let this game die. Coming from a day 1 Ark official player
They don’t hate anyone, you’re being overdramatic. Snail is just more obsessed with short term profits than longevity of the IP. Whether Wildcard is doing the best they can to mitigate that or not, I can’t really say, but I can say with confidence is that the actual people doing the development, are probably almost, if not more frustrated than you, and wish they could deliver a game that everyone loves. Unfortunately… greed
Yeah no you ain't bruh, just be quiet
Don't play it then simple as
Just remember that voice in the beginning is the same voice as the president on rick and morty 😂😂😂
Is that Arbiter from Halo????
This looks absolutely amazing! I love the new adorable little creatures! 😍
The stuff of nightmares...
Literally the most huggable things on the planet.
And rag delayed. Another delay. Insane
It’s to be expected, they are not trustworthy when it comes to release dates and you should learn to ignore any date placed on any project or content they make.
I will delay my payment for the dlc a minimum of 5 times. A little bit of their own medicine
It gave me a different vibe that I've never seen in any other Ark DLC!
Vomiting anxiety...
The stuff of nightmares!!
Had to laugh too.. 😂
We got official premium mesh before GTA VI
Getting Keith David into the ARK lore is so cool!!
2:18 I love these cute little Drakelings. Definitely a cool shoulder pet to tame
wheres rag at devs
I NEED THOSE NEW CRITTERS NOW
I’ve been playing ark for 7 years almost 8 and I’m not disappointed they’ve come so far
I used to paint my tek armor red and black back on ASE and called it dark Tek. The fact that there's now going to be an actual cosmetic called that is crazy!
Sorry wildcard....
I don't care about graphics, I care about story, features and on top of all OPTIMIZATION.
Your game has forced frame generation and even with that a 4080 card can barely get 40-60 frames(20-30 actual real frames, rest are fake)...
Think about the rest of the community.
You are making a game that barely anyone can play.
Man this will be so fun to play for the next 50 years until Ark 2 comes out
Did wild card just cook, like frfr who gave them this much sauce 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
you know a game is dead when new content feels like a mod
Templates! Are you kidding me, that's a game changer. Rest is alright as well.
I just hope I can save my base I make to the list and remake it on other maps then it will be worth it . 100% the pre-made bases they have on the list are all build that they used in traliers . So let's hope we can save our own.
@@jacobk4487 Yeah, that would be so useful also with admin mode, admin builds would save so much time.
Now if they can add a updated land clamer from atlas and get rid of pillaring . The map would not run like and look like💩 @KaizerfromCrete
@@jacobk4487 Land claim is a good idea.
I can't tell if they use AI for trailers now or they just have so much facial detail they are hitting uncanny valley territory
It's probably UE5 MetaHuman. Cool tech, not GenAI garbage, but definitely uncanny.
im gonna love to see how these bunkers work for PVP lmao..
It's just a remade vacuum chamber for the land . That will cost a shit ton of metal poly and element to make b4 you can enter thw chamber . Watch
So keen for this, keep up the great work and amazing that you got David being Va. 10/10
The hype is real! Not only do we get some long overdue Ark 2 footage, but also the introduction of new tames, skill trees, and finally a template tool! Im glad to see the bunker mod went over so well Wildcard decided to officially implement it into the game. I hope we get more building options (I miss you roof corners and diagonal pillars! And why do we still not have a sloped wall for the shallow roof???)
“The stuff of nightmares!”
Cuts to cute dragon fox ferret.
No $ until game fixes.
If a skill tree is going to be part of a game, it needs to be available for all players or limited use for this map only
New DLC? Nah, this game already includes 100% suffering at no extra cost. Paying more for a broken game is outrageous.
cant lie voice acting on that intro gave me chills...then i remembered this is studio wildcard and snail games project. great actor not realizing he tied to a trash can game. yikes. bro deserves better.
All we want is rag 😭
Keep the trailers to this standard and we won’t have a problem ☺️👍
where is rag
After all this time, we are finally going to see Arat Prime!
Those Quetzals were fast as fuck boi!!
25 years? they made a typo, it should be 26 years
1:21 Aaaand... It's all over the screen
Yeah, that’s a pretty big mek
WHAT😭
Real
My curiosity went to the darktek and the lost king immediately
Sir Edmund Rockwell is BACK!!!
Also, is Helena not actually alive like I previously thought, but a fragment of Meeka's imagination, or a projection of sorts, or a ghost/spirit of herself, by the looks of it?
Seems to be linked to her somehow imagination can't give information she doesn't know about a projection everyone would see maybe some of other telepathy she did supposedly lose her body to evolve maybe she linking with her to fix a problem or something again
Homo Dues isn't ever explained very well
tbh idk if im super stoked about rockwell being back dont get me wrong i LOVE rockwell he is objectively the best character of the franchise and its not even close but i feel like gen2 was a good way to end his story and they should keep him dead
@@DarkMaster2522 I don’t think he’s on the alien planet if that’s what you’re implying. I think he’s in Lost Colony’s map while you’re there and will explore how he survived and got onto the Genesis ship. Chronologically, your journey through this map takes place between Extinction and Genesis: Part 1. The animated storytelling sequences are just flashback cutscenes.
@@moviemaker199oh damn didn’t think of that thnx