10 Video Game Franchises You Didn't Realise Were Coming Back
5. Ark
Ark: Survival Evolved went into early access on Steam in June 2015, one month before the release of Jurassic World. As a game all about surviving, capturing and breeding dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures, it was a shrewd business decision that sent it on the path to notoriety. Whilst the game was by no means perfect and certainly never found mainstream appeal, its diehard fan base has been devoted to it for years.
The continued success of Ark garnered a couple of spin-off titles but it’s easy to forget that it’s most ambitious is just around the corner.
You might think of Ark as that weird, janky survival game but it’s beaten many other video game franchises to the jump to other mediums.
Ark: The Animated Series is still set to debut at some point in 2022 and it has a stacked voice cast that includes Gerard Butler, Malcolm McDowell, Elliot Page and David Tennant just to name a few. The 14-episode run is in post-production and will be heading to HBO Max before year’s end.
It may serve as a great way to whet the appetite before the main course. First revealed in 2020, this summer the teams behind Ark 2 confirmed that the game would finally come to early access in March 2023 and promised a massive new environment, deep combat and exploration mechanics and dynamic world events.