The oft-delayed, long-awaited expansion for Ark: Survival Ascended, titled The Center, has finally announced a release date. The update promises a vast new space to tame, twice as large as The Island, which itself is massive in scope and size. Let’s find out what’s in store for Ark players this year.
Ark Survival Ascended The Center Release Date And Time
The Center expansion for Ark: Survival Ascended is scheduled to release on June 3, 2024. It will be made available for free on all current platforms where Ark: Survival Ascended is playable, including
- Steam PC
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Xbox Cloud Gaming
- GeForce Now
Release times have not been specified, but we can speculate a local midnight release for consoles, which means that Ark: Survival Ascended will unlock when midnight strikes on your clock, June 3.
PC storefronts, on the other hand, favor a global simultaneous release, with all regions getting the update concurrently on the same date, regardless of time zone. This could be midnight GMT/UTC. Watch this space for more.
Ark Survival Ascended The Center: Is It On Game Pass?
Ark: Survival Ascended has been added to the Game Pass catalog as of April 1, 2024. If it remains in the listing by the June 3 release date, then The Center will undoubtedly be downloadable for free as well. Ark: Survival Ascended is currently available to play on three out of four Game Pass membership tiers:
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate ($16.99 USD/month)
PC Game Pass ($9.99 USD/month)
Xbox Game Pass for Console ($10.99 USD/month)
Xbox Game Pass Core ($9.99 USD/month) does NOT offer Ark: Survival Ascended as part of its lineup of 38 free games.
If you decide that you want to own Ark: Survival Ascended beyond your subscription to Game Pass, you can buy it at a discounted rate of up to 20% off, as long as your membership is active at the time of purchase.
Is There Any Deal For Game Pass?
There sure are deals for Game Pass! A month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate can be had for 12% off on Amazon, direct from the ‘Amazon.com Services LLC’ retailer.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate – 1 Month Membership – Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows [Digital Code]
An equally good 12% off deal can be had for three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, once again on Amazon, direct from the ‘Amazon.com Services LLC’ retailer.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate – 3 Month Membership – Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows [Digital Code]
Can Game Pass Codes Be Stacked?
They sure can! Bear in mind that you can only have up to 36 months of Game Pass activated at a time. For example, if you have 3 x 12-month codes, and an ongoing Game Pass subscription, then the first two codes will activate just fine. The third of your codes will have to wait until you have 24 months or less left in your subscription plan.
Is Ark: Survival Ascended On Xbox Cloud Gaming?
Yes, Ark: Survival Ascended is playable via cloud gaming, which means that the game will be rendered on Xbox Series X server blades in a data center, and the video will then be streamed to your device for you to play as normal. This also means that ANY device with support for the Xbox app, from the last gen Xbox One to ordinary smart TVs can run Ark: Survival Ascended, so to speak.
That’s everything to know about the upcoming release date and time of The Center expansion for Ark: Survival Ascended across platforms.
