Ark: Survival Evolved’s official servers switch off in just a few hours, paving the way for remake

Ark: Survival Evolved‘s official servers will switch off later today, at midnight UTC on September 30th (1am BST October 1st). The closure is part of paving the way for the piecemeal remake Ark: Survival Ascended, which will release in Steam Early Access in October.

At midnight UTC, a snapshot of all player saves uploaded to official servers will be taken, and then made available for players to download on Thursday, October 5th. This will allow players to host the save offline or on a private dedicated server if they wish to continue playing.

“Your items, dinos, and characters that have been uploaded to the ARK cloud will not be included in the save,” says Studio Wildcard’s explainer. “So, please make sure to download anything that you wish to keep from the cloud…