For years, fans of the brutally unforgiving dinosaur survival game Ark: Survival Evolved have waited for the promised expansion of its cryptic, complex lore. That expansion was supposed to come in the form of Ark: The Animated Series . After significant delays, a corporate restructuring, and a period of radio silence that left the community wondering if the project had gone extinct, we are finally entering a new era for the show.
Specifically, we will finally see the "Great Mutation" event. The series will explain why Homo Deus (the ascended humans) abandoned the Arks, leading to the corrupted, primitive future seen in the Ark 2 gameplay trailers. If you want to understand the Ark 2 story, watching this animated series will no longer be optional; it will be required reading. Animation Studio and Production Quality One of the reasons for the delay was the search for the right animation partner. The new studio behind the series is Polygon Pictures (known for Transformers: Prime and Star Wars: Resistance ) in association with Studio Wildcard’s internal animation division . ark the animated series new
The trailer opens not on a beach, but in a futuristic orbital station. We see Helena Walker (voiced by Madeleine Madden) as a 21st-century paleontologist arguing with a corporate executive. In a flash of blinding light, the station implodes, and Helena wakes up naked on a mysterious island—The Island. For years, fans of the brutally unforgiving dinosaur