The Ark countdown that recently appeared has just under 3 hours now before the new announcement is made.
You can see the live count down from here: https://survivetheark.com/g/
There has been plenty of speculation around this new Ark countdown with the vast majority of players believing it to be a new DLC.
I had previously written that I believed there would be no further DLC’s for Ark and the future of the game would lie in a sequel, however, in 3 short hours we will ultimately find out if I was right or not.

Some viewers had also noticed the countdowns source code had “Contest_CountdownTimer” written in it, however, this was quickly shot down as an unrelated issue.
As per my usual broken record mentality, I’m still holding out and hoping for a sequel!
Although the count down is coming to an end, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the wait is ending.
Around this time last year another countdown happened, this led to the trailer and information about the Extinction DLC which then led to another 8 months of waiting for the actual product.
However Wildcard have had plenty of players opinions and backlash about that, and personally, despite their track record I cant see them making that mistake again.
Once the countdown is done and we have more information, we will let you know exactly what the deal is. Until then, we would love to hear your thoughts and speculations on this timer. Let us know in the comments below.
Update:
We now have more information on the countdowns reveal. For those of you that don’t know yet, head over to our Ark Genesis post to find out more about the new expansion coming out this year.