Studio Wildcard, the developer behind dinosaur-themed survival game Ark: Survival Evolved, has officially unveiled its next game, massively multiplayer pirate adventure Atlas. It launches in Steam early access next week, on December 13th, and on Xbox Game Preview next year.
Atlas’ reveal isn’t hugely surprising, of course; a version of the game’s trailer inadvertently appeared on Wildcard’s YouTube channel earlier in the year, although it was quickly pulled and never acknowledged by the studio. Now, however, we’ve got first details to go with the trailer’s frenetic action, thanks to Atlas’ new Steam page.
The first key point to note is that while Atlas’ development is being lead by Wildcard’s co-founders and creative directors Jesse Rapczak and Jeremy Stieglitz, actual development is (according to a new post on the Ark website) being handled by “sister team” Grapeshot Games.
Source: Eurogamer Ark developer Wildcard unveils new multiplayer pirate adventure Atlas