This pretty much good news and finally an explanation.
This is all what people wanted, more information what do they get. Hard to imagine buying ARK Ascended and ARK2 in ARK Respawned Bundle where you didn't even see how any of those looks or exists yet. Its like buying NFTs.
I am all in for ARK in new coat of paint, this is all what people wanted a rewritten ARK1 on new engine with much more cleaned up code. It will run better, performance will be better, more complex stuff will be added.
Not sure now where is the hate towards Wildcard.
Some peeps need to understand that you can't simply upgrade older game into new game without breaking hundreds of stuffs on the way. If they could fix ARK1, it would be done ages ago, its not feasible without rewritting whole game.
I mean sheesh its been 7 years since i bought ARK.
60 dollars for a remaster is not that bad, meanwhile you get Skyrim or Last of Us every year with barely any changes. Last time i spend on ARK was Genesis season pass few years ago, and ARK1 in 2015.