
Key new features of ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition for the Nintendo Switch include: All existing Switch player progress and Save data will be maintained. Studio Wildcard has contracted with a talented third party developer who is rewriting the entire ARK Switch code from the ground-up, developing it on the latest version of Unreal Engine 4. This bundle packed with content will launch in September 2022 in retail and the Nintendo eShop for $49.99, with the ARK base game and Scorched Earth Expansion Pack available immediately and subsequent expansions will follow in two month intervals.Īdditionally in September, everyone who already owns the ARK: Survival Evolved base game on Nintendo Switch will receive this complete revamp of functionality, graphics, and optimization. Studio Wildcard announced today that ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition is coming to the Nintendo Switch with hundreds of hours of content including ARK: Survival Evolved and all its massive Expansion Packs Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, and Genesis Parts 1 & 2.

The new content and enhanced version won’t be available until September 2022 though, so fans need to wait a bit. Those who own the base game on the Switch will receive the update for free and there will also be some attractive content-complete bundles set to launch as well.

Studio Wildcard contracted another studio to revamp the ARK Nintendo Switch experience and rework it to run on Unreal Engine 4 - which is probably not a small task at all. As we patiently await the release of ARK: The Animated Series and ARK II, Studio Wildcard still has more platforms to release another update of the original ARK: Survival Evolved onto.
