Powered by Unreal Engine 4, Ark: Survival Evolved takes on the survival genre with a unique blend of emergent multiplayer cooperation and competition.

In ARK: Survival Evolved, survivors wake up stranded, naked, freezing, and starving on a mysterious island where they must hunt, harvest, craft items, grow crops, and build shelters to survive in every biome. Survivors will tame, train, and ride more than 100 stunning dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts, including gargantuan creatures on a scale never before seen in video games! In every available biome -- Jungle, Snow, Swamp, Redwood, and Desert -- you’ll be able to fly an armed Pteranodon squadron over the snow-capped mountains, race through a thick jungle with your pack of trained Raptors, tromp through a fortified enemy base with a convoy of gigantic Brontosaurus, or chase down prey on the back of a raging T-Rex.

Use cunning strategy and tactics to tame and ride the many dinosaurs and other primeval creatures roaming the dynamic, persistent ecosystems across land, sea, air, and even underground. Build your character’s strengths and gain items, skills, and pet creatures using in-depth role-playing systems. Start a tribe with hundreds of other players to survive and dominate competing tribes...and ultimately discover the ARK’s true purpose.

 ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition on Nintendo Switch ($49.99) and the free major ARK update are now also available in Europe.

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition is available for 49.99€ on the Nintendo eShop. Players who already own ARK: Survival Evolved can purchase the ARK: Ultimate Survivor Upgrade for 39.99€. ARK: Dinosaur Discovery is available for $9.99 USD and 9.99€ on the Nintendo eShop with players who purchase ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition able to download it for free. 

The major “overhaul” update for ARK: Survival Evolved on Switch vastly improves visual quality and performance, drastically reduces loading times, adds numerous QoL features like a virtual cursor for improved inventory management, and much more. ARK: Ultimate Survival Edition is the definitive collection on Switch that includes all upcoming patch improvements as well as all ARK expansion packs, launching Day 1 with Scorched Earth; with Aberration, Extinction, and Genesis Parts 1 & 2 coming in subsequent months.

Exclusive to Nintendo Switch, ARK: Dinosaur Discovery ($9.99 USD and 9.99€) mode is tailor-made to guide younger players through the world of ARK in a kid-friendly, non-violent, dino-facted-filled adventure! Featuring simplified controls that can be played on a single Joy-Con, young gamers can learn about the real-life dinosaurs featured in ARK and unlock illustrated Dino Books filled with facts narrated by actress Madeline Madden as the voice of HLN-A. ARK: Dinosaur Discovery will be offered as a free download for all ARK: Survival Evolved owners on Switch. A separate downloadable version of the game will also appear on the Nintendo eShop.

Additionally, 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 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. All existing Switch player progress and Save data will be maintained.

The ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition is completely updated with all of the content and functionality from the home console versions of the game, adding thousands of hours of gameplay!

ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition for Nintendo Switch Features:

• Overhauled ARK Experience: A major update to ARK: Survival Evolved game dramatically improves all visual performance, including:
• • Better resolution in docked (1080p) & handheld modes (720p)
  • Vastly improved loading times (8x faster on average)
  • Consistent dynamic framerate (30 fps)
  • Better texture quality, lighting and shadows effects
• All ARK Expansion Packs Included: Launching today with Scorched Earth, the first expansion pack, with subsequent expansion packs releasing every few months to bring parity with the PC version and add thousands of hours of gameplay.
• Dinosaur Discovery: Join AI-companion HLN-A on a new educational experience! This kid-friendly, fact-filled ARK adventure allows children to explore the Island without violence and learn about the fascinating prehistoric creatures that inspired the game. ARK: Dinosaur Discovery is a free download with the purchase of ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition or can be purchased separately.
• New Cinematics: Original story cinematic content to further expand the narrative of ARK: Survival Evolved, featuring actors Madeleine Madden (The Wheel of Time) and David Tennant (Doctor Who) reprising their respective roles as Helena Walker and Sir Edmund Rockwell.
• Unofficial Server Support: Custom server support powered by Nitrado server networks.

 
ARK: Dinosaur Discovery for Nintendo Switch Features:

• Allows kids to explore the Island without violence or complex mechanics.
• Features simplified controls that can be played with a single Joy-Con.
• Allows players to unlock dinos, learn real facts about them, and complete missions.
• Unlock each creature’s Dino Book for fun-filled facts and illustrations, all narrated by the voice of HLN-A, Madeleine Madden (Wheel of Time, ARK: The Animated Series).
• Cap off the adventure with a custom-built base, choosing from a variety of over 30 building pieces unlocked throughout your adventures.

Studio Wildcard/Grove Street Games plan on releasing Aberration in December 2022, followed by Extinction in Q1 2023 and then Genesis Parts 1 & 2 in Q2 2023. 

Key Features

• TAME, TRAIN, RIDE, and BREED DINOSAURS: Command the most amazing creatures from throughout Earth's biological history, with more than 100 dinosaurs and creatures planned for full launch. Use cunning strategy and tactics to tame and ride the many dinosaurs and other primeval creatures roaming the dynamic, persistent ecosystems across land, sea, air, and even underground.
• CRAFT AND BUILD: Using any means necessary to survive, players will craft weapons, clothes, and items, and build shelters. Plant, harvest, build, level-up, and customize everything visually and functionally, including procedurally-generated RPG statistics for creatures, characters, resources, clothing, gear, and weapons both primitive and modern.
• DISCOVER: Explore a massive living ecosystem and find the means to survive, thrive, and possibly escape the ARK Island.
• TEAM UP TO SURVIVE: Start a tribe with dozens of other players in a large-scale multiplayer online first person environment to survive and dominate competing tribes...and to ultimately discover ARK’s true purpose.
• JOIN A TRIBE: The 'Tribe' system encourages cooperation, by supporting dynamic parties to share resources, XP, and re-spawn points. Other players are organizing rebel tribes to accumulate resources, experience, re-spawn points, and to construct sprawling villages and cities, with technology spanning the primitive stone-age to the modern electric-powered era and beyond. And they will fight to destroy anything they see as a threat.
• A LARGER UNIVERSE: Travel between Online ARKs to meet new players, face new threats, and discover new civilizations!

ARK: Survival Evolved is available for Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC (Steam).