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Sunday2nd Apr 2023
News Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition Outlines DLC Roadmap For Switch
'Extinction' arrives this month
Apart from the news Ark 2 would be getting delayed from 2023 to "late 2024" and the announcement of a remaster of the original game for next-generation platforms, Studio Wildcard this weekend revealed the roadmap for Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition on Nintendo Switch. Here are the release dates - reconfirming the...
Saturday18th Mar 2023
News ARK's 'Extinction' Expansion Locks In April Release For Nintendo Switch
New map, storyline & more content is on the way
Ark: Survival Evolved developer Studio Wildcard this week announced it would be bringing the third expansion pack for the game 'ARK: Extinction' to the Switch next month on 11th April. This DLC will add a new map and storyline, powerful new creatures to tame, new challenges, and gigantic roaming...
Thursday2nd Mar 2023
Japanese Charts Kirby's Return To Dream Land Deluxe Obliterates The Competition
Octopath Traveler II also debuts strong
The latest Japanese charts are in and it's yet another impressive showing for the Nintendo Switch with a total of six games representing the platform in the top ten. Coming in at the top, we've got Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, which frankly leaves the competition in the dust, selling a total of 189,931...
Sunday22nd Jan 2023
News Ark: Survival Evolved Has Been Updated Again For Switch
Version 2.0.5 has landed
Ark: Survival Evolved got a massive overhaul on the Nintendo Switch last year with the release of the 'Ultimate Survivor Edition'. In case you missed it, it improved visual quality and performance, reduced load times and added in a number of quality-of-life features including inventory management. Fast forward to 2023, and...
Tuesday1st Nov 2022
Video New Switch Hardware Won't Stop Bad Ports
Port-ability
There's been a fair number of Switch ports this year alone. Some are surprising, others long-awaited and requested, but every time a game on another system makes its way onto Nintendo's hybrid console, there's always a bit of a debate that often leads to a discussion of the Switch 2, Switch Pro — whatever you want to call it. The...
Friday28th Oct 2022
News Ark's Ultimate Survivor Edition For Nintendo Switch Has Been Delayed Again
Update: Now launching November 1st
Update [Fri 28th Oct, 2022 00:55 BST]: Studio Wildcard has today confirmed the major "overhaul" update for Ark: Survival Evolved on Switch will launch on 1st November. This will include vastly improved visual quality and performance, reduced load times and a number of QoL features, like improved inventory...
Saturday3rd Sep 2022
News Oh No! Ark's Ultimate Survivor Edition For Switch Has Been Delayed
Fans will now have to wait until next month
When Ark: Survival Evolved stumbled onto the Switch back in 2018, it was borderline unplayable on the hybrid system. Studio Wildcard is looking to turn this around with Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition - a complete revamp of the original game, rebuilding the title on Unreal Engine 4 and enhancing the...
Tuesday12th Jul 2022
Video Here's A First Look At Ark's Ultimate Edition Running On Switch
Arriving this September
When Ark: Survival Evolved made its debut on the Nintendo Switch back in 2018, it was released in a pretty rough state. There was a range of technical issues and there were also some substantial slowdown issues. Fortunately, the team at Studio Wildcard are looking to turn the situation around with Ark: Ultimate Survivor...
Monday18th Apr 2022
News Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition Promises 'Complete Revamp' Of Switch Visuals And Performance
Arrives in September along with multiple expansions
When Ark: Survival Evolved was first announced for Nintendo Switch eyebrows were raised, and then when it was actually released eyes rolled. People like to talk as if issues of the Switch struggling to run some games is a recent problem, but back in late 2018 Ark arrived and was a bit of a...
Friday14th Dec 2018
Video Ark: Survival Evolved Is A Blurry Mess On Nintendo Switch
On par with a Nintendo 64 title
Digital Foundry has finally got around to taking a look at the Switch iteration of Ark: Survival Evolved and let's just say the results aren't pretty. The open-world survival game has never run well on the most powerful consoles and is poorly optimised. While the Unreal Engine might have proven itself on the Switch in...
Thursday6th Dec 2018
Nintendo Download 6th December (North America)
Katamari Damacy, SEGA Genesis Classics and SMASH ULTIMATE!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and a comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Nintendo Switch retail: Super Smash Bros...
Friday30th Nov 2018
Reminder ARK: Survival Evolved Launches Today On Switch, Here's A Trailer To Celebrate
Tame dinos on the go
Just in case you'd forgotten all about it, Studio Wildcard has shared a launch trailer for ARK: Survival Evolved. The game is available on Nintendo Switch worldwide today. Yes, this award-winning dinosaur survival adventure has finally landed on Nintendo's portable machine, letting you tame more than 80 dinosaurs, conquer...
Thursday29th Nov 2018
Nintendo Download 29th November (Europe)
Abzu! Professional Farmer! RollerCoaster Tycoon!
The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived (not quite on time), and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and a comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail - New Releases: 3D...
Friday26th Oct 2018
News ARK: Survival Evolved Brings Its Dinosaur-Filled Open World To Switch On 30th November
Release date confirmed
Studio Wildcard has confirmed that ARK: Survival Evolved will be arriving on Nintendo Switch on 30th November. In ARK: Survival Evolved, players can tame dinosaurs, conquer enemies, and create enormous structures in a vast open world, with the Switch's portable capabilities allowing you to take the game anywhere and play how...
Sunday19th Aug 2018
News Head Of Abstraction Games Addresses Technical Performance Of The Switch
"Does not have the horsepower"
The success of the Switch has been brought back down to earth by a number of publishers and developers who do not intend to release popular video game franchises on the system. One of the most common reasons cited other than the associated financial risk is how Nintendo's latest system is simply not packing the...
Thursday22nd Mar 2018
"Performance is not really the issue"
Yesterday we got the shock reveal that Ark: Survival Evolved, Studio Wildcard's open-world survival sim (with added dinosaurs, naturally), is headed to Nintendo Switch sometime in the Autumn. Abstraction Games is the studio behind the port, and in a revealing interview the dev reveals that in terms of...
Wednesday21st Mar 2018
News (Pre)History Is Made As Ark: Survival Evolved Is Officially Announced For Switch
Everybody do the dinosaur
Well, that's an unexpected (but most welcome) surprise! Mere days after announcing a port for mobile devices, Studio Wildcard has only gone and officially announced a Nintendo Switch version of Ark: Survival Evolved, too! Revealed at a presentation at GDC today, the open-world survival sim will be ported to Switch with...
