Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition Outlines DLC Roadmap For Switch

'Extinction' arrives this month

by Liam Doolan Sun 2nd Apr 2023

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 'Extinction' DLC will be launching on Switch on 11th April. Estimated release dates for other DLC have now also been outlined confirming a 2023 release for most of the content. Here's the full rundown via the official PR:

- April 11, 2023 - Extinction
- May 2023 - Small Tribes servers
- June 2023 - Genesis Part 1
- October 2023 - Genesis Part 2
- Winter 2023 into 2024 - Remaining community maps

If we hear any updates, we'll let you know. Have you tried out the new Ark overhaul for Switch yet? Comment below.

Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief. He's also got a soft spot for Sonic the Hedgehog.

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antisumo
Sun 2nd Apr 2023

Is this available on the standard version too or just the ultimate survivor edition? Also did the standard get the major overhaul too as tempted by this but the ultimate is a bit steep for me

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Serpenterror
Sun 2nd Apr 2023

When is the release date for the physical edition that should had all of these in it?

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Joeynator3000
Mon 3rd Apr 2023

...Is this game actually fine? I just remember it going through a lot of versions/updates and they were always terrible. Did it just randomly turned good all of the sudden or something? lol

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WiiWareWave
Mon 3rd Apr 2023

@Joeynator3000 Yeah, the visuals are in-line with the PS4/XBone releases, locked at 30 FPS with minor dips and 780p. Before it was 30 FPS and 180p, yes that is not a typo, it was originally locked at 180p resolution lol. 🤣

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Joeynator3000
Mon 3rd Apr 2023

@LilyGoMEOW lol...

Anyways yeah, what about everything else, though. Like, people said it was insanely buggy, or there was nothing to do, stuff like that...

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WiiWareWave
Mon 3rd Apr 2023

@Joeynator3000 It doesn't seem bad at all tbh. I'm guessing the devs squashed most of the bugs at this point? 🤔

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aresius
Mon 3rd Apr 2023

@Joeynator3000
they remade the port from scratches using the ue4 engine instead and by putting in charge of the port a third party developer(GROVE STREET GAMES yes the same authors of the terrible gta trilogy port but here they did the the job done), they actually made a little miracle redeemed themselves in full compared to the original port, you can find a lot of comparison video between the rotten first version and the new version is like day and night almost , if you own the original you are entitle to upgrade to the new version for free , I still not interest because I only play single player and for what i see is not worthy of my time in general I don't like multiplayer games and beside some stuff are multi related only like base defense ecc. so for me is a pass and much better non man skies for my playing preferences