ARK: Survival Evolved Coming to Switch This Fall - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 March 2018 / 3,552 Views

Studio Wildcard announced at the Game Developers Conference today in a panel that the dinosaur survival game Ark: Survival Evolved is getting a port on the Nintendo Switch. It will release this fall.

Just last week it was announced the game would be getting a release on iOS and Android.

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25 Comments

Chazore (on 21 March 2018)

Wonder how this is going to run in docked/mobile mode.

Darwinianevolution (on 21 March 2018)

Doesn't the game still have optimization and performance problems? How are they going to fit it for the Switch if they are still working on the main PC version and the other consoles?

Johnw1104 (on 21 March 2018)

Wow, I honestly thought it wouldn't simply because on my rather stout PC that I built for 4k and the HTC Vive it still only ran OK, not great... before the upgrades it was really stuttering. I suppose that was while it was still technically in Beta, but porting this to the Switch will be one heck of a challenge. Hopefully they succeed!

Rab (on 21 March 2018)

Ark running in portable, looks smooth, but will have to see in more active areas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B6kJm5pOx8

JSG87 (on 21 March 2018)

There's footage of the Switch version online already. It's got exactly the same template as the ps4 xb1 versions and it's running close to 30fps in most instances according to the developer. I'm actually excited! This might just be rhw game that proves anything can be ported over to switch.

Zach808 (on 22 March 2018)

Well, it's settled: If the Switch can run this unoptimized beast, it's not too underpowered for the next COD.

Zach808 (on 22 March 2018)

Well, it's settled: If the Switch can run this unoptimized beast, it's not too underpowered for the next COD.

kazuyamishima (on 22 March 2018)

iOS and Android will get a version as well, why not the switch?

Nuvendil (on 21 March 2018)

Well, that was unexpected.

Kwaidd Nuvendil (on 22 March 2018)

I watched a post from SuperMetalDave64 and SpawnWave. Apprarently the dev porting the game over feels that the hardware isn't so much an issue, as is the cart cost and having to fit it on a 16g cart. Still, quite unexpected, indeed.

C4R3ON (on 21 March 2018)

Cant wait for ultimate 5 Frames per second experience.

SecondWar C4R3ON (on 21 March 2018)

Can't wait for people to stop posting comments like this.

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SecondWar C4R3ON (on 21 March 2018)

Wait, people actually like these sort of comments? I find that rather sad. And there's a whole section of the site who wonder why the Switch doesn't get full 3rd party support.

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AhsMilk C4R3ON (on 21 March 2018)

It's a pretty funny comment. Don't have to take it seriously

SecondWar C4R3ON (on 21 March 2018)

Well maybe my sense of humour is broken then because it reads more as bitchy than funny to me.

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adisababa (on 21 March 2018)

Yeaahh can't wait to play a slideshow just like doom. smooth 10 fps, here I come!!!

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Kwaidd John2290 (on 22 March 2018)

The game itself is no fun or not worth a playthrough...or it's terrible because of performance issues that could potentially be resolved? I know people that have been playing it for quite a while and enjoy it, but I have not played it myself.