For Studio Wildcard’s co-founder and development director, Jeremy Stieglitz, there’s a “golden trio” of elements that need to come together to lure fans from its ageing but adored Ark Survival Evolved over to the shinier, newer Ark Survival Ascended. First, put some Unreal Engine 5 glitz on classic Ark content. Second, cook up and serve all-new expansions that are only available in ASA – something it’s finally delivering on with Lost Colony, which launched this month. And thirdly, improve performance. Ark’s never been the smoothest, most-polished of experiences, and so the quest of making ASA a slick survival game that can support new innovations without taking steps back, performance-wise, is an important one. While 2026 will bring plenty more upgrades and fixes to Survival Ascended, Stieglitz is very excited about its upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.7 in particular. Why? Within UE5.7 is a “magic bullet” change that should make drastic improvements to ASA on PC – and could see it arrive on new platforms like the Nintendo Switch 2.

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 An Ark Survival Ascended Switch 2 port could now be a reality thanks to the “night and day” performance improvements Unreal 5.7 brings.  PCGamesN