ARK: Survival Evolved's official Nintendo Switch servers are shutting down on August 31

Studio Wildcard

Studio Wildcard has confirmed that the official online servers for ARK: Survival Evolved on Nintendo Switch will go offline on August 31, 2026, ending multiplayer for over a million players who used the official infrastructure. No reason was given for the closure.

The details:

The shutdown covers both the original ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition on Switch. August 31 is the final day for official server access.
Single-player mode will continue to work after the shutdown, and unofficial servers are expected to keep running. Only the official server infrastructure is being taken offline.
Studio Wildcard cited more than one million players having passed through the official Switch servers over the game's lifetime. The studio gave no explanation for the decision.
ARK: Survival Ascended, the remastered version of the game, launched on PC and consoles in 2023 and does not appear to be affected by this announcement.

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