Sony has uploaded a studio profile video all about its PC porting developer Nixxes. Acquired in July 2021, the team has helped to bring a variety of PS5, PS4 titles to PC, including Marvel's Spider-Man and its side game Miles Morales. Right now, it's working on porting Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart to the personal computer for a release next month.
Check out the video above to learn more about the Utrecht-based studio. Lead engineer Coen Frauenfelder said: "What we provide for PlayStation Studios is high-quality PC ports and also working more and more in creating remasters. We do not create full-blown games but we focus on specialising in those specific areas." Systems programmer Alexandra Cunetchi then added how Nixxes gets to work on projects for roughly three to six months, rather than committing itself to the long development cycles of AAA studios.
"Nixxes is special for me because I get to work on a lot of diverse projects for a very short amount of time," she said. "In a normal game studio you would work on a game for... let's say, for seven years, while at Nixxes, we get to work on a project for three months, six months, maybe a year. And it's always a new project. It's always new technology and we get to figure it out. I think that is very satisfying." It's also mentioned how Nixxes rarely encounters a tough challenge developing on PC, and its employees gain satisfaction from owning what they work on.
Are you a fan of the PC ports done by Nixxes? Let us know in the comments below.
[source youtube.com]
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Pc port team. Boring
I think the exciting news here is they are going to be working on remastered for playstation aswell as pc ports.
@Ssimsim Where did they say that? I watched the Video and it wasn't mentioned
So no allegations of misconduct? Weird
Horribleđź‘Ž. I miss the only on PlayStation on the ps3 and ps4 box art.word up son
I love these developer videos, keep them coming Sony. But more importantly they are great for attracting talent.
@Magnus_Selene In this article. "Frauenfelder said: What we provide for PlayStation Studios is high-quality PC ports and also working more and more in creating remasters"
When the time comes, I hope this is the team that ports Ghost of Tsushima to PC.
Imagine having a dedicated studio whose sole purpose is to kneecap your own flagship product.
@truerbluer Sony is a successful company ran by smart people so they don't think as small as you
@Ssimsim They then went on to talk about the PC port of Spiderman. I'm not sure if they are making PS5 remasters, but stranger things have happened. They have some history of console ports. They handled the PS3 version of Tomb Raider and the Xbox One X upgrade to Rise of the Tomb Raider.
@themightyant maybe they can't talk about certain projects yet? With bluepoint going to a new IP, I wouldn't be surprised if they have gave wanted remastered plans to another studio and also talking about going onto new projects as quick as 3 months suggests that they maybe working on alot of things. Just my opinion I hope it's the case as I've always wrote theses off as pc port team and nothing else
Lot of salt in the comments. Guess that's what happens when your fanboyism clouds your judgement. Anyway, considering Sony says they're making alot of money off of PC ports, I'd say Nixxes is one their best assets ATM. If they're smart, they'd actually give all their games to Nixxes instead of letting embarrassments like The Last of Us' port ruin their reputation
Nice now all we is Bloodborne & Ghost of Tsushima, I'll happily buy them again.
@NathanKang I think Nixxes was already working on something (R&C apparently) and ND and Iron Galaxy had been rushing TLOU to get it out alongside TLOU Season 1
i believe nixxes will eventually become a first party developer for sony in the same way bluepoint has emerged. it won't surprise me to see nixxes take on a full remake (similar to what bluepoint did with demon's souls), before working on a brand new IP. of course, this will not happen overnight, but by the time ps6 rolls aorund, it is a real possibility. that said, i believe it is important that nixxes maintains a B team that is strictly focused on pc ports so not to take away resources from internal studios that are working creatively on various game projects.
@Porco I don’t think that would happen as Nixxes has always been a port/support studio since its founding in 1999. They’ve never created their own IP.
@VeldinX neither did bluepoint but they are currently working on a new IP.
@Porco Not strictly true as the first game they made in 2006 was an original IP called Blast Factor. Though, granted, it was a very minor one, so I guess if Bluepoint are working on a new “AAA” IP now, then Nixxes could too at some point, especially if PlayStation’s PC strategy fizzles out.
Nixxes are the best out there for pc ports really quality stuff đź‘Ť
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