Virtuos on how it ported BioShock and XCOM 2 to Switch, difficulties, development length
Posted on 4 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Update: After looking at Automaton Media piece again, we’ve verified that our translation is correct. However, the publication may have mixed up its transcript. The site should have written “GPU” instead of “CPU” for the line: “The CPU’s performance can be changed rather quickly by reducing the resolution and graphics settings, so CPU optimization is usually the priority.”
Last year, new collections from 2K made their way to Switch. BioShock: The Collection, XCOM 2 Collection, and Borderlands Legendary Collection ended up on the platform.
Aside from Borderlands, Virtuos was responsible for everything else. And during an interview with Automaton Media, the studio’s Andy Fong and Lukas Codr shared interesting details about the Switch ports of the BioShock games and XCOM 2. The two spoke about the actual porting process, difficulties encountered along the way, and how long it took to complete development.
You can read our full translation below by Nintendo Everything’s Oni Dino.
Pre-order updates – January 3, 2021
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
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[Review] Override 2: Super Mech League
Posted on 4 years ago by Campbell(@CampbellSGill) in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments
System: Switch
Release date: December 22, 2020
Developer: Modus Games
Publisher: Modus Games
Override 2: Super Mech League is a simple game built on a simple concept: it’s all about the visceral joy of destroying everything around you in a giant mech suit. As a party-style fighting game where up to four players duke it out as gigantic robots, it offers a wide variety of gameplay modes and a large roster of fighters. It ticks off all the boxes for a decent multiplayer brawler, but the question remains: does it pack a mechanical punch that keeps players coming pack for hours on end, or does its gameplay ultimately feel robotic?
Kingdom Come Deliverance Royal Edition listed for Switch
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
The open-world action-RPG Kingdom Come Deliverance may have a shot at coming to Switch. Over on Nintendo’s Japanese release schedule, Kingdom Come Deliverance Royal Edition is listed with a February 18 release date as a physical and digital release.
There’s definitely a chance of this happening, though we can’t take everything at face value from Nintendo’s website. The same page also listed Banjo-Kazooie and Blast Corps for the Wii U Virtual Console a few days ago, though it was quickly clarified that this was an error.
For those that haven’t heard about the game previously, here’s some information about Kingdom Come Deliverance as well as a trailer:
Windbound footage shows off new update
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments
The latest update for Windbound went live a few days ago, adding Kara’s Night Stalker outfit, new Nautilus Towers, and more. Deep Silver showed off the content during a live stream, and we have the full recording below.
You can find the full patch notes for Windbound’s latest update here.
More: 5 Lives Studios, Deep Silver, Windbound
Empire of Sin update out now (version 1.02.2.38902m), patch notes
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Empire of Sin’s second update is live on Switch. Version 1.02.2.38902m contains a large amount of fixes including save corruption, softlocks, and more.
Below are the full patch notes:
Nintendo maintenance schedule – January 3, 2021
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Nintendo’s current maintenance schedule is mostly status quo. There’s still one period planned for later this month involving all of the eShops, which will be impacted for a few hours.
The full schedule is as follows:
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons – all new bugs, fish, and underwater creatures for January
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As we enter a new month, there are a new batch of bugs, fish, and underwater creatures to encounter in Animal Crossing: New Horizons – well, for half of the world anyway. It turns out that there’s nothing new in the Northern Hemisphere, but there are quite a few additions down south.
Here’s the full lineup:
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes rated for possible Switch release
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The original LEGO Marvel Super Heroes could be making its way to Switch. That’s based on a new rating from the ESRB, which added in the database listing this week.
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 came to Switch in 2017. Wii U received the first entry back in 2013, but it never found its way to Nintendo’s current console.
Here’s some information about LEGO Marvel Super Heroes:
Suikoden creator would be open to revisiting the series
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Interviews, Switch | 0 comments
Suikoden came to be thanks to the ideas from Yoshitaka Murayama. He acted as director, producer, and writer on the series’ initial releases, but he also worked on later entries as well. Murayama ended up leaving Konami around two decades ago, but he’s not opposed to revisiting the series.
Speaking with Nintendo Everything, Murayama mentioned that the new JRPG Eiyuden Chronicle is his current focus and the fact that he’s in complete control of the IP is certainly a plus. At the same time, he would be “more than happy to work on another Suikoden game if the chance presented itself in the future.”
Murayama’s full words:
