Saber Interactive goes into the nitty gritty tech details of making The Witcher 3 possible on Switch
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If someone would have told you a couple of years ago that The Witcher 3 would eventually be on Switch, there’s a good chance that you may not have believed them. Before the game was announced, many people thought that such a port would be simply impossible. Yet Saber Interactive managed to make it work, bringing the entire experience to Nintendo’s console and on a single game cartridge to boot.
During NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference, Saber Interactive’s Roman Lebedev delivered a presentation all about the Switch version of The Witcher 3. Lebedev went into detail regarding CPU, memory and build size optimizations and tradeoffs made during development.
Below are some of the highlights:
MX Nitro: Unleashed footage
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MX Nitro: Unleashed, Saber Interactive’s motocross game, made it to the Switch eShop last week. View some footage in the video below.
Saber Interactive brings arcade sport motocross game MX Nitro: Unleashed to Switch
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Saber Interactive has announced that it has released MX Nitro: Unleashed, the definitive edition of the original arcade sport motocross game MX Nitro, on Switch today via the eShop. It comes with new tracks, bosses, outfits and more.
We have the following overview and trailer for MX Nitro: Unleashed:
Saber Interactive on how it got The Witcher 3 running on Switch
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Original developer CD Projekt Red was involved in bringing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to Switch. However, Saber Interactive handled a great deal of the technical work. In an interview with GamesBeat, chief executive officer Matthew Karch discussed the porting project in detail.
Karch mentioned that The Witcher 3 was initially “running at 10 frames per second, was taking 50% more memory than the Switch has, and the build size was 20GB larger than the biggest Switch cartridge.” Saber therefore turned off dynamic shadowed lights, removed screen-space ambient occlusion, and lowered the number of NPCs in the world by 30 percent.
That last change didn’t go over well, as Karch explained:
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered update out now
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Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered has been given a new patch on Switch. This week’s update include some fixes as well as improvements.
Below are the full patch notes:
NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 update adds new playable characters, returning courts, and more
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A new update for NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 is out now on Switch. It features 22 new playable characters, 30 new vanity items, and 50 new court editor items. That’s on top of several returning courts from the first NBA Playgrounds.
Here’s a trailer for the new update:
The Witcher 3 Switch technical analysis, PS4 comparison
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With The Witcher 3 set to make its debut on Switch, Digital Foundry has examined the port to see how it holds up from a technical perspective. We also get another comparison with the PS4 version.
Here are some of the analysis highlights:
[Review] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition
Posted on 4 years ago by Edan(@@Virtualboi92) in Reviews, Switch | 0 comments
System: Switch
Release date: October 15, 2019
Developer: CD Projekt Red / Saber Interactive
Publisher: CD Projekt Red
As I look at my Switch’s home-screen, I find myself questioning the reality of whatever timeline it is that I’ve ended up in. Super Mario Odyssey’s icon is nestled neatly between that of Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and I can’t quite figure out if I’m dreaming or if I’m just overtired. Existential nightmare aside, I’ve been tasked with reviewing The Witcher 3 on Switch, and despite having had months to adjust to the game’s presence on Nintendo’s hybrid, I still can’t quite wrap my head around the idea of it being real. Not only is it actually real, but it’s the full package too – the base game in its entirety along with every scrap of DLC – all present and accounted for, and all on a single 32GB cartridge. I have two questions: How? Followed closely by: How good?
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered launch trailer
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Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered lands on Switch today. Saber Interactive has shared a new launch trailer, which we have below.
Video: Ghostbusters: The Video Game – Switch vs. PS3 comparison
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After it originally appeared last-gen, Ghostbusters: The Video Game is returning on new platforms next week, including Switch. Find a new Switch vs. PS3 graphics comparison below.
