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PlayStation acquires dutch studio Nixxes (PC focused studio that worked on the Tomb Raider games + Deus Ex: MD)
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I don't have issues with both since Sony do have acquired the whole gotdamn studio lol and Sony would want to have Nixxes help with their support for Sony's own 1st parties. I just hope Sony don't pull them away from what they do best and that is Port games whether its PC or PS5 or PS4..
They are capable of very good console ports too. But they'll be intergrated into the tech group, who work with all first party, we can speculate on why. They haven't been bought to port all the potential games to PC, that'd just be a massive bottleneck.
So, they are a team that have worked closely with SIE before. I just checked and Nixxes is listed in the credits for Shadowfall, not that I doubted what Hermen tweeted.
Didn't he say similar with Housemarque and that they also helped a Playstation studio? Seems like these were relationships formed loooong ago that turned into acquisitions.
That is great, If they already know Sony's internal technology their PC ports will be even better.
I always forget Guerilla is a Dutch studio, but this makes a lot of sense with that in mind.
Seems like there's a close relationship there already.
Seems like there's a close relationship there already.
Housemarque helped Guerrilla with Killzone Liberation on PSP.
Holy shit, a really good get for Sony. Guess SE games from the western branches will have a lot more bare bones PC ports. Unless SE snagged some talent before the sale.
It wouldn’t be uncommon for SE to still contract their services. CA made Halo Wars 2 for MS despite being owned by Sega.
They are very strong technically. They will be a big support studio more than helping for PC port.
Like they said in the release press. They aren't only a port machine.
Like they said in the release press. They aren't only a port machine.
Aggressive Sony is the best Sony. I bet they announce theyve bought a pub by the end of the year.
Sounds like Hermen making some good moves here from personal experience. Was a good move by Sony putting him in charge.
Hermen working his past industry connections.
Yep.
When I was in Amsterdam, I was on a boat tour that went past their office.
I pointed this out to my friends.
They were less interested than I was.
IMO, their main tasks will be to do these 'impossible' ports to PS4, like HFW and GoW:R. They have proven really good at that.
Btw, a little known fact is that Nixxes got that name from their founder Jurjen Katsman who went by nickname "Nix" on the demoscene. He was one of the developers of a few legendaty "The Black Lotus" demos in the late 90s, like "Stash" and "Countour":
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Btw, a little known fact is that Nixxes got that name from their founder Jurjen Katsman who went by nickname "Nix" on the demoscene. He was one of the developers of a few legendaty "The Black Lotus" demos in the late 90s, like "Stash" and "Countour":
Stash by The Black Lotus [TBL] | 64k (720p HQ HD demoscene demo The Party 1997)
1st place in pc 64k compo at The Party 1997Credits:probe, jace, nix, balance, danny, sick1/trpMore Information and Download on Pouet: http://pouet.net/prod.p...
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Contour - The Black Lotus
2nd place in pc demo compo at Takeover 1999Credits:Code: Nix, Jace, Balance, Tim, ScidGfx: SaffronMusic: Crystal ScoreMore info and download on Pouet:http://...
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Give me those Insomniac PC ports Sony
Voor volk en vaderland haha
I bet these guys won't just help make PC ports better.
They'll be an outsource team for every AAAA project in the pipeline within SIE.
By early next year, I bet they're all jamming on TLoU Remake, Ragnarok and Forbidden West (unless it truly does drop this year).
They'll be an outsource team for every AAAA project in the pipeline within SIE.
By early next year, I bet they're all jamming on TLoU Remake, Ragnarok and Forbidden West (unless it truly does drop this year).
It seems like they’re making their own game instead. If Sony does a PC centric strategy then it’s better for Sony Devs to just work simultaneously with a pc and Ps5 port then having one studio port all their game lol.
Really? Do we know that for sure? Have they ever worked on their own title?
Reading this gave me the real context for their purpose within SIE. They want stuff like HFW out this year, and probably want GoW/GT7 out soon after that.
This will allow them to get those games out a lot quicker
It’s extremely unlikely that Sony purchased this studio with the plan of then continuing to port games for other publishers.
Work is work, money is money is what I was optimistically assuming.
They say the PlayStation canteen bar is the cheapest in soho
To be fair, their support studios do actualy support AAA games from other publishers, they work more as support that the primarily studio so it is still possible that the studio will continue to work with SE
Those should've been immediately ported after Horizon.Sony acquiring one of the best PC porting houses around can only mean one thing.
It's finally coming to PC.
yep they're a good group to have around when trying to make up for lost time. like Hermen said, they helped get Killzone ready for launch on PS4 and they're probably doing the same thing right now for GG on Horizon
Haha nice one. You mean pub as in a bar, because they can't afford a real publisher? lol
Yeah, although Nixxes has worked on a few PlayStation projects in the past, I think it's safe to assume the acquisition is primarily about bolstering PC port efforts with a hitherto third-party studio that has a long history of delivering solid PC versions, as not every first-party studio is going to have the spare resources to properly commit to such projects and the partnership with Virtuous for HZD didn't exactly work out well.
Can you pls infiltrate the place and tell us if they are working on Bloodborne?
Hope this has less to do with porting and more to do with them getting to work on their own original title.
Seems like a smart move to be honest. A dedicated studio to take care of or at least significantly help in making last gen ports gives teams more time to focus on the PS5 versions. May mean they make less compromises with the current gen versions if there's less worry about downscaling.
I guess they'll also sort PC ports as well and generally just help on the technical side of games if needed.
I guess they'll also sort PC ports as well and generally just help on the technical side of games if needed.
It's already stated in the PR that they're a support studio. This is gonna be like VASG or Malaysia. We're not gonna hear much about what Nixxes is doing. They'll be helping other studios get their games out the door and providing expertise for PC ports most likely.
Yeah, I think people are caught up on the idea of ports, which I’m sure will be part of the plan but this feels more like a special task force to get games out the door
