{"id":117988,"date":"2020-09-14T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/09\/rumour_port_specialist_bringing_high_profile_shooter_to_nintendo_switch"},"modified":"2020-09-14T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T09:30:00","slug":"rumour-port-specialist-bringing-high-profile-shooter-to-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/09\/14\/rumour-port-specialist-bringing-high-profile-shooter-to-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumour: Port Specialist Bringing High Profile Shooter To Nintendo Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In recent weeks, rumours have resurfaced about a more powerful variant of the Nintendo Switch<\/a> launching in 2021.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, development studio Fractured Byte recently posted a job listing seeking a C++ game developer<\/a> (familiar with Switch) to work on an Unreal Engine project. The genre is a “shooter” and one of the tasks is to “aid shipping games like Borderlands and Borderlands 2 for Nintendo Switch”. Attached is a link to Digital Foundry’s Borderlands Switch analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

YouTuber Doctre81<\/a> – who discovered this listing – speculates the “shooter” this studio might<\/em> be working on, which is still supposedly in the early “planning stages”, is a port of Borderlands 3<\/strong> for Switch.<\/p>\n

According to Fractured Byte’s official website<\/a>, the company offers “game porting” services. Upon further investigation, it’s the same studio that collaborated with Turn Me Up Games<\/a> to help bring Borderlands: The Legendary Collection<\/a><\/strong> to Switch. In addition to this, the studio assisted Turn Me Up with the Switch version<\/a> of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It’s worth noting the Borderlands games already available on Switch<\/a> are powered by Unreal Engine 3.<\/p>\n

Given the history of Fractured Byte, its ties with Turn Me Up, the mention of this game being a shooter, and the job specifically requiring an individual who can work with Switch and ship games like<\/em> Borderlands, well…maybe the Doc is onto something.<\/p>\n