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News - Rumour: Port Specialist Bringing High Profile Shooter To Nintendo Switch - xSicKxBot - 09-15-2020
Rumour: Port Specialist Bringing High Profile Shooter To Nintendo Switch
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<p>In recent weeks, rumours have resurfaced about a more <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/09/rumour_nintendo_is_reportedly_asking_switch_developers_to_make_their_games_4k-ready">powerful variant of the Nintendo Switch</a> launching in 2021.</p>
<p>With this in mind, development studio Fractured Byte recently <a class="external" href="https://ru.ingamejob.com/en/job/c-game-developer-ue4-2">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 <a class="external" href="https://youtu.be/-FuSiIdcZRI">Digital Foundry’s Borderlands Switch analysis</a>.</p>
<p><a class="external" href="https://youtu.be/EWOIZz9-lj0">YouTuber Doctre81</a> – who discovered this listing – speculates the “shooter” this studio <em>might</em> be working on, which is still supposedly in the early “planning stages”, is a port of <strong>Borderlands 3</strong> for Switch.</p>
<p>According to Fractured Byte’s <a class="external" href="http://fracturedbyte.com/">official website</a>, the company offers “game porting” services. Upon further investigation, it’s the same studio that <a class="external" href="https://www.facebook.com/TurnMeUpGames/posts/2907280872681193?__tn__=-R">collaborated with Turn Me Up Games</a> to help bring <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/borderlands_legendary_collection">Borderlands: The Legendary Collection</a></strong> to Switch. In addition to this, the studio assisted Turn Me Up with the <a class="external" href="https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/brothers-a-tale-of-two-sons-switch/">Switch version</a> of <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/brothers_a_tale_of_two_sons">Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons</a></strong>.</p>
<p>It’s worth noting <a class="external" href="https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2020-borderlands-legendary-collection-switch-analysis">the Borderlands games already available on Switch</a> are powered by Unreal Engine 3.</p>
<p>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 <em>like</em> Borderlands, well…maybe the Doc is onto something.</p>
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<p>In saying this, Borderlands 3 was only released last year – could the Switch handle it? While it was released on UE4, who knows what magic a developer could work. This is also where the rumours about a more powerful version of Nintendo’s hardware come into play – potentially providing a much-needed boost to run certain current-gen releases available on other platforms.</p>
<p>Doctre81 previously <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/02/witcher_rumours_intensify_following_discovery_of_job_listing_referencing_nintendo_switch">uncovered evidence of <strong>The Witcher 3</strong> on Switch</a> well before its announcement, and in more recent times <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/08/turns_out_engine_software_isnt_bringing_killer7_to_the_nintendo_switch">found a <strong>Killer7</strong> Switch listing</a> on a LinkedIn profile, which was later on confirmed as <em>not</em> being “in the works”.</p>
<p>Do you think a game like Borderlands 3 could possibly be on its way to the Switch? What other “shooters” do you this development studio could perhaps be working on? <em>Share your thoughts down below.</em></p>
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