It appears as though a heavy-hitter may be making its way to Switch! According to a post on NeoGAF (via IGN), external game developer Virtuos is reportedly porting a AAA title to Nintendo Switch. Virtuos is responsible for working on such games as Batman: Return to Arkham, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, and Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection.
First spotted by YouTuber Doctre81, a Virtuos employee’s LinkedIn profile listed a work-in-progress port for Nintendo Switch:
WIP: Porting a AAA title to Nintendo Switch™
– Re-implement the renderer with Nintendo’s native graphics API(nvn)
– Design and implement the low level mechanism of graphics resource management and threading
– Exploit the performance advantages of the Vulkan-like API (UMA, explicit management of graphics memory, complete control over CPU/GPU synchronization, etc)
Though the listing has since been removed from the employee’s profile, the Internet is abuzz with speculation, with many people thinking the port may be alluding to the aforementioned games. It is worth noting that Virtuos has worked previously on the NBA 2K series, so this news should be taken with a grain of salt, as this very well could be for the upcoming NBA 2K18 or WWE 2K18. However, if this does indicate that a new project is being worked on, I could see any of the aforementioned games making the cut, as well as games such as Heavy Rain HD or Final Fantasy X and X-2 HD. At this point, though, it’s all speculation, so we’ll simply have to wait and see.
