The confirmation that Diablo 3 is coming to Switch marks the first time in 15 years that a Blizzard title has appeared on a Nintendo platform. Now that the relationship between the two studios has been rekindled, discussions will naturally move to other Blizzard games that could make the jump to the Switch. Overwatch, the popular team-based shooter, stands out as a potential contender, and Blizzard thinks that, from a technology perspective, it is possible.
Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt explains how the studio name comes from a name translation, plus the background on the game title “Helldivers.”
Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.
Developer Slavic Magic and publisher Hooded Horse announce that their city building sim Manor Lords has sold over two million copies since launch.
Still waiting for its first patch which is worrying. I know it’s been a single man developer but there’s really no excuse for no updates being released since launch. I’ve been part of many single developer releases that are updated daily, sometimes hourly. This’s hasn’t had a single one yet….
I'd love Starcraft to come to console, it's the only PC game I play really.
It may be possible, if the engine is scalable to allow for it. After all, Paladins runs pretty damn well on the Switch, and it's the same kind of game (although admittedly Paladins has always been way simpler graphically than OW). They would just have to tone down the graphics and effects enough for it to run at a stable 60fps, which is a must.
I’m looking forward to Overwatch and Heartstone on the Switch.
I think when they were talking about the technicality of it, it was more to do with consoles and controllers vs PC's with mouse and keyboard.