Sony Interactive Entertainment Completes Acquisition of Nixxes

[AleksandarK]

Sony Interactive Entertainment ("SIE") announced today that SIE has completed the acquisition of Nixxes Software B.V. ("Nixxes"), an industry-leading Dutch studio with more than 20 years of experience in game development and optimization. Based in Utrecht, Netherlands, effective immediately, Nixxes will join PlayStation Studios Technology, Creative & Services Group to provide high quality in-house technical and development capabilities for PlayStation Studios.

"I highly respect Nixxes and am excited for this very experienced team to become part of the world-class development community at SIE," said Hermen Hulst, Head of PlayStation Studios. "They have a passion for improving games and for delivering the best possible experience for gamers. Nixxes will be a strong asset for everyone across PlayStation Studios, helping our teams focus on their most important goal, which is to create unique PlayStation content at the best possible quality."



"We can't wait to get to work and are so excited to bring our technical and development expertise to an IP powerhouse like PlayStation Studios," said Jurjen Katsman, Founder & Sr. Director, Development, Nixxes. "We're looking forward to working with some of the most talented teams in the industry to deliver the highest-quality gameplay experiences for PlayStation fans."

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[kinjx11]

No more Square-enix games on PC

 

[iO]

No more Square-enix games on PC

Or the opposite, more PC ports of former PlayStation exclusive games.

 

[Frick]

No more Square-enix games on PC

Yeah as said, more ports.

https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/irday/pdf/2021/GNS_E.pdf

"Off console" is presented as a new growth vector, and it says HZD PC version increased the ROI with 250%... With numbers like that ports will definitely happen.

 

[HisDivineOrder]

I hope they begin working on a port of Bloodborne to PC. Or, perhaps, that they've been working on it already and it's coming out tomorrow.

Yeah. I can wait until tomorrow.