Obsidian’s next big title just got a lot more ambitious, as along with a release for the Xbox One, PS4 and the PC on the horizon, the developer along with publisher Private Division has announced that The Outer Worlds will also be making its way to the Nintendo Switch.
The announcement was made during a lengthy video, in which Obsidian Entertainment senior producer Matthew Singh shared some basic details on the game for its upcoming player base on the Nintendo Switch. The details shared are quite descriptive and paint a very interesting picture as to how The Outer Worlds will turn out, and you can watch it below.
As mentioned by Singh, the port will be handled by another developer called Virtuos, which is a Singapore-based game outsourcing company. If you’re unfamiliar with them, then you’ll probably know them by some of their rather well-known ports – the developer was responsible for Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation Remastered, Starlink: Battle for Atlas for the Switch, an updated rerelease of L.A. Noire, Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection, Batman: Return to Arkham, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster, and, most notably, Dark Souls Remastered for the Switch.
As you can probably gather, Virtuous is a mixed bag when it comes to the quality of their ports. Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection is absolutely atrocious, as well as the Return to Arkham collections which were frame-locked to 30 fps. That said, I did like what they did for Dark Souls Remastered on the Switch, after having played and completed it last year. The other titles also fared a bit better than the aforementioned collections.
The port is expected to hit the Switch sometime after The Outer Worlds’ launch on other platforms on October 25, so there should be a bit more leeway when it comes to its final quality. Overall, though, this release speaks to how third-party support for the Switch is starting to ramp up. There are quite a number of high-profile releases set for the handheld in the future, including The Witcher 3, Dauntless and Alien Isolation.
With any luck, we can get gameplay footage of The Outer Worlds running on the Switch soon, which should help us determine how it will run once it finally releases. In any case, stay tuned with us here for more updates once it drops.
