Feature: Feral Interactive On The Pleasures And Pitfalls Of Porting To Switch

"Setting the bar high is good for everyone, players, platform holders and developers".

Against all the odds, Nintendo Switch has hosted some stunning third-party ports since launching back in 2017. Disproving the idea that third-parties and Nintendo platforms don't mix well, Switch has attracted some truly excellent (and unexpected) games that manage to squeeze performance from the console's modest mobile chipset that few believed was possible. Where there's a will there's a way, it seems, and a handful of porting houses have worked wonders on Nintendo's hybrid handheld.

One of those developers is Feral Interactive, the studio responsible for bringing both GRID Autosport and Alien: Isolation to Switch. Both games are masterclasses in porting to the console and, incredibly, they represent the first two games the developer has brought to any dedicated home console since the London-based company was founded in 1996.

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