As talk of Nintendo's Switch successor ramps up, the House of Mario has snapped up the studio that ported and Mortal Kombat 1 to its beloved hybrid gaming platform. As revealed on , the company announced it had entered into an agreement with to acquire the outstanding shares of Shiver Entertainment, which has worked on Switch ports for Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat 1, and more. "By welcoming Shiver’s experienced and accomplished development team, Nintendo aims to secure high-level resources for porting and developing software titles," the company says.
"Going forward, even after it becomes a part of the Nintendo group, Shiver’s focus will remain the same, continuing commissions that port and develop software for multiple platforms including Nintendo Switch." The two things that jump out to me are that, for starters, Nintendo doesn't appear to be limiting Shiver to Nintendo Switch ports just yet. The other is the timing of it all.
, saying we'll get a full reveal "within this fiscal year." We've seen numerous PC and console games come to the Switch over the years, so who knows, a pumped-up version of the hybrid handheld may open the floodgates that bit wider. Regardless, we hopefully won't have to wait long to find out.
Over the past 12 months, we've seen oodles of rumors, from a to the new console As ever, all will be revealed soon enough..
