Panic Button Talks Developing Wolfenstein and Warframe On Switch

The Nintendo Switch seems to be having a much different plan for this year than they did for the last one. 2017 was marked by numerous major 1st party titles, while 2018 is being marked by major 3rd party titles and ports. One of the developers who is helping make some of these ports is Panic Button. They already have experience bringing ports to the Switch, but this they’re taking it to a whole new level with games like Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and the recently announced Warframe port.

During a Reddit AMA, some of the team from Panic Button talked about developing these game for the Switch. Andy Boggs was asked about making the graphics work for the Switch, and he noted:

“It always feels like we’re squeezing every last drop out of the hardware when heads down into the project, but after the games ship, we always wind up taking a breath and looking back and saying ‘what if we tried this…’ or ‘I bet we could have optimized ’, and then we try those things the next time. There’s always something else you can optimize.”

This is something that they have noted in the past, that they’re getting faster and better with their ports to the extent that they can actually make their ports faster because of their experience. Which is why many expect Warframe to release this year.

Oh, and if you’re curious as to how they pick the games they port…

“As far as how do we decide what games to work on, it’s all over the place. There are a lot of things we want to work on, and I spend a lot of time talking to folks about if that makes sense, how do we make that happen, what’s the big win for everyone involved, and then we build a high-level plan and business details around that.

Panic Button has teased that they have even more ports in the works, we’ll just have to see.