Microsoft Wants to bring more games to Nintendo Switch
During GDC 2019, Microsoft confirmed that they are bringing Xbox Live features to Cuphead on Nintendo Switch.
“As with most new technologies, we love to work with partners to help us explore new innovations we’re bringing to developers. That brings us to Cuphead! Our friends at StudioMDHR already have experience with Xbox Live beyond the console – Cuphead is available on Windows 10 with Xbox Live as well. We’ve had some good conversations with them about Xbox Live and the gaming community, especially after we saw what Mojang had done with Minecraft and the Bedrock Edition.
Growing out of these recent discussions, we are partnering with StudioMDHR to investigate bringing Xbox Live features beyond Xbox and PC to Nintendo Switch. Yes, this means that fans will now have the opportunity to experience StudioMDHR’s award-winning debut game on Nintendo Switch with Xbox Live! We’ll be working with StudioMDHR to implement Xbox Live features into Cuphead on the Nintendo Switch in the coming months. Given the early stage of our work with StudioMDHR, the Xbox Live features will appear in a post-launch update to Cuphead on Nintendo Switch. We’d like to thank Studio MDHR and Nintendo for their help in this investigation!”
Once Xbox Live is successfully implemented on Nintendo Switch, Microsoft plans to release more games similar to Cuphead on the Nintendo Switch, we expect Ori and the Blind Forest to be the next Xbox One game released on Nintendo Switch. Could Killer Instinct be in the works for Nintendo Switch?
