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Nixxes Software

Nixxes Software B.V. is a Dutch video game developer based in Utrecht.[2] It was founded by former demoscene developer Jurjen Katsman in 1999 to port the game Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver to the Dreamcast. In July 2021, the company was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment as part of PlayStation Studios to help bring its games from PlayStation platforms to personal computers. As of 2020, 40% of Nixxes' work comprises game ports, with the remainder being co-development efforts like the production of art assets.[2]

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Nixxes Software B.V.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded1999; 26 years ago (1999)
FounderJurjen Katsman
Headquarters,
Netherlands
Number of employees
85[1] (2025)
ParentPlayStation Studios (2021–present)
Websitenixxes.com
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During the mid-1990s, Jurjen Katsman was a computer science student, gamer, and demoscene developer in the Netherlands. During one weekend, he was invited to meet Dutch developers working for the British publisher Eidos Interactive. Without his knowledge, these developers had arranged a job interview for him. He was hired by Eidos and asked to relocate to London within three weeks, forcing him to cease his studies. Katsman remained in London for two years before being transferred to Crystal Dynamics in the United States, which Eidos had acquired in 1998. After some time of living in hotels, Katsman chose to return to the Netherlands. By this time, Crystal Dynamics was developing Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and sought a developer capable of porting it to the Dreamcast. Believing that Katsman had the right skill set, the company hired him for the conversion. At their behest, Katsman founded Nixxes Software in 1999, deriving the name from "nix", his demoscene nickname. The Dreamcast port of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver was Nixxes' first project, which Katsman completed on his own.[2]

By 2013, when Nixxes was working on Thief, the company employed seventeen people.[2] In 2018, it moved into Utrecht's World Trade Center.[3]

The company faced some hardships during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic because a lot of hardware had to remain in the office while most employees transitioned to remote work, and many workflows required a high-speed connection to the company servers.[4] On 1 July 2021, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced its acquisition of Nixxes Software to undisclosed terms.[5] In a statement to Famitsu later that month, Sony Interactive Entertainment's CEO, Jim Ryan, stated that the acquisition aimed at bringing first-party PlayStation games to personal computers.[6] After initially assisting Guerrilla Games in patching the Windows version of Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition throughout 2020 and 2021,[7] their first standalone project as a PlayStation Studios subsidiary was revealed in June 2022 to be the PC ports of Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, developed in collaboration with sister studio Insomniac Games.[8]

In 2023, Nixxes confirmed that it would start working on more remasters while also continuing their work on PC ports.[9]

Games

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YearTitlePlatform(s)Original developerNotesRef.
2000Legacy of Kain: Soul ReaverDreamcastCrystal DynamicsPort development[10]
2001Mad Dash RacingXboxRenderer development[11]
Soul Reaver 2WindowsPort development[12]
2002Blood Omen 2GameCube, Windows, Xbox[13]
2003Legacy of Kain: DefianceWindows, XboxPort and tools development[14]
WhiplashPlayStation 2, XboxRenderer development[15]
2005Project SnowblindWindows, XboxPort development[16]
2006Tomb Raider: LegendGameCube, Windows, XboxPort and tools development[17]
2007Tomb Raider: AnniversaryWindowsPort development[18]
2008Tomb Raider: UnderworldWindows, PlayStation 3[19]
2010Kane & Lynch 2: Dog DaysWindowsIO Interactive[20]
Lara Croft and the Guardian of LightWindows, PlayStation 3Crystal Dynamics[21]
2011Deus Ex: Human RevolutionWindowsEidos-Montréal[22]
2012Hitman: AbsolutionIO Interactive[23]
2013Tomb RaiderWindows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4Crystal Dynamics[24][25]
Killzone Shadow FallPlayStation 4Guerrilla GamesAdditional work[26]
2014ThiefWindowsEidos-MontréalPort development[27]
Lara Croft and the Temple of OsirisWindows, PlayStation 4Crystal Dynamics[28]
2015Rise of the Tomb RaiderWindows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4[29][30]
2016Deus Ex: Mankind DividedWindowsEidos-Montréal[31]
2018Shadow of the Tomb Raider[32]
2020Marvel's AvengersCrystal Dynamics[33]
2021Horizon Zero Dawn Complete EditionGuerrilla GamesPost-release work[34]
2022Marvel's Spider-Man RemasteredInsomniac GamesPort development[35]
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
2023Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart[36]
2024 Horizon Forbidden West Complete EditionGuerrilla Games[37]
Ghost of Tsushima Director's CutSucker Punch Productions[38]
Horizon Zero Dawn RemasteredPlayStation 5, WindowsGuerrilla Games[39]
2025Marvel's Spider-Man 2WindowsInsomniac Games[40]
The Last of Us Part II RemasteredNaughty Dog[41]
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