Company:Nixxes Software

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Nixxes Software B.V.
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded1999; 27 years ago (1999)
FounderJurjen Katsman
Headquarters
Utrecht
,
the Netherlands
Number of employees
85[1] (2025)
ParentPlayStation Studios (2021–present)
Websitewww.nixxes.com

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 Software: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]

History

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 Software: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

Year Title Platform(s) Original developer Notes
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2000 Software:Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Dreamcast Crystal Dynamics Port development [10]
2001 Mad Dash Racing Xbox Renderer development [11]
Soul Reaver 2 Windows Port development [12]
2002 Blood Omen 2 GameCube, Windows, Xbox [13]
2003 Software:Legacy of Kain: Defiance Windows, Xbox Port and tools development [14]
Whiplash PlayStation 2, Xbox Renderer development [15]
2005 Project Snowblind Windows, Xbox Port development [16]
2006 Software:Tomb Raider: Legend GameCube, Windows, Xbox Port and tools development [17]
2007 Software:Tomb Raider: Anniversary Windows Port development [18]
2008 Software:Tomb Raider: Underworld Windows, PlayStation 3 [19]
2010 Software:Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Windows IO Interactive [20]
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Windows, PlayStation 3 Crystal Dynamics [21]
2011 Software:Deus Ex: Human Revolution Windows Eidos-Montréal [22]
2012 Software:Hitman: Absolution IO Interactive [23]
2013 Tomb Raider Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 Crystal Dynamics [24][25]
Killzone Shadow Fall PlayStation 4 Guerrilla Games Additional work [26]
2014 Thief Windows Eidos-Montréal Port development [27]
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris Windows, PlayStation 4 Crystal Dynamics [28]
2015 Rise of the Tomb Raider Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 [29][30]
2016 Software:Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Windows Eidos-Montréal [31]
2018 Shadow of the Tomb Raider [32]
2020 Marvel's Avengers Crystal Dynamics [33]
2021 Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition Guerrilla Games Post-release work [34]
2022 Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered Insomniac Games Port development [35]
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
2023 Software:Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart [36]
2024 Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition Guerrilla Games [37]
Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut Sucker Punch Productions [38]
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered PlayStation 5, Windows Guerrilla Games [39]
2025 Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Windows Insomniac Games [40]
The Last of Us Part II Remastered Naughty Dog [41]
Helldivers 2 Xbox Series X/S Arrowhead Game Studios [42]
The Last of Us Part I Windows Naughty Dog Post-release work [43]
2026 Saros PlayStation 5 Housemarque Additional work [44]

References

  1. ↑ "Financial Accountant" (in en-GB). https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal/jobs/5403834004. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 van Ammelrooy, Peter (13 December 2020). "Gamestudio Nixxes in Utrecht is de hofleverancier van internationale topgames" (in nl). https://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/gamestudio-nixxes-in-utrecht-is-de-hofleverancier-van-internationale-topgames~b1fdcad6/. 
  3. ↑ "Nixxes Software to rent in WTC Utrecht". CBRE Group. 20 July 2018. https://news.cbre.nl/nixxes-software-to-rent-in-wtc-utrecht/. 
  4. ↑ van Otterlo, Alessandra (28 May 2020). "Thuiswerken in coronatijd • "Niet alle hardware kan zomaar mee naar huis"" (in nl). https://control-online.nl/gamesindustrie/2020/05/28/thuiswerken-in-coronatijd-%e2%80%a2-niet-alle-hardware-kan-zomaar-mee-naar-huis/. 
  5. ↑ Taylor, Mollie (1 July 2021). "Sony acquires PC port developer Nixxes Software". https://www.pcgamer.com/sony-acquires-pc-port-developer-nixxes-software/. 
  6. ↑ Peppiatt, Dom (28 July 2021). "Nixxes acquisition will help bring more PlayStation games to PC, Sony confirms". https://www.vg247.com/nixxes-acquisition-playstation-pc-port. 
  7. ↑ Croft, Liam (2021-12-16). "Nixxes Responsible for Recent Horizon Zero Dawn PC Patches" (in en-GB). https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/12/nixxes-responsible-for-recent-horizon-zero-dawn-pc-patches. 
  8. ↑ Schneider, Ryan (2022-06-02). "Marvel's Spider-Man series is coming to PC" (in en-US). https://blog.playstation.com/2022/06/02/marvels-spider-man-series-is-coming-to-pc/. 
  9. ↑ "Sony's PC port dev Nixxes under the microscope in studio profile video". 22 June 2023. https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/06/sonys-pc-port-dev-nixxes-under-the-microscope-in-studio-profile-video. 
  10. ↑ "Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/19-uk/projects/134-legacy-of-kain-soul-reaver. 
  11. ↑ "Mad Dash Racing". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/19-uk/projects/139-mad-dash-racing. 
  12. ↑ "Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/19-uk/projects/142-legacy-of-kain-soul-reaver-2. 
  13. ↑ "Blood Omen 2". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/19-uk/projects/141-blood-omen-2. 
  14. ↑ "Legacy of Kain: Defiance". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/19-uk/projects/138-legacy-of-kain-defiance. 
  15. ↑ "Whiplash". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/19-uk/projects/140-whiplash. 
  16. ↑ "Project Snowblind". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/19-uk/projects/137-project-snowblind. 
  17. ↑ "Tomb Raider: Legend". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/19-uk/projects/143-tomb-raider-legend. 
  18. ↑ "Tombraider: Anniversary". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/19-uk/projects/136-tombraider-anniversary. 
  19. ↑ "Tombraider: Underworld". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/19-uk/projects/135-tombraider-underworld. 
  20. ↑ "Kane & Lynch 2: Dog days". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/19-uk/projects/127-kane-a-lynch-2-dog-days. 
  21. ↑ "Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/nixxes/projects/lara-croft-and-the-guardian-of-light. 
  22. ↑ "Deus Ex: Human Revolution". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/144-deus-ex-human-revolution. 
  23. ↑ "Hitman: Absolution". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/149-hitman-absolution. 
  24. ↑ "Tomb Raider". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/151-tomb-raider. 
  25. ↑ "Tomb Raider Definitive Edition". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/166. 
  26. ↑ Carcasole, David (July 2021). "Nixxes Software Helped Development On Killzone: Shadow Fall, Herman Hulst Reveals" (in en-US). https://www.psu.com/news/nixxes-software-helped-development-on-killzone-shadow-fall-herman-hulst-reveals/. 
  27. ↑ "Thief". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/157-thief. 
  28. ↑ "Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/174. 
  29. ↑ "Rise of the Tomb Raider". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/178. 
  30. ↑ "Rise of the Tomb Raider 20 year Celebration". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/189. 
  31. ↑ "Deus Ex: Mankind Divided". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/183. 
  32. ↑ "Shadow of the Tomb Raider". Nixxes. http://www.nixxes.com/projects/210. 
  33. ↑ "Marvel's Avengers". Nixxes. https://www.nixxes.com/project/marvels-avengers/. 
  34. ↑ "Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition bundles the vanilla game and Frozen Wilds for the holidays" (in en). 2017-10-04. https://www.gamesradar.com/horizon-zero-dawn-complete-edition-bundles-the-vanilla-game-and-frozen-wilds-for-the-holidays/. 
  35. ↑ Romano, Sal (2 June 2022). "Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered coming to PC on August 12, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales this fall" (in en-US). https://www.gematsu.com/2022/06/marvels-spider-man-remastered-coming-to-pc-on-august-12-marvels-spider-man-miles-morales-this-fall. 
  36. ↑ Romano, Sal (30 May 2023). "Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart coming to PC on July 26" (in en-US). https://www.gematsu.com/2023/05/ratchet-clank-rift-apart-coming-to-pc-on-july-26. 
  37. ↑ Romano, Sal (September 27, 2023). "Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition launches October 6 for PS5, in early 2024 for PC". https://www.gematsu.com/2023/09/horizon-forbidden-west-complete-edition-launches-october-6-for-ps5-in-early-2024-for-pc. 
  38. ↑ Webster, Andrew (March 6, 2024). "Ghost of Tsushima is coming to PC in May". https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/6/24092291/ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut-pc-release-date-steam. 
  39. ↑ Moon, Mariella (September 25, 2024). "Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered arrives October 31 on PS5 and PC". Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/gaming/horizon-zero-dawn-remastered-arrives-october-31-on-ps5-and-pc-052407167.html. Retrieved September 25, 2024. 
  40. ↑ "Marvel's Spider-Man 2 arrives on PC January 2025". October 18, 2024. https://blog.playstation.com/2024/10/18/marvels-spider-man-2-arrives-on-pc-january-2025. 
  41. ↑ "The Last of Us Part II Remastered comes to PC April 3, 2025". December 12, 2024. https://blog.playstation.com/2024/12/12/the-last-of-us-part-ii-remastered-comes-to-pc-april-3-2025/. 
  42. ↑ "Helldivers II coming to Xbox Series on August 26". July 3, 2025. https://www.gematsu.com/2025/07/helldivers-ii-coming-to-xbox-series-on-august-26. 
  43. ↑ @NixxesSoftware. "After the success of our collaboration on The Last of Us Part II Remastered PC, we've teamed up once again with our friends at @Naughty_Dog to bring you an update for The Last of Us Part I PC.". https://twitter.com/NixxesSoftware/status/1940825411891745184.  Missing or empty |date= (help)
  44. ↑ "Saros launches March 20 on PS5, first look at gameplay from today’s State of Play". September 24, 2025. https://blog.playstation.com/2025/09/24/saros-launches-march-20-on-ps5-first-look-at-gameplay-from-todays-state-of-play/. 

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