Here’s a somewhat unexpected bit of Switch porting news. According to frequent and trustworthy leaker, billbil-kun on Twitter, Biomutant is finally getting its oft-rumoured port to Nintendo’s handheld – but not until early next year.
There’s not much info to go off in terms of how the game will look or run on the Switch, but according to billbil-kun, the game is coming on “approximately” February 14th next year at a price of $39.99 USD (roughly $60 AUD).
It’s certainly an odd choice. Biomutant wasn’t overly well-received (I didn’t mind it) but it’s arguably old news now and by February 2024 both it and the Nintendo Switch will be showing their respective age quite noticeably.
https://twitter.com/billbil_kun/status/1653678280283758593?s=20
Experiment 101’s ambitious gun-fu open world furry RPG was released in 2021 to mixed reviews, with our own James Berich saying “Biomutant is a vibrant and beautiful looking game that unsuccessfully attempts to leverage so many different aspects of open-world games from the last decade. It buckles under the weight of its own ambition and is sorely lacking the focus needed to offer a stand-out open-world experience and carve out its own identity.”
A version of the game for the new generation of consoles materialised in September last year, making some sweeping improvements and upping the quality and performance of the game’s visuals as a free upgrade to existing owners.
We’ll be keeping a furry ear to the ground for any more news around this one.
“BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.
A plague is ruining the land and the Tree-of-Life is bleeding death from its roots. The Tribes stand divided. Explore a world in turmoil and define its fate – will you be its saviour or lead it to an even darker destiny?”
