GAME PORTING & REMASTERING
We provide porting and remastering services across all major platforms, including mobile and Nintendo Switch. Our goal is to deliver optimised, high quality experiences to ensure all players get to experience the best possible version of the game for their platform.
Why Choose Sumo for Game Porting?
- Proven Experience: Over 30 successful ports and remasters, delivered on time and within budget.
- Co-Development Expertise: Extensive collaboration with leading publishers and platform holders.
- All Platforms Covered: Shipped titles across Gen 8 and Gen 9 consoles, including Nintendo Switch 2.
- Advanced Technology: Proprietary engine plus UE5 and Unity experience across multiple shipped titles.
- Accessibility Built-In: Embedded UI/UX expertise to support inclusive, consistent player experiences.
- Scalable Teams: Flexible development teams from 20 to 200 specialists, tailored to your project.
- Global Delivery: Experienced across multiple time zones, with titles shipped in the US and Asia.
- Trusted Partnerships: Long-term relationships with Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony since 2003.
- Transparent Process: Collaborative communication and best-in-class development practices.
Beyond Straight Ports
We rarely deliver a simple port. Instead, we help partners add new functionality and content, enhancing the value of an existing game.
Our Approach to Game Porting
At Sumo Digital, our approach to porting is proactive: we identify potential risks early and mitigate them before they impact your project. Accessing older codebases and working across multiple game engines requires careful planning and coordination.
Key Steps in Our Porting Process
- Project Setup: Establish secure access, build systems, and infrastructure.
- Engine Investigation: Analyse, document, and de-risk the codebase through structured planning.
- Middleware: Identify compatibility risks and mitigate where required.
- Rendering: Detect performance risks early and validate through sample scenes.
- Audio: Gather existing assets and mix for target hardware.
- Controls: Explore opportunities for modified control schemes and accessibility improvements.
- Performance: Stress test early, gather metrics, and automate testing to track optimizations.
- UI/UX: Ensure new systems reflect hardware resolution and screen ratios.
- Accessibility: Assess and implement accessibility opportunities and requirements.
- Network: Identify risks and requirements early (e.g., crossplay) and mitigate effectively.
Nintendo Expertise
Our deep knowledge of Nintendo hardware makes us a go-to partner for Switch projects:
- 15+ Switch Titles: Including Snake Pass, which briefly topped Zelda during the Switch launch window.
- Performance Optimization: Ensuring smooth, high-quality experiences on any hardware.
- Handheld UI/UX Specialists: Accessibility and platform-specific reconfigurations done efficiently and to the highest standard.
- Early Hardware Adoption: Often among the first developers to ship on new platforms, leveraging features like Touchscreen, Gyro, Haptics, Gameshare, and Gamechat.
OTHER SERVICES
ENGINEERING
Sumo offers engineering services for PC, console and mobile games. No matter the size of the projects, we’re here to provide specialist support to technical challenges.
ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES
From adaptive controls and UI to customisable difficulty and communication options, we create inclusive experiences for all players.