Sony is planning to bring more PlayStation games to the PC, and one of them could very well be the new Ratchet & Clank game that’s currently exclusive to PS5 consoles. As spotted by reddit’s Veloxz, Nixxes Software, the PlayStation-owned developer behind the celebrated PC ports for Marvel’s Spider-Man and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, is seeking a new UX-UI engineer for AAA PC titles who has experience with Coherent, a piece of middleware that’s used for creating what the company has described as stunning and high-performance game user interfaces. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart appears to be the only title from PlayStation Studios that is featured on the list of games powered by Coherent Labs.
From a Nixxes job ad:
Job description:
We’re looking for a highly collaborative, passionate, and skilled UX/UI Engineer to help implement and improve the UI experience for upcoming AAA PC titles.
Responsibilities
- Prototype, design and implement features to improve the gameplay experience on PC.
- Work closely with other team members to develop and extend systems and technology.
- Take ownership over features and bring them to successful completion within a set time.
- Helping out and support other engineers where needed.
- Protect the quality of the project together with the rest of the team.
Competencies, skills & knowledge:
- Able to design, implement and/or extend game systems for PC to improve the UI experience.
- A pragmatic, hands-on problem-solving mentality.
- C++ knowledge and experience.
- Able to design and write well-structured, readable, and maintainable code.
- Work well in a team and on a large code base.
- Good communication skills in written and spoken English.
- Good understanding of code performance and complexity.
- Able to work well in an environment with deadlines and milestones.
Plusses:
- Experience in using Coherent middleware.
- Adobe Animate experience.
- Game industry and development experience.
- Strong debugging skills.
- (Native) Dutch speaker.
From a PlayStation listing:
Go dimension-hopping with Ratchet and Clank as they take on an evil emperor from another reality. Jump between action-packed worlds, and beyond at mind-blowing speeds – complete with dazzling visuals and an insane arsenal – as the intergalactic adventurers blast onto the PS5 console.
Discussion (2 replies)
Join Discussion →Gawd I really hope this comes to PC, as this is one of the few PS5 games I actually wanna play. I've been hoping all PS5 exclusives come to PC so that I won't end up needing to get a console this generation. It'll be weird cuz I've had at least one console for each generation since 2nd-gen, but PC is my preferred place for playing video games. Been really happy about all the Sony-exclusives that have popped up on PC thus far. Some came too late for me to enjoy them on PC cuz I never ever thought they would show up on PC, but I've been holding off on the rest until I see PC versions.
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