Nighdive Studios appears to have quietly introduced a The Thing: Remastered launch date of December 5, 2024.
It’s a launch plan that may see the survival horror reimagining arriving later this week if the discharge date promised in a latest Xbox Wire post is correct. The submit, which was revealed late final week, particularly covers new Xbox sport releases from December 2 by way of December 6, mentioning titles equivalent to The Thaumaturge, Marvel Rivals, and early entry for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Considering Nightdive has but to announce a correct date and its official Steam page nonetheless says launch is solely “coming quickly,” The Thing: Remastered’s inclusion ought to elevate some eyebrows.
Nightdive introduced its newest remaster at IGN Live in June of this 12 months, promising to ship a bone-chilling improve for the basic 2002 adaptation earlier than 2024 got here to an in depth. A post from the studio’s X/Twitter account promised that the discharge date is in December earlier immediately however didn’t make clear whether or not the December 5 date proven within the Xbox Wire submit is correct. If it’s, then we shouldn’t have to attend for much longer earlier than the complete expertise is accessible for everybody to play for themselves. In addition to Xbox One and Xbox Series X | S, The Thing: Remastered is presently set to return to PC by way of Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.
Nightdive has made a reputation for itself as an skilled remaster studio all through the previous few years. Other titles in its catalog embrace remasters for the Turok trilogy, Star Wars: Dark Forces, System Shock, Shadow Man, and extra. The Thing: Remastered guarantees a collection of additives to assist carry the unique expertise to fashionable platforms. These embrace dynamic lighting, as much as 144fps, 4K decision, antialiasing, and different common gameplay enhancements.
While we await Nightdive to share extra about its plans for The Thing: Remastered, you possibly can examine PO’ed: Definitive Edition, one other one among its initiatives that launched earlier this 12 months. You also can learn up on why we predict remakes and remasters are nice for players, and the highest 10 Konami video games we predict deserve a recent coat of paint.
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