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 current Xbox Wire submit is correct. The submit, which was printed late final week, particularly covers new Xbox recreation releases from December 2 via December 6, mentioning titles akin 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 web page nonetheless says launch is just “coming quickly,” The Thing: Remastered’s inclusion ought to elevate some eyebrows.
Nightdive introduced its newest remaster at IGN Live in June of this yr, promising to ship a bone-chilling improve for the traditional 2002 adaptation earlier than 2024 got here to an in depth. A submit from the studio’s X/Twitter account promised that the discharge date is in December earlier at the moment 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 total 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 embody 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 deliver the unique expertise to trendy platforms. These embody dynamic lighting, as much as 144fps, 4K decision, antialiasing, and different common gameplay enhancements.
While we look ahead to 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 yr. You may also 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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