Nightdive Studios, the talented developer folks behind quite a few remasters (and an outright remake of System Shock) have announced that they are bringing us a remaster of the 1995 classic Star Wars: Dark Forces.
Dark Forces was originally released for MS-DOS, so to say it is in need of a bit of modern love may well be an understatement – but the classic shooter was a banger back in the day, with a deep understanding of the Star Wars lore and a killer story that bridged a narrative gap for the Rebellion and their struggle against the Empire. Plus it introduced everyone’s favourite cool Jedi uncle, Kyle Katarn.
The remaster will feature a number of improvements over the original game courtesy of their in-house Kex engine, including:
- Updated graphics
- Modern gamepad support
- Trophies and achievements
- 4K resolution at 120FPS
That should tidy up this 28 year old title nicely, and give people a taste of some old school Star Wars storytelling – before podracers and all that midi-chlorians malarkey.
Right now the only release details given are “later this year”, so let us all pray together that they stay far away from October.
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Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views. Follow him on YouTube @Bad at Video Games
