Remaster

Long-time players of The Elder Scrolls series will need no introduction to Daggerfall, the second entry in Bethesda’s fantasy franchise. However, if you have never played this absolute classic – albeit wholly retro-looking – RPG, now’s the perfect time. You see, the Daggerfall Unity project has finally released version 1.0 of this unofficial remake (thanks, PCGamesN), which you can download from GitHub. Intended as a more stable release of previous builds, this update represents the next stage of a recreation that’s been…

Sawaki Takeyasu and Ignition Games’ El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron somehow came out over 12 years ago. Takeyasu’s company Crim purchased the rights a couple years after launch, and now the HD remaster finally has an April 28, 2024 date for Nintendo Switch.  Crim announced the date for the port along with publisher Rainy Frog. El Shaddai will hit Switch both physically and digitally in Japan, including a physical deluxe edition priced at ¥8,250 (about US$57). Paying a little extra nets you the game along with a…

Digital Eclipse The primary purpose of video game remasters and re-releases is to preserve and modernize a classic experience, but there are a lot of ways to accomplish that. A lot of studios simply port or emulate an old game on modern platforms and call it a day. Any additional perks, like behind-the-scenes featurettes, is tossed in as bonus content. For Chris Kohler, the Editorial Director at Digital Eclipse Editorial, that’s a philosophy his team wants to avoid. “The core user experience is us wanting to tell the…

A HD remaster of Dusk is currently available for free on Steam, as long as you purchase the base game. Dusk is currently available at a 66 per cent discount, down to £5.09 from £14.99. Once a player owns the game they’re able to download a free HD DLC for the game. As developer David Szymanski, his team, and publisher New Blood Interactive wrote in a post on Steam: “What started as a fun way to beef up the DUSK Steam Workshop soon evolved into a full-blown visual remaster thanks to the hard work of a group of very…

I wasn’t expecting Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion to be remastered. While Nightdive Studios updated and rereleased the PC versions of the first two games, there wasn’t a PC version of Turok 3. They didn’t have the source files, so they had to reverse-engineer the N64 version and port it over to their proprietary KEX Engine. It’s a lot of work to go through, especially when Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion is hardly the best game in the series. To put it charitably, it’s mediocre. Neither liquid nor solid. Remastering it was…

It’s time to put the words of Savage Starlight to the test. Naughty Dog and PlayStation have released a new trailer for The Last of Us Part II Remastered, previewing the newest mode: No Return. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQaceGrFIok The mode, announced alongside the remaster’s reveal, features roguelike mechanics within the world and gameplay of The Last of Us. Players will endure and survive different stages full of various enemies like clickers, soldiers, and even that disgusting Rat King from the Sewers level.…

We already knew a remaster of Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse was on its way from Skunkape Games, but now we have a release window. It will arrive Spring 2024. Technically, this is a delay, but the announcement of a 2023 timeframe never happened. It was just a shared hallucination. Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse was the last of Telltale’s revival of the Sam & Max license and also sort of the last traditional point-and-click adventure that they want you to remember before the formula changed with The…

Hannah Waddingham has not heard about returning for Hocus Pocus 3. Mortal Kombat 2 director Todd Garner offers some tiny glimpses of the sequel. Plus, Get a behind-the-scenes look at Agatha: Darkhold Diaries. Spoilers, assemble!Like It or Not, Your Doctor Will Use AI | AI UnlockedHocus Pocus 3During a recent interview with THR, Hannah Waddingham stated she “hilariously” has not heard from Disney about reprising her role as the Mother Witch in Hocus Pocus 3. No, hilariously. I love that there’s been all this talk, and I’m…

Naughty Dog officially announced and released the first trailer for a remaster of 2020’s critically acclaimed The Last of Us Part II. The developer was forced to announce The Last of Us Remastered Part II Remastered a bit early after it leaked Friday afternoon. Thankfully, the wait for the remaster won’t be long, as it’s coming to the PlayStation 5 in two months. The Last of Us Part II Remastered - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games The Last of Us Part II Remastered overhauls the beautiful PS4 game for the PS5 with visual…

The biggest new addition seems to be a “roguelike survival mode” called No Return that’s “designed to let players prove their mettle in randomized encounters and experience The Last of Us Part II’s combat in a fresh experience,” Naughty Dog’s Jonathon Dornbush said in the announcement blog post. You’ll be able to play as some new characters and work through “various stealth and combat encounters that will pit you against a range of enemies, with unique twists that can add new, unexpected factors to any given encounter.”As…