System Shock Remake Devs Will Refresh Another Horror Game; It Will Be The Thing
Nightdive Studios this week will announce refreshed versions of horror games The Thing and The Killing Time.
Nightdive Studios, a company specializing in refreshing old games (devs of, among others, System Shock Remake, Shadow Man Remastered, and this year's Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster) has started to tease the project, which will be revealed this Friday at a show organized by IGN.
Nightdive is getting ready to refresh The Thing
For now, the company has only released a mysterious artwork depicting a distorted human face. Fans quickly matched this image to the cover of The Thing, a 2002 survival horror game based on the license of John Carpenter's cult film.
It's currently unclear whether it's a remaster or a remake. We lean towards the first option, as the studio has only worked on one remake so far, last year's System Shock.
Refreshing The Thing is a great idea. It was one of the most intriguing survival horror games of the PlayStation 2 era, and while not everything worked perfectly, it presented a variety of fresh ideas and effectively captured the atmosphere of the movie, all while introducing a new story. The game isn't available for digital distribution today, and the only option is to search for used copies.
It's best to play The Thing with mods today.
If you prefer not to wait for the remaster and have the PC version of the original game, it's worth installing these two mods before jumping back into the game.
- Sui's wrapper – the project solves game problems that appear on modern PCs. It enables high-resolution widescreen gaming and allows for configuring the field of view width (FOV). The mod also enables v-sync activation and edge smoothing through MSAA technique, while also enhancing texture filtering.
- The Thing Bump Maps – the mod adds a bump mapping effect to the game, making textures appear less flat.
Killing Time: Resurrected
It's worth noting that this isn't the only studio project that will be announced this week. The Guerrilla Collective 2024 event organizers have already announced that Nightdive Studios will reveal Killing Time: Resurrected, a refreshed version of the 1995 horror FPS that initially launched on the 3DO console before being ported to PC a year later.
The original is available in digital distribution (on GOG.com), but the game could use a facelift. But the most intriguing question is on which version the devs will base their remaster. The PC release had many changed visual elements. We recommend that those interested watch a video from the Protector Drone channel, which shows the differences between the 3DO version and the PC edition.
