Albert Marin, developer of the RE4 HD Project, joins Nightdive Studios

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Resident Evil 4 is surely one of the best games out there, and with its upcoming remake just a couple of days away, people can jump right into the original to relive the experience and hype up the release of the remake even further.

One of the best ways to experience the original RE4, is with the release of the Resident Evil 4 HD Project, which takes real-life locations that served as inspirations (and sometimes even the exact locations!) for certain textures and assets used in the original game, and revamps them into full HD. The project not only goes into HD textures, but it also redoes a lot of 3D models found within the game, reworks some stages and fixes a lot of bugs and issues (thanks to the re4_tweaks project, which is integrated into RE4HD) found in the original RE4 Ultimate HD (UHD) Steam release of the game.

The developer behind the RE4 HD Project, Albert Marin, has worked on this project for almost a decade, and he just posted an update on the RE4HD website, with interest still going strong for even another update down the road:
Albert Marin said:
I want to do another patch during the summer. Right now, I’m working and studying at the same time. So I have absolute ZERO free time and TONS of coffee in my veins! I’m aware I have to update a lot of things in the page…

Not everything is related to RE4HD though, as Albert has also announced that he has recently been given an opportunity to enter the videogame industry properly working at Nightdive Studios, though still at an undisclosed position:

Albert Marin said:
I'm really happy because I’m finally and for the first time in my life working in the videogame industry.
Thank you, Joel, for having faith in me, and thank you, Stephen, for the opportunity in Nightdive Studios 😀
BTW, if someone is interested in my boring Instagram… I should post more frequently XD

Nightdive Studios themselves have also shared the news on Twitter regarding Albert Marin's addition to their team:



If you haven't already, try out the RE4 HD Project that Albert has so passionately worked on for years, as it is without a doubt the best way to experience the original RE4 in all of its highly detailed glory!

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Apparently night dive had a proprietary XEK Engine that allowed older games to work on newer hardware…Atari is definitely going to selfishly keep it for themselves and no 3rd party publisher is going to have access. System Shock 2 remake is very much in danger

And why they fucking sold out? I have no idea
Looks like that System Shock remake killed them. I'm amazed they managed to finance themselves all those years through that mess.
 

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Why nobody's talking about the fact that we lost someone who would have made more HD projects now they can't since they working for some gaming company....
Sure, we lost a scene modder... But he's still doing what he loves, getting paid well for it, and he's happy. I couldn't possibly dog on that.
 
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Good, maybe then these so called "HD" remasters will actually get HD retextured.

Unlike the other titles they crapped out.

Ive been working on actually remastering Shadowman Remaster for PS4!!
 

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Why nobody's talking about the fact that we lost someone who would have made more HD projects now they can't since they working for some gaming company....
Big sad - maybe you should pay him a living salary instead so he can keep being a free agent.
 

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speaking of re4, my order of the remake shipped earlier today, and I should have it tomorrow. it's by far my favorite resident evil. just fucking around is enjoyable, kinda like gta san andreas. lol
 

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/atar...LhkpiGRcFrOGa5MnUfVn8F9S9Ib9PK54iRnyKlFuxPebc

atari just bought 100% of nightdive studios... so dont expect anything from nightdive now, they will be run into the ground and make remasters of pong and such... seriosuly and they paid 10 million for the aquisition 5 in money and 5 in atari shares... so its basically a free buyout, guess nightdive studios was really needing the money since they took such a low ball
FUCK ITS REAL:




I thought this was real too but there is literally only one source on the internet that is saying this….Twitter and social media from Nightdive and Atari have been quiet…also another potential tell, their company is not “Night Dive,” it’s Nightdive

Could be someone trying to pump and dump
 

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FUCK ITS REAL:




I thought this was real too but there is literally only one source on the internet that is saying this….Twitter and social media from Nightdive and Atari have been quiet…also another potential tell, their company is not “Night Dive,” it’s Nightdive

Could be someone trying to pump and dump

nightdive games really weren't that good, IIRC there was one "remaster" that was just AI upscaled and ran like garbage. i betcha that game is what ruined their reputation.
 

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nightdive games really weren't that good, IIRC there was one "remaster" that was just AI upscaled and ran like garbage. i betcha that game is what ruined their reputation.
Turok 1 and 2 are great.
Powerslave Exhumed was great.
Shadowman is literally the greatest remaster ever made.
 
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nightdive games really weren't that good, IIRC there was one "remaster" that was just AI upscaled and ran like garbage. i betcha that game is what ruined their reputation.
If you're talking about Blade Runner that was imo a blemish on an otherwise pretty stellar track record.
 

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Looks like that System Shock remake killed them. I'm amazed they managed to finance themselves all those years through that mess.
It releases this May. Depending on how Atari uses them it could be their last major release.
 

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