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Back in August, Nightdive Studio surprised players with a slew of new announcements for upcoming remasters of beloved titles like Turok 3 and Star Wars: Dark Forces. When the announcements were made, the release date was unknown, as the official reveal trailer didn't show off any date or possible time frame for its release.

That has since changed, as Nightdive Studio just announced through their social media accounts the confirmed release date for the title, with the date set for February 28th, 2024.

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The game can now be wishlisted on Steam, although the price for it hasn't been revealed yet.
"Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster" will be released for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and Steam.

Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster on Steam

 

[pustal]

I wish they made a little more than a simple a remaster. Something more in line with the Crash/Spyro 'remastermakes'.

 

[Marc_LFD]

I never really liked Star Wars too much (not interested although I did watch the original trilogy to try it out), but the games are just so much fun!

 

[AndorfRequissa]

I spent hours playing dark forces and dark forces 2. cant wait to play them again on the switch.

 

[nWo]

Holy damn. I played it like crazy on my PS1 back in the day. The story is just so good, the real Death Star plans plot, Jabba the Hutt making an appearance, Boba Fett, the real Dark Troopers story... Back when they wanted to give us good and well developed stories, not the shit you see today here and there.

Just wished they made a remake, because I remember this being one of the very, very few games that make you kinda dizzy after half hour. (I am a seasoned player, but this one always got me like that in about an hour, don't know if its just me tho)

It is a good story. Makes more sense than all the new shit. So that alone makes it a good contender for some hours of your time.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

This release looks lame compared to what Night dive usually put out.

It doesn't even have perspective correction. When looking up and down it still "shears" and has that distorted effect. The open source 'Force Engine' looks so much better than this. Tons more features.

I think this is the ND B team working on this.

 

[Silterpy]

Never really played any of the starwars games that didn't have "podracing" in the title, and that was only because it came with my pc. Now, the Turok games I played all the time.

 

[icantfly]

re-re-re-release

 

[stompysan]

If this even comes CLOSE to what TFE can do, they can take all of my money. This was one of the first PC games I ever played. Nostalgia is through the roof.

 

[jumpman17]

This on the PS1 was one of the only games to make me physically nauseous to play for too long. This and Descent on PC. And only 1 of those seems justifiable.

 

[asdfzxc920]

On top of the already-mentioned perspective issues, the "HD" textures look suspiciously like AI upscales, and they appear to have made some major gameplay changes (I guess the dragon punchout, one of the most memorable scenes in the entire game, was deemed too hardcore for Modern Audiences™).

Just use The Force Engine and forget all about this "remaster".

 

[Citizen_404]

If you have a PC, I believe going with The Force Engine is really the way to go. With the Remaster, seeing Darth Vader bounce up and down in that cut-scene is disgusting.

 

[Latiodile]

i thought the kex engine was supposed to be super powerful, this does look kinda lame

the animations in the cutscenes looks even more low budget than the original and sorta gives me PETA/cereal box budget trash vibes

 

[Searinox]

Does this mean they're acknowledging it as canon? Does that mean Kyle Katarn is real again? Would love to see a Jedi Knight series remaster or remake.

 

[pedro702]

If you have a PC, I believe going with The Force Engine is really the way to go. With the Remaster, seeing Darth Vader bounce up and down in that cut-scene is disgusting.

you can turn the bouncing off in the settings, i always did that even on ps1, no head boobing or whatever it was called.

 

[Subtle Demise]

Never really played any of the starwars games that didn't have "podracing" in the title, and that was only because it came with my pc. Now, the Turok games I played all the time.

Oh, there's a really good Turok 2 remaster if you aren't aware of it yet. Same company as this one too.