Nightdive Studios has been exhausting at work bringing us remasters and remakes of basic FPS video games from a bygone period. We’ve already had revamped variations of the primary two Quake video games, and now the developer is bringing again Star Wars: Darkish Forces.

In a latest trailer on the studio’s YouTube channel, Nightdive will likely be collaborating with Lucasfilm Video games (previously LucasArts) to create a remaster of the mid-90’s Star Wars title.

The trailer (which demonstrates alpha footage) reveals off among the work to date. You’ll positively wish to try the renewed reduce scenes. Very like earlier tasks achieved by Nightdive, it’ll nonetheless appear and feel like Darkish Forces, however will likely be given a contemporary carry with 4K visuals, plus “superior 3D rendering, fashionable gamepad help, trophies and achievements, and extra.”

The (darkish) pressure is robust on this one

The unique recreation was launched all the way in which again in 1995, and was the primary within the Jedi Knight sequence. It was developed on the aptly named Jedi engine, which is a toolkit that shares similarities with Construct, the engine that powered the likes of Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior. Nightdive’s remaster of the traditional Star Wars recreation will make the most of the KEX engine as a substitute, which the studio has utilized in a lot of tasks, together with for the Quake remaster.

We not too long ago bought handled to a contemporary model of Quake 2, which improved the graphics (significantly within the lighting division) whereas additionally including quality-of-life adjustments and the DLC.

In the mean time, we don’t know when Star Wars: Darkish Forces will likely be popping out, nevertheless it’s set to launch on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X|S, Nintendo Swap, and PC.