Nightdive Studios and Alcon Entertainment have recently announced that they are currently working on an enhanced version of the
Blade Runner video game developed by the defunct Westwood, and that this new version will be releasing for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC(Steam).
Blade Runner Enhanced Edition is, as the name appropriately suggests, a remastered version of the original 1997 point-and-click
Blade Runner title, which is based on Ridley Scott's critically acclaimed cyberpunk noir film that hit theatres all the way back in 1982.
As per Nightdive's announcement, the developer also revealed that
Blade Runner Enhanced Edition will be featuring a "polished and premium restoration" in the same vein of other titles that the studio has recently restored, like the relatively recent
Turok remaster and
System Shock.
According to Nightdive,
Blade Runner Enhanced Edition will also be featuring the original foreign language translations; these being Chinese, French, German, and Italian.
Nightidve Chief Operating Officer Stephen Kick has said that "
Blade Runner is still a jaw-dropping achievement on every level, so while we’re using KEX to upgrade the graphics and respectfully elevate the gaming experience in a way you’ve never seen before, we’re still preserving Westwood’s vision and gameplay in all its glory."
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While you can enjoy the benefits of playing the game on modern hardware, the game should look and feel not as it was, but as glorious as you remember it being," concluded Kick.
Blade Runner Enhanced Edition still doesn't have an official release date, but developer Nightdive reassures that the this new version of the point-and-click classic will release at some point later this year.