Iconic Horror Game Returns. Official Announcement of The Thing: Remastered

Nightdive Studios is a team specializing in developing remastered versions of many iconic titles. In its portfolio, this company has such gems as System Shock Remake, Shadow Man Remastered, and Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster. Soon, its legacy will expand with another updated classic title - The Thing: Remastered. Below you can watch the trailer of the game.

With the confirmation of recent hints about the studio's next project, we have received some information related to it.

1. Devs announced that The Thing: Remastered will be released this year on PC (Steam and GOG), PS4, PS5, XOne, and XSX/S. There is also a version being prepared for the Nintendo Switch console.
2. Nightdive Studio also took care of adding trophies and achievements in the game.
3. The developers promise that the remaster will include improved animations, character models, and textures, as well as improved lighting and atmospheric effects. All of this is to achieve "a suspenseful and disgustingly detailed remaster that reanimates the thrilling game for modern audiences."
4. Thanks to the use of the proprietary KEX Engine, the game will run on current-generation hardware in 4K resolution at 120 frames per second.

In The Thing: Remastered, players will take on the role of Captain JF Blake, the commander of a US Army Special Forces rescue team, tasked with investigating the blood-curdling events that took place in John Carpenter's film The Thing. Blake needs to keep his team together while being trapped by unfavorable weather and facing the risk of infection from a terrifying creature.

It will be crucial for the team members to collaborate with each another. For this purpose, we will need to take care of their mental state using an "advanced trust/fear interface."

In total, players will face 20 levels and various creatures to defeat - "from scuttling head-spiders and human-like walkers to gigantic multi-tentacled level bosses." Various types of weapons, including machine guns, explosives, and flamethrowers, will assist us in fights.

The Thing: Remastered - minimum PC system requirements

1. Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit)
2. Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 / AMD Ryzen 3 1300X / or better
3. RAM: 2 GB
4. Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 TI (2 GB) / AMD HD 7750 (1 GB) / or better
5. DirectX: version 11
6. Storage: 5 GB available space

The Thing: Remastered - recommended PC system requirements

1. Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit)
2. Processor: Intel Core i5-6600k / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 / or better
3. RAM: 4 GB
4. Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB) / AMD RX Vega 56 (8 GB) / or better
5. DirectX: version 11
6. Storage: 5 GB available space

To conclude, let's recall that the original edition of the survival horror game The Thing was released in 2002. The title of Computer Artworks studio was then released on PC, PS2, and Xbox consoles.

The Thing

August 19, 2002

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