The 1997 Blade Runner adventure game wasn’t a straight adaptation of Ridley Scott’s film or the original novel, but it received critical acclaim for its deep storytelling and atmosphere. More than two decades later, a new audience is going to get to play the game on everything from PC to Nintendo Switch.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Nightdive Studios and Alcon Entertainment are partnering on a remastered Blade Runner video game for Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Steam. Though the game’s original source code was lost and this could have made a new version impossible, Nightdive reverse-engineered the code and imported it into its own engine. It could then get to making improvements to everything from the character models to resolution.
Dubbed Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition, it’s designed to feel like what you remember rather than how it actually looked. To see for yourself, the original version is available on GOG now.
Source: GameSpot