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Nightdive Resurrecting ‘Shadow Man: Remastered’ For PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch And PC
Nightdive Studios are at it again. If enhanced versions of System Shock 2 or Blade Runner aren’t your thing (why wouldn’t they be?), then how about Acclaim’s 1999 action-adventure game based on the comic series by Valiant Comics, Shadow Man?
Nightdive Studios has teamed up with Valiant Entertainment to announce Shadow Man: Remastered for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam, GOG.com). The game will be remastered using Nightdive’s KEX engine, which will add a bunch of graphical enhancements to the game. This includes 4K widescreen display, dynamic shadow mapping and per-pixel lighting, antialiasing and other visual effects. On top of that, the remaster will also restore content that was cut from the original game!
“Our goal with the remaster is to give today’s generation of gamers all the features that they expect from a modern title while preserving the qualities that made Valiant’s iconic character and the original Shadow Man game such memorable classics to begin with,” explains Nightdive Studios CEO Stephen Kick.
In Shadow Man, you are Michael LeRoi, the current incarnation of Shadow Man: A lineage of voodoo warriors who protect the world of the living (known as Liveside) from threats crossing over from Deadside.
No release date has been announced yet.
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‘Resident Evil Requiem’ Surpasses 8 Million Units Sold; ‘Resident Evil 2’ Remake Now Highest-Selling in Franchise
Capcom once again updated fans on their sales figures via their new quarterly report. And to no one’s surprise, Resident Evil Requiem continues to rake in the sales, having now crossed the 8 million units sold mark across the Nintendo Switch 2, PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Series. This all comes after the game reached 7 million units sold just three months ago.
In even bigger news, Resident Evil 5, which has sold just over 19 million across various incarnations, is no longer the best selling entry in the series. That title now belongs to 2019’s Resident Evil 2 remake, which has now moved 19.75 million copies across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
It gets only more crowded when you look at the numbers of other entries: Resident Evil 7: biohazard currently sits at 18.41 million, while Resident Evil 6 has hit 17.60 million units. 2023’s Resident Evil 4 remake isn’t far behind with 16.04 million, while Resident Evil Village is at 15.86 million units. And while it’s considered a “miss” compared to the other remakes, 2020’s Resident Evil 3 remake is still at a respectable 14.52 million units.
Devil May Cry V, which was already the highest-selling entry in the franchise, has apparently seen a boost in sales thanks to the second season of the Netflix series and last month’s launch on the Switch 2, having now hit 14. 24 million units.
Meanwhile, we can look forward to Zach Cregger‘s violent take on the franchise with his Resident Evil film, which is set for a September 16 release.