Summary
Nightdive Studioshas asked its fans which PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 games they’d like to see get the remaster treatment next. Considered industry specialists in remastering older games,Nightdive Studioshas released a whopping eight games over 2023 and 2024 alone. Among them are remasters ofTurok 3,Star Wars: Dark Forces, and 2002’sThe Thing. Nightdive also collaborated with Bethesda’s id Software on remasters ofQuake 2and the first twoDoomgames. The studio is currently gearing up to releaseSystem Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remasterin June.
Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 being considered “retro” consoles is surely a tough pill to swallow for many gamers, especially those who grew up with those systems. Xbox 360 fans went through a heartbreak of their own last summer when Microsoft shuttered the 360 digital marketplace, sending game collectors scrambling to lock down digital games that were never brought forward to the Xbox One or Series X/S generations. Last year also saw a 360/PS3 remaster renaissance of sorts, withCapcom releasingDead Rising Deluxe Remasterand Grasshopper Manufacture putting out remasters of popular character action gamesLollipop ChainsawandShadows of the Damned.
It seems Nightdive wants to keep the seventh-generation remaster wave going, as the studio took to Twitter asking fans which games from that era they’d like to see remastered next. Among the most popular requests were several old Starbreeze Studios games, like theRiddickduology, specificallyAssault on Dark Athena, and the studio’s 2007 EA shooterThe Darkness. Two Mistwalker RPGs,Lost OdysseyandBlue Dragon,were also mentioned quite a bit by fans. EvenSega’sYakuza: Dead Soulsmade it into Nightdive’s suggestion box.
Nightdive Studios Takes Xbox 360/PS3 Remaster Suggestions
Seeing that Nightdive mostly has experience remastering first and third-person shooters,The Darknesswould be an absolute no-brainer.TheRiddickgames are looked back upon with much adorationby original Xbox and 360 fans, and would surely be home runs for Nightdive as well. As for the two JRPGs inLost OdysseyandBlue Dragon, those seem a bit outside of Nightdive’s wheelhouse, though seeing that both IPs are still owned by Microsoft, it would be an easy collab for Nightdive, which has already worked closely with Xbox and Bethesda onQuakeandDoom. As forYakuza: Dead Souls, with Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio pumping outLike a Dragongames left and right, it would likely want to handle such a remaster itself.
System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remasteris due outon June 26 for PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Switch. The studio also hasSin Reloadedawaiting a release window, which could potentially be out sometime later this year. With the team pumping out remasters so quickly, it shouldn’t be long until gamers learn about what’s next for Nightdive, 360/PS3-era or otherwise.
