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Shadow Man was a wild voodoo-themed action game that definitely found its niche after it launched for the Nintendo 64 in the Spring of 1999 (and later that year for the PC, PSone, and Dreamcast). But Acclaim squandered all that goodwill a few years later with a bizarre advertising campaign for Shadow Man 2 that asked “poorer” families to put tiny billboards for the sequel on the headstones of family members.

Acclaim declared bankruptcy not too long after Shadow Man 2’s disastrous release.

The rights to the franchise eventually reverted to Valiant Entertainment, who published the comic that the game was based on, and in 2013 they tapped Nightdive Studios to bring Shadow Man back to the PC. Today, the two companies teamed once again to announce that Shadow Man Remastered will be released for the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One in 2021.

In Shadow Man, which is based on Valiant’s SHADOWMAN comics, you alternatingly travel through Liveside, the land of the living as mortal man, and explore Deadside, the place where lost souls spend an eternity in torment, as the voodoo warrior Shadow Man. Take a ride into the unexplored territories of the human psyche as you try to stop a marauding band of villains from unleashing unspeakable horrors upon the world as we know it.

Shadow Man Remastered will feature a hefty visual upgrade, including lighting and particle effects, as well as upgraded art assets, and widescreen support for up to 4K resolution. The will also add a “refined gameplay experience” along with the “reintroduction of missing content cut from the original game” to this Remastered re-release.

More details about Shadow Man Remastered will be announced at a later date. For now, be sure to stare into the soulless eyes of the new logo embedded above.

It took Ridley Scott 35 years to bring Blade Runner 2049 to the big screen, but the 2017 film wasn’t the only continuation to Blade Runner‘s story.

The groundbreaking science fiction film was first followed by a series of sequel novels from author KW Jeter beginning in 1995. Two years later, Westwood Studios returned to the franchise’s bleak portrayal of Los Angeles with a technologically-ambitious adventure game that takes place alongside the events of the film. That game, simply titled Blade Runner, was an award-winning masterpiece and a massive seller, but rights issues have kept it from ever being re-released.

Until now.

Nightdive Studios announced yesterday that they plan to bring Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition to the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One later this year. The developer is aiming to produce a “polished” re-release that preserves the original look and feel of the game, with “updated character models and animations, upscaled cutscenes using machine learning algorithms, widescreen resolution support, keyboard and controller customization, and much more.”

“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,” said Stephen Kick, the CEO of Nightdive Studios. “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.”

More details about the Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition will be announced at a later date.