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Developer Nightdive Studios and Lucasfilm Games announced the remaster release date, confirming that the upcoming game would release early next year.

Nightdive Studios' remaster of cult hit shooter Star Wars: Dark Forces has been given a release date and is launching for PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch on 28th February next year.

The hotly anticipated remaster of Star Wars: Dark Forces has a release date: February 28, 2024. That’s for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, and Nintendo Switch.

Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on February 28, 2024, developer Nightdive Studios announced.

Following on from its fantastic Quake II remaster and the confirmation that it is working on one of Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion, Nightdive Studios is keeping the good old times rolling with the announcement that it is currently developing a Star Wars: Dark Forces remaster. When is its release date?

The classic PS1 first-person shooter Star Wars: Dark Forces is being resurrected on the PS5 and PS4 – almost 30 years after it first released. The game – which originally launched on MS-DOS – is being remastered by Nightdive Studios, which is using its proprietary KEX Engine to rebuild the original in 4K resolution at up to 120 frames-per-second.

Star Wars: Dark Forces, the classic first-person shooter from the '90s, is getting a shiny new remaster courtesy of Nightdive Studios.

Nightdive Studios, a company known for remaking and upgrading old video games for modern consoles such as Quake II, has announced remastered versions of Star Wars: Dark Forces and Turok 3 Shadow of Oblivion. In the Dark Force's case, Nightdive worked in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games to breathe new life into the title using its KEX Engine. 

Nightdive Studios have announced a remaster of Star Wars: Dark Forces. If the game doesn’t ring a bell then you are probably too young to remember it as the game was released in 1995 for MS-DOS and Macintosh with a PlayStation One version following in 1996.

The Star Wars franchise has a long and venerable history when it comes to video games, and soon, one of the earliest and most beloved games based on George Lucas’ sci-fi universe will be reintroduced to modern audiences for the first time in high definition.

Nightdive Studios, the team behind the recently remastered classics System Shock and Quake 2, is at it again. Earlier today, the studio revealed its Star Wars Dark Forces Remaster, and needless to say there are a few excited members on the Eurogamer team.

Nightdive Studios has been hard at work bringing us remasters and remakes of classic FPS games from a bygone era. We’ve already had revamped versions of the first two Quake games, and now the developer is bringing back Star Wars: Dark Forces.

Nightdive Studios have announced a remaster of Star Wars: Dark Forces. If the game doesn’t ring a bell then you are probably too young to remember it as the game was released in 1995 for MS-DOS and Macintosh with a PlayStation One version following in 1996.

The classic FPS Star Wars: Dark Forces is getting a modern makeover courtesy of developer Nightdive Studios.

Before Republic Commando and Battlefront, there was a Star Wars boomer shooter called Dark Forces. Set during the Original Trilogy, this Doom-like FPS is all about infiltrating the Death Star and stealing its plans, an attempt at filling in the pre-A-New-Hope blanks that Rogue One would two decades later.

A modern day remaster of Star Wars: Dark Forces is in development at Nightdive Studios.

System Shock Remake and Quake 2 Enhanced Edition developer Nightdive Studios is working on a remaster of Star Wars: Dark Forces. It’s coming to Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch. Check out the trailer below, which showcases enhanced visuals and remastered cutscenes.

Nightdive Studios has announced Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam). A release date will be announced later in 2023.

Star Wars: Dark Forces was the first big film tie-in first-person shooter, and it was hugely impressive upon release in 1995. It wasn't as fast and bloody as Doom but it was definitely Star Wars, and that's what mattered most. It captured the spirit of the films really well, and with some fascinating tech trimmings to boot: the Jedi Engine allowed for some ambitious level design.