Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition is a modern restoration of the classic adventure game originally released in 1997. The original was praised for its faithful recreation of the movie’s setting. The Enhanced Edition features support for 4K resolution and 60 fps.

Originally set to release earlier, Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition was delayed back in 2020. Nightdive CEO Stephen Kick spoke about the problems in remastering the game and difficulty in finding the game’s original source code and assets.

The release of Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition lines up almost perfectly with the 40th anniversary of the Blade Runner movie, which was originally released in June 1982.

Remaster specialist Nightdive Studios will have something to show at the PC Gaming Show, it seems. The developer recently took to Twitter and asked fans to tune in, saying it’ll have “something new to share” at the event. Whether that means it’ll be an update on a previously-announced title or a reveal of an entirely new one remains to be seen.

There’s a solid chance, of course, that they end up providing an update for the long-in-development System Shock remake. The game is due out sometime this year and is supposedly in the final stages of development, so hopefully a release date will be announced soon.

Meanwhile, Nightdive is currently also working on a couple of remasters of classic titles in SiN Reloaded, System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition, and Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition, so there’s that to keep in mind as well.

Either way, we’ll know soon enough, so stay tuned for more updates.

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Nightdive Studios has become something of a legend when it comes to remastering old classics so they don’t get too lost to the past. One such game that they were looking to do that with was 1997’s Blade Runner. The adventure game was not directly based on the 1982 film, but is a midquel, with some characters from that movie showing up. It was largely lauded and seen as ahead of its time. But it seems as if some of that time did catch up to it, as some technical issues are leading to the recently announced Enhanced Edition being pushed back.

In an interview with Eurogamer, Nightdive CEO Stephen Kick confirmed that the game had been pushed back. Despite seemingly having solid progress so far, you can see some comparisons of the cinematics here, they seem to have hit a wall. It seems the studio is trying to find more of the original source code and assets, most of which were thought lost and only recently rediscovered. Still, Kick says the game will still come, just now they have to put it as a TBD (To Be Determined) date for the time being.

“We’ve had some discussions with EA about what else is in the vault they found regarding Blade Runner, and we haven’t been able to get a clear answer,” Kick said. “And even if there was something, it’s very unlikely they would release it to us for legal reasons, mostly, which is a bit of a disappointment, because we were hoping to at least get the original audio recordings. So we’re basically working off what was in the original game at this point and not having access to any original stuff.”

It’s a shame and hopefully they can pull together what they need to finish the project. But if you’re curious, the original non-remastered version of Blade Runner was recently re-released on GOG, which you can check out through here. We’ll keep you updated as more information on the Enhanced Edition comes.

1982’s Blade Runner is an interesting case study in film. Initially, it was a flop, but it managed to capture the imagination enough to continue to be influential for years to come and even spawned several continuations. One of those was 1997’s adventure game, simply entitled Blade Runner. That game was largely acclaimed, and was recently announced to get a remaster by Nightdive Studios. We now get a look at what to expect in the game’s many cinematics.

The latest trailer shows a comparison between the original release and the upcoming Enhanced Edition. The game always had a pretty sharp style, so the original doesn’t look bad, but the framerate change (going from 15FPS to 60FPS) is incredibly noticeable and the resolution bump cleans things up. Despite sharing the name of the film, the game is actually a sidequel that intersects with the movie’s plot and features the likeness of some in the film’s cast.

Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition is set to release this year for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch and PC.

Blade Runner has always had something of a special place in cinema. Originally a financial flop after extensive studio meddling, the film’s reputation continued to grow and be influential to science fiction ever since. Despite Blade Runner being a financial failure, it’s managed to get several continuations, with one being the 1997 video game that shares the same name. And now that game will get another time in the sun.

It was announced by Nightdive Studios and Alcon Entertainment they will release Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition. It will be a remastered version of the original PC title, using the KEX game engine that was used in the remasters of Turok and System Shock that Nightdive also worked on.

Despite sharing the same name as the 1982 film, the game is actually a sidequel following detective Ray McCoy as he hunts replicants (essentially cyborgs). It’s events intersects with the film’s plot and characters. It was highly praised at the time of its release for strong writing and an innovative take on the point-and-click adventure genre. The Enhanced Edition will release sometime this year for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC. You can get the original, unaltered PC release via GOG now.