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		<title>Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster Project Lead Talks About Problems in Changing the Game for Modern Platforms</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shunal Doke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Star Wars: Dark Forces apparently came up with its own unique solutions for technical problems back in the 90s, that don't work too well on modern hardware.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Developer Nightdive Studios has revealed some of the difficulties it is facing in its work on the remaster for <em>Star Wars: Dark Forces</em>. Speaking to <a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/nightdive-says-dark-forces-has-been-difficult-to-change-because-lucasarts-created-its-own-version-of-multi-threading-years-before-it-became-popular/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PC Gamer</a>, project lead Max Waine talks about some of the technical aspects of the game.</p>
<p>According to Waine, one of the things that makes bringing <em>Star Wars: Dark Forces</em> to modern systems difficult is the fact that the game makes use of its own interpretations of technologies that would go on to become commonplace. Waine calls the game &#8220;heavily over-designed&#8221;, and reveals that the original developers behind the title even came up with their own version of multi-threading to make the game work.</p>
<p>&#8220;<em>Dark Forces</em> has been difficult to change, from the technical end of things, because it is very heavily over-designed,&#8221; says Max Waine. &#8220;There were a lot of small details in how LucasArts did things at the time that made stuff particularly difficult.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;They managed to do multi-threading effectively, using a task system in the mid-1990s. We had to use sophisticated modern techniques to be able to get it to work nicely, while keeping the same basic idea.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to Waine, the studio was able to work around these issues while still making the game run on modern systems thanks to the fact that Nightdive had access to the game&#8217;s original source code. Using the original code, the studio has been able to bring a game originally made for much older computers from the 90s on to modern systems.</p>
<p>Considering some of the more outdated design aspects of the game, Waine also talks about the interface in <em>Star Wars: Dark Forces</em>, which is much harder to modernise without taking away too much of the original game.</p>
<p>&#8220;The other thing that&#8217;s been difficult to appropriately modernise is the user interface that they had, in terms of menus and such, because the menus are all mouse driven in the original,&#8221; said Waine. &#8220;Finding an appropriate balance that feels faithful to how the original menus are, while being able to work while you&#8217;re on a controller, was quite difficult.&#8221;</p>
<p>Announced <a href="https://gamingbolt.com/star-wars-dark-forces-remaster-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-x-s-ps4-xbox-one-pc-and-switch">back in August this year</a>, <em>Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster</em> is <a href="https://gamingbolt.com/star-wars-dark-forces-remaster-launches-february-28th-2024">slated for release on February 28</a>, neatly falling in line with the game&#8217;s original February 28, 1995 release date. It will be coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.</p>
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		<title>Star Wars Battlefront 2 Classic, Republic Commando, and More Join Origin Access</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ravi Sinha]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2019 13:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[EA celebrates May the 4th by adding 12 Star Wars games to the Vault.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Star-Wars-Republic-Commando.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter wp-image-397951" src="https://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Star-Wars-Republic-Commando.jpg" alt="Star Wars Republic Commando" width="620" height="349" srcset="https://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Star-Wars-Republic-Commando.jpg 1920w, https://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Star-Wars-Republic-Commando-300x169.jpg 300w, https://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Star-Wars-Republic-Commando-768x432.jpg 768w, https://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Star-Wars-Republic-Commando-1024x576.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px" /></a></p>
<p>If you couldn&#8217;t partake in all the <em>Star Wars</em> deals to celebrate May the 4th, then don&#8217;t worry. Electronic Arts has added 12 <em>Star Wars</em> titles to the Vault in Origin Access. These include <em>Star Wars: Republic Commando, Star Wars Battlefront 2 (Classic), Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy,</em> and many more.</p>
<p>Origin Access on PC only requires you to pay $5 per month or $30 per year to access its library of over 200 games. You also get discounts on all digital content from EA, along with limited time trials of upcoming games. Check below for the full breakdown of <em>Star Wars</em> games added to the Vault.</p>
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<li><em>Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy</em></li>
<li><em>Star Wars Battlefront 2 (Classic, 2005) </em></li>
<li><em>Star Wars: Republic Commando</em></li>
<li><em>Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D</em></li>
<li><em>Star Wars: Dark Forces</em></li>
<li><em>Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire</em></li>
<li><em>Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance </em></li>
<li><em>Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith</em></li>
<li><em>Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Saga</em></li>
<li><em>Star Wars: Starfighter</em></li>
<li><em>Star Wars Episode 1: Racer</em></li>
<li><em>Star Wars: Rebellion</em></li>
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<p>Newer <em>Star Wars</em> offerings are on the way, with Respawn Entertainment&#8217;s <a href="https://gamingbolt.com/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-story-trailer-premieres-introduces-cal"><em>Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order</em></a> out on November 15th. It tells the story of Cal Kestis, who&#8217;s in hiding after Order 66. That doesn&#8217;t last for long though, as he eventually has to outrun the Sith&#8217;s Inquisitors and the Second Sister. A <a href="https://gamingbolt.com/star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-gameplay-reveal-confirmed-for-e3-2019">proper gameplay reveal</a> has been confirmed for next month at EA Play.</p>
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