The classic 1999 Shadow Man game will be revived in a remaster for current consoles, Nightdive Studios and Valiant Entertainment have confirmed the news with all details that will accompany this new version of the game. Shadow Man consists of a mystical story where we will have to control a former literature student named Michael Le Roi, who has an accident that makes him very badly injured and without much hope of continuing to live, but luckily a voodoo priestess implants him an artifact called «Mask of Shadows» that allows him to recover and at the same time obtain powers that serve to defend humanity from the evil forces coming from Deadside.
In this case, Nightdive Studios will use the KEX engine to upgrade all the graphic and dynamic sections of Shadow Man. The characteristics that this remastered version will have are the following:
- 4K wide screen.
- Dynamic shadow mapping.
- Dynamic lighting.
- Anti-aliasing.
- Improvements in particle effect density.
- Refined, audio and active art.
- Updated and refined overall experience.
- Reintroduction of the missing content from the original 1999 game.
- Xbox, PlayStation 4, Controller Pro compatibility.
- HDR rendering.
"Our goal with the remaster is to give the current generation of gamers all the features they expect from a modern title, while still retaining the qualities that made the iconic Valiant character and original game Shadow Man memorable classic classics to start with" Nightdive Studios CEO Stepehn Kick said in a press release.
It is incredible to see that after 21 years since Shadow Man came out, he will revive the video game, this time in a much more complete version and with graphic improvements that will undoubtedly be incredible. Shadow Man Remastered will arrive on May 20, 2020 to PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.
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