Shadow Man Remastered Console Versions Now Available

Shadow Man Remastered Console Versions

Publisher Valiant Entertainment and developer Nightdive Studios announced the Shadow Man: Remastered console versions are now available, with a Switch port coming a bit later.

While the Shadow Man: Remastered console versions are now available across Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 – the Nintendo Switch port is coming on January 17th. The remaster of the classic horror shooter has been available for Windows PC (via Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store)

Here’s a new trailer:

Here’s a rundown on the remaster:

Shadow Man: Remastered is an updated version of the cult-classic originally developed by Acclaim Studios and published on PC, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and Dreamcast in 1999. Nightdive Studios has lovingly upgraded the Voodoo Noir action-adventure game with 4K widescreen support, dynamic shadow mapping, and never-before-seen content previously cut from the original game.

3 New Levels:

  • “Summer Camp, Florida” (Day and Night)
  • “Salvage Yard, Mojave Desert” (Day and Night)
  • “Asylum Station 2 – Experimentation Rooms”

New Audio (from the original games composer, Tim Haywood):

  • Remastered music and SFX
  • New music and SFX for the restored levels
  • Restored cut/unused voice dialog in levels

Art Updates:

  • Switch between the original textures and the new high resolution textures
  • HD Textures for all levels and objects
  • Nvidia Intro Cutscene Textures
  • HD HUD and inventory icons plus a new icon for the Shadow Gun
  • Restored unused animations
  • Restored several cut and censored models from the original levels
  • N64 Gad Icons

Gameplay Improvements:

  • New weapon wheel to select weapons faster as time is slowed down
  • Improved controls
  • Improved destructible objects using Bullet Physics
  • Auto targeting
  • Tweaked/improved AI
  • Levels rearranged as originally intended
  • A ton of fixes across the entire game to each level from object to geometry fixes
  • Fixes to the localization for English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian
  • Over 30 achievements

New Weapons:

  • A second Violator (Consistent with the N64 version)
  • Sawed-off Shotgun (replaces the second regular shotgun)
  • New model and many sound variations for the Shadow Gun

New Enemies:

  • Yort
  • Yort Floater
  • The Seraph Queen
  • Seraph
  • Dead Worm
  • Unused zombie restored in Station 2
  • One arm Tenement Zombie.

Rendering Improvements:

  • Support for 4k resolution with 240hz refresh rate
  • Dynamic Per Pixel Lighting
  • Clustered Forward Shadow Mapping
  • Order-independent transparency

New Post Processing Effects:

  • Ambient Occlusion
  • Antialiasing
  • Anisotropic Filtering
  • Motion Blur
  • Film Grain
  • Depth of Field

Secrets:

  • All the secrets from the N64/Dreamcast/PC included in this remaster
  • Plus many more to be discovered!
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