Nightdive Studios has announced a surprise release for the original Turok remaster on next-gen consoles alongside a host of improvements.

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter is now available natively on Xbox Series X|S and PS5 alongside a number of quality-of-life improvements and support for higher refresh rates.

The original Turok remaster has been available since 2015 for PC (via Steam, GOG, and the Humble Store) and later for consoles on Xbox One, PS4, and Switch.

Here’s a rundown on the new features and improvements:

New Features:

• Optimized renderer for Vulkan and Nintendo Switch.
• Support for high refresh rates.
• Ported to Series X and PS5.
• Improved gamepad functionality and vibration support.
• Localized Achievements/Trophies.
• The Brachiosaurus from a Turok beta rom has been found and recovered. You’ll find these dinos stomping around in the Treetops level.
• You can now swap ammo types for the Tek Bow and Shotgun whenever you want, just like Turok 2.
• The Run/Walk toggle button has been added from the original game. By moving at walking speeds on the ground, you can get closer to enemies from behind before they notice you.
• You can now bind multiple weapons to the same button to cycle between them.
• Restored the High Priests homing blue magic attack and the Purlins unused leap smash melee attack.
• Restored the Gallery cheat code with the addition of viewing the Bosses and Turok. You can also preview animations on each of the enemies.

New Menu Options:

• You can reset menu options to default with the “Reset to Defaults” menu option.
• The Input Bindings menus now shows icons instead of text.
• Added binds in Action Bindings menu for Changing Ammo Type and Walk Toggle.
• Controller Options: Look Smoothing, SouthPaw (Swap Sticks), Enable Vibration and Intensity, DeadZones.
• Gameplay Options: Radial Fog, Player Shadow, Enable Walk Toggle, Enable Change Ammo
• Head Bobbing Options: Added strafe and jump bobbing options and you can now adjust the scale of how much the screen is tilted for each bobbing option.
• HUD Options: Automap Show Player, Automap Show Compass, Show All Health Stats (Shows health when you have Armor), Show Alt Ammo, Flash Intensity, Shake Intensity, Horizontal Positioning of the HUD.
• Graphic Options: Always Show Lens Flares, Antialiasing: SMAA, FXAA, FXAA Fast, Off
• Audio Options: Master Volume, Audio Output, Low-Pass Filtering, Enable Underwater Music, Ambient Environment Sounds
• Save file level names are now localized. The most recent save file is marked in green. The date displayed is now in the format yyyy/mm/dd hhmmss.

A number of bug fixes and improvements were also added to the game – get the full list here.