Shadow Man was one of the biggest games of 1999 on Nintendo 64 (while the PlayStation port was… no comment; the Dreamcast version was also solid), and now, it’s getting an updated version.

Valiant Entertainment (who effectively was formed out of Acclaim…) and Nightdive Studios announced that Shadow Man is getting a remaster. „Our goal with the remaster is to give today’s generation of gamers all the features that they expect from a modern title while preserving the qualities that made Valiant’s iconic character and the original Shadow Man game such memorable classics to begin with,” said Nightdive Studios CEO Stephen Kick in a press release. „As part of our continued growth into the video game industry, we’re happy to bring Valiant fans this immensely popular Shadow Man character as the next title we release. Using this platform allows the Valiant fans to experience and explore the universe creatively,” Valiant Entertainment chairman and CEO Dan Mintz added.

„He is coming, stalking criminals in the spirit world and the real world. A possessed man is coming, a voodoo mask in his chest and lines of power in his back. Shadow Man is coming, trailing evil from Liveside to Deadside. To stop an apocalypse. To save your soul,” the game’s box said two decades ago. But what does this remaster bring to the table?

Let’s see what Nightdive promises: 4K widescreen display support, dynamic shadow mapping, dynamic per-pixel lighting, antialiasing, and other post-process effects, a higher density of particle effects, refined art, audio, and assets, refined gameplay experience, the reintroduction of missing content cut from the original game, controller support, and HDR support.

Shadow Man: Remastered is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC, possibly in 2021. The original game had an excellent ambience – if it’s kept intact, it could still be a great game for a new audience.

You can see the original trailer below.

Source: Gematsu