STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster

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• Patch Notes·7 May 2024Official

  STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster - Patch 1.0.4

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44602630/4850460a307b9b9814940681a7b0b1a878cd9a9c.jpg We're excited to share the news that Patch 1.0.4 is available now for STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster! Patch Notes: Cheating is now reset when players change levels Improve music playback timing Fix randomization of scripted music events Fix music panning Fix random note dropouts (sometimes in music individual notes would just stop) Fix ice physics Fix some switches not working (like in Ramsees Hed) Fix issue rendering mask on GPU renderer Fix culling of 3D models Performance fixes for Switch Fix target FPS on PS5/XSX (used to be locked at 60 FPS, now runs at 120) Fix texture offset for floor-based skies Fix repeater sound incorrectly stopping when it should loop Fix collision at high framerates Fix switches on Avenger Fix a rare crash when skipping forward through levels Slow down homing missiles to match the original game Fix some hi-res sprites so they use fullbright effects Add HD loading screen Weapon Wheel now always has weapons in the same place Add animation to Death Star Plans and Nava Card (PC ONLY) - Compatibility Fixes We hope you enjoy the update! We'll be keeping an eye on the forums so please let us know if you run into any issues. Thank you for your continued support! - Nightdive Studios
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• Announcements·14 Mar 2024Official

  STAR WARS™ Dark Forces Remaster Alienware Sweepstakes

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44602630/28dd627fdbb7b9ecfeacc12ae4764698cf75cf28.png We’re excited to share that we’ve partnered with Alienware on an epic STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster sweepstakes for a custom-skinned Alienware Aurora R16 desktop. HOW TO ENTER Each Entrant must have or create a free Alienware Arena account and may enter the Sweepstakes by completing an entry form located online at https://bit.ly/3PaULgl. Upon completion of the entry form, Entrant is provided one entry (“Entry”) in the Sweepstakes. The Entry provides a single submission in the drawing ("Drawing") for a prize. Maximum of one Entry per person. Any attempt by an entrant to obtain more than one Entry will void the Entry and the Entrant will be disqualified. SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD Sweepstakes starts at 10 am Pacific Daylight Time (“PDT”) on March 11, 2024 and ends at 11:59pm PDT March 29, 2024. PRIZES ONE (1) grand prize winner will win a skinned Alienware R16 desktop computer (ARV$2,099.99) and a copy of the PC game STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster (ARV $29.99). TEN (10) runner-up winners will each receive a copy of the PC game STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster (ARV $29.99). All prizes are in United States Dollars (USD). The prizes are provided “as is” and without any warranty of any kind. All taxes (and the reporting consequences thereof) and any other fees or costs associated with the prize described above are the sole responsibility of the winners. No prize substitutions. Costs of shipping are covered by the sweepstakes. Alienware R16 Specs Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 13700F (16-Core, 54MB Cache, up to 5.2GHz with Turbo Max 3.0) Operating System: Windows 11 Home, English, French, Spanish Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4070, 12 GB GDDR6X Memory: 32 GB: 2 x 16 GB, DDR5, 5600 MT/s Storage: 2 x 512 GB M.2 PCIe SSD Chassis Option: 1000W Platinum Rated PSU, 240mm Liquid-Cooled CPU & Clear Side Panel Wireless: Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675, 2x2, 802.11ax, MU-MIMO, Bluetooth® wireless card Services Su...
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• Press Coverage·28 Feb 2024

  Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster review: a handsome glow-up of LucasArts' classic, if now rather creaky Star Wars FPS

  A long time ago on a desktop far, far away, my family once owned a demo disc for the original Star Wars: Dark Forces. I cannot remember for the life of me which level(s) it contained. My only surviving memory of it is having quite a good time blasting Stormtroopers and the chaps in black with the swoopy, knock-off Vader helmets, but also getting terribly lost and not really knowing what the heck I was meant to be doing. Now, playing Nightdive Studio's Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster as an adult probably close to three decades later, both these feelings have come roaring back, as this is very much a Star Wars FPS in the vein of Doom and other early 90s shooters (thumbs up). But it's one that leans so hard into its maze-like level design that it can regularly feel like a little bit of a tough hang in the cold hard light of 2024 (thumbs down). Crucially, though, not to the point where it's best left consigned to the history books. This is still an enjoyable and worthwhile artefact in Star Wars' PC gaming history, and if your eyes (and general patience levels) can't quite stomach the 'Classic' and still available 1995 original, then this remaster is a pin-sharp glow-up for modern hardware. Read more
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• Press Coverage·24 Oct 2023

  Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster coming to consoles and PC in early 2024

  Nightdive Studios has announced a release date for Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster. Announced earlier this year, and releasing in February, Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster has been fully remastered through the studio's proprietary KEX engine, allowing the game to run on modern devices at up to 4K resolution at 120FPS. The remaster features upgraded gameplay, high-resolution textures, enhanced lighting and rendering, and support for console gamepads with platform-specific features. Originally developed and published by LucasArts, Dark Forces was released in 1995 for DOS and Mac and in 1996 for PlayStation as the first FPS for the series. In it, you take on the role of Kyle Katarn, a defector of the Galactic Empire turned mercenary for hire who joins the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Tasked with infiltrating the Galactic Empire, you discover the secret Dark Trooper Project that finds the Empire producing a series of Imperial battle droids and power-armored stormtroopers. It is up to you, Katarn, and the Rebel Alliance to intervene. Read more
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