Highlights
- Star Wars: Dark Forces, a beloved classic video game, is getting a long-awaited remaster on February 28, 2024, with updated graphics and controls.
- The remaster will bring quality-of-life improvements like a modernized control scheme, 4K resolution, advanced 3D rendering, widescreen support, and an enhanced framerate of 120 FPS.
- Fans are excited about the Dark Forces remaster and hope it will pave the way for updates to other cult classic Star Wars games, such as X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter and Rebellion.
Fans of classic Star Wars video games should mark their calendars for February 28, as this is when the long hoped-for remaster of Star Wars: Dark Forces will launch. Star Wars is considered by many to be one of the greatest science fiction franchises of all time, and there have been countless video games set in the iconic Galaxy Far, Far, Away. Just this May, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor continued the story of Cal Kestis during the reign of the Galactic Empire, and next year will see the release of Ubisoft’s open-world crime adventure Star Wars Outlaws.
Before this new wave of exciting Star Wars video games, the now-defunct LucasArts produced titles that expanded upon the lore of the films as part of the old Legends continuity, and among the most fondly remembered of them was the Dark Forces series. Starting with the original Star Wars: Dark Forces in 1995, these games put players in the role of Kyle Katarn, a former Imperial Stormtrooper turned Rebel mercenary who eventually discovers his own connection to the Force. While the later games in the series would introduce lightsabers and Jedi powers, the first Star Wars: Dark Forces is still well-regarded as a pioneer in the realm of early first-person shooters.
Star Wars: Dark Forces Playable at 4K Thanks To Fan-Made Mod
The 1995 first-person shooter Star Wars: Dark Forces is the most playable it has been in decades thanks to a fan-made mod that brings 4K textures.
Almost 30 years after the original Star Wars: Dark Forces blasted its way onto 90s-era gaming PCs, developer Nightdive Studios announced that it was making a remaster of the game for modern systems. In addition to all the frantic Stormtrooper-blasting action fans loved from the original, this Dark Forces update will bring several quality-of-life improvements thanks to Nightdive’s proprietary Kex Engine - such as a modernized control scheme, 4K resolution with advanced 3D rendering and widescreen support, and an enhanced 120 FPS framerate. Even better, fans won’t have to wait too much longer to play it, as Star Wars: Dark Forces will launch on February 28, 2024.
Getting to replay the original title that made Kyle Katarn a fan-favorite among Star Wars gamers with updated graphics and controls is an exciting prospect, and Nightdive has proven its pedigree in remastering beloved shooters with its recent System Shock remake and Quake 2 Remastered. Additionally, this new Star Wars: Dark Forces remaster could open the door for other cult classic Star Wars games to be updated in the future, such as Star Wars: X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter or Star Wars: Rebellion.
The next few years are already shaping up to be an exciting time for Star Wars gaming fans thanks to Star Wars Outlaws and a plethora of other games in development like Respawn’s untitled Star Wars FPS and strategy games. While fans are waiting for these promising new Star Wars titles, they can look forward to next February, when Nightdrive’s exciting remaster of the legendary Star Wars: Dark Forces will be released across all current platforms.
The Star Wars: Dark Forces remake will launch on February 28, 2024 for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
