The Thing Remastered is now available, Nightdive announces

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Nightdive Studios has announced a surprise release of its remaster of 2002 survival horror game The Thing.

The Thing: Remastered was announced back in June with a 2024 release window, but no specific date had been confirmed.

Now it’s been confirmed that the game is available immediately on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PS4, Xbox and PC.

Using its proprietary KEX Engine, Nightdive has remastered The Thing for current-generation platforms, running up to 4K resolution and 120 frames per second depending on the system.

“Improvements to character models, textures, and animations have been hand-crafted by Nightdive Studios, with the implementation of advanced 3D rendering for updated lighting and atmospheric effects,” the studio says. “The result is a suspenseful and disgustingly detailed remaster that reanimates the thrilling game for modern audiences.”

Originally released 22 years ago on PS2, Xbox and PC, The Thing video game is a sequel to the 1982 John Carpenter movie and takes place shortly after its events.

Players control Captain Blake, a US Army Special Forces captain who’s been sent to the Antarctic to find out what’s happened to the research team from the film.

While there, Blake finds numerous survivors, who team up with him to fight against the shape-shifting alien creature that’s infiltrated the outpost.

As in the film, however, the Thing can replicate the appearance of the humans it kills, meaning it’s up to the player to decide which of their teammates can be trusted and which are actually the Thing in disguise.

Since Blake is new to the survivors, he too is under suspicion, so the game features a fear/trust system. If Blake’s teammates lose trust in him (if he points his weapon at them for too long or takes their weapons or ammo, for example), they may believe he’s the Thing and start attacking him.