See new gameplay from the XIII re-remake

Recent gameplay footage has been launched from the remake of the 2020 XIII remake – the XIII re-remake, if you’ll – with Microids and developer Tower 5 making good on their pledge to do the 2003 comic-inspired shooter justice with a free overhaul and new launch on Swap, PS5 and Xbox Collection X|S.

Initially developed by PlayMagic, the venture has now been handed to French studio, Tower 5, which has been engaged on the XIII replace “for more than a year”. Each the free improve and Nintendo Swap model might be out on thirteenth September, 2022.

The brand new model of XIII guarantees a “new art direction, a better AI and numerous technical improvements like 60fps.” That’s one of many enhancements being made for the PS5 and Xbox Collection X|S model of the sport, with the title additionally coming to Nintendo Swap. Tower 5 are additionally respiration new life into the multiplayer modes that the unique recreation shipped with, with on-line multiplayer for two to 13 gamers.

When it launched on PS4, Xbox One, and PC in November 2020, XIII was mauled by disillusioned followers and reviewers, bagging a poor OpenCritic average score of 34. Dragged down by myriad technical points and a complicated and drastic change of artwork path, it was rapidly labelled one of many worst remakes/remasters of all time.

Microids was quick to issue an apology, patching the sport to treatment most of the bugs gamers had flagged, however restoring the sport to its former glories was an even bigger job.

“We are fully aware and terribly sorry that the initial launch of XIII Remake on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC did not reach players’ expected quality standards,” mentioned Stéphane Longeard, CEO de Microids on the time. “A bit more than a year ago we took the decision to hire the studio Tower Five to finish the development of the game. Tower Five worked with us in the past, notably on the great port of Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders on Nintendo Switch. We really wanted to take the time to fix the game and offer owners of XIII Remake a free update paying the best possible tribute to the original game we all love.”

Supply: Microids