Following the disastrous launch of 2020’s XIII remake, writer Microids has introduced a significant improve coming later this yr. That is successfully one other go at modernising the 2003 comic-inspired shooter, with a Nintendo Change model additionally confirmed to be within the works.
Initially developed by PlayMagic, the mission has now been handed to French studio, Tower 5, which has been engaged on the XIII replace “for greater than a yr”. Each the free improve and Nintendo Change model will likely be obtainable from September 13, 2022.
When it launched on PS4, Xbox One, and PC in November 2020, XIII was mauled by disenchanted followers and reviewers, bagging a poor OpenCritic common rating of 34. Dragged down by myriad technical points and a complicated change of artwork route, it was shortly labelled one of many worst remakes/remasters of all time.
Microids was fast to concern an apology, patching the sport to treatment most of the bugs gamers had flagged. Followers gained’t be fast to overlook the sport’s disappointing launch however a minimum of the writer has gone out of its strategy to attempt to rectify its errors.
“We’re absolutely conscious and terribly sorry that the preliminary launch of XIII Remake on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC didn’t attain gamers’ anticipated high quality requirements,” mentioned Stéphane Longeard, CEO de Microids.
A bit greater than a yr in the past we took the choice to rent the studio Tower 5 to complete the event of the sport. Tower 5 labored with us prior to now, notably on the good port of Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders on Nintendo Change. We actually wished to take the time to repair the sport and provide homeowners of XIII Remake a free replace paying the very best tribute to the unique recreation all of us love. The Nintendo Change model of the sport will in fact profit from all of the work carried out to enhance the sport in addition to the multiplayer mode, which can mark the top of the sport’s growth. We will’t look ahead to gamers to place their fingers on this improved model of the sport and (re)uncover the traditional adventures of Agent XIII, as quickly because it’s launched after the Summer time.
Hopefully the XIII remake will ship this second time round. We’ll discover out when it launches in September.
Supply: Microids