Heretic And Hexen Have Received A Surprise Remaster From Nightdive Studios

Nightdive Studios and id Software have announced a astonishment remaster of imagination shooters Heretic and Hexen. The games are now disposable for modern consoles successful a caller release, dubbed Heretic + Hexen, that includes support for co-op, cross-platform multiplayer and community-published mods.

Heretic + Hexen combines Heretic: Shadow of nan Serpent Riders, Hexen: Beyond Heretic and Hexen: Deathkings of nan Dark Citadel into a azygous bundle. On apical of making nan updates basal to get nan games moving connected Xbox, PlayStation and Switch, Nightdive besides created "two marque caller episodes" to play done called Heretic: Faith Renewed and Hexen: Vestiges of Grandeur that see caller levels inspired by nan original games.

When they were first released successful 1994 and 1995, respectively, Heretic and Hexen featured nan caller pairing of Doom-inspired first-person action, pinch rudimentary RPG elements for illustration characteristic classes and an inventory. The games helped put developer Raven Software connected nan representation not agelong earlier it went connected to create games for illustration Quake 4 and Wolfenstein for id Software.

Nightdive Studios has worked connected other id Software remasters, but nan thought of remaking aliases rereleasing Heretic and Hexen has been successful nan cards for rather a while. Microsoft completed its acquisition of ZeniMax Media, nan genitor institution of nan games' original patient id Software, successful 2021. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer was connected nan grounds as precocious arsenic 2023 arsenic being willing successful rereleasing some games. It took a mates years, but nan remasters yet happened.

Heretic + Hexen is disposable now for Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. If you already ain immoderate of nan original versions of nan games, you'll get upgraded to nan remastered bundle for free.