Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Switch eShop
23rd Jun 2022, $9.99
23rd Jun 2022, £8.39
- Also Available On
- Official Site
- nintendo.com
Reviews
Review Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition - A Cyberpunk Classic, Compromised On Switch
Zoom and enhance… Yuck! Zoom out!
Cyberpunk is an inherently old-fashioned genre. Its iconic works draw on futuristic ideas that have either become unremarkable, like essential spheres of life based on tech owned by megalomaniacal corporations, or been superseded, like an obsession with cybernetic enhancements instead of codified social status...
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Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition News
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 1st)
Pik us a winner
Well, we're halfway though 2023. That's quite a thought, huh? The first six months of the year may be behind us, but Nintendo is showing no sign of slowing down. This week, we asked you to rank every N64 3D platformer in celebration of Banjo-Kazooie's 25th birthday, while we went head-to-head with Horace the Horse in our Everybody...
News XEL Is Officially The Worst Switch Game Of 2022, According To Metacritic
Blade Runner also made the top 10
It's that time once again when Metacritic spices up the 'Game of the Year' nominations by releasing a list of the worst games released. On the Switch front, the worst game of the year goes to the Zelda-style sci-fi adventure title, XEL. It made its debut on the platform in July this year, and according to...
News Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition Team Talks About The Game's Messy Launch
The result of a "perfect storm" of challenges
The release of Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition on the Nintendo Switch in June should have been celebrated. Instead, it ended up becoming a living nightmare for the team at Nightdive Studios. In a recent interview with PCGamesN, the company's director of business development, Larry Kuperman, went into...
News Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition Gets Original Version On Steam After Poor Reception
No word on a Switch update
It seems fans of Blade Runner have been shedding a few tears (in rain) over the state of the newly released Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition. So much so, in fact, that developer Nightdive Studios has seen fit to release the original version of the game as an update for owners on Steam. While our own review for the Switch...
Nintendo Download 23rd June (North America)
Fire Emblem Warriors! Sonic Origins! AI: The Somnium Files!
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Nintendo Download 23rd June (Europe)
Fire Emblem Warriors! Wreckfest! Blade Runner!
The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail eShop - New Releases: Fire Emblem Warriors:...
News Long-Awaited 'Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition' Is Finally Out Digitally Today
Physical pre-orders go live on June 24th
Update: Thu 23rd June, 11:45 BST: It's finally here! Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition has launched digitally for the Nintendo Switch, ending the long wait since the game's original planned launch back in 2020. Now, depending on your region, the game might not quite be live on the eShop just yet, but keep an...
Round Up Every Physical Game From Limited Run's Summer Showcase Coming To Switch
There are even some 3DS, N64 and SNES releases
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News Nightdive Studios Delays Its Enhanced Edition Of Blade Runner
Release date now "TBD"
Nightdive Studios has confirmed Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition will no longer be released this year on the Nintendo Switch and other platforms. In an interview with our friends over at Eurogamer, Nightdive's CEO Stephen Kick said the launch date was now "TBD". "There have been some obstacles we've had to overcome in terms of...
News Westwood's Classic Blade Runner Is Getting An Enhanced Edition On Switch
With Nightdive Studios at the reins
Promotional art from the game's recent rerelease on GOG.com Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition, a "modern restoration" of the 1997 classic from Westwood Studios, is to be released on Nintendo Switch and other platforms, it has been announced. Nightdive Studios has partnered with Alcon Entertainment to make this...
About The Game
LOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER, 2019
Westwood Studios, the company that brought Real-Time to strategy games with Command & Conquer, brings Real-Time to adventure games with the science fiction classic, Blade Runner.
Armed with your investigative skills and the tools of the Blade Runner trade, you'll be immersed in a world that lives and breathes around you with breakthrough lighting and visual effects. Your ability to survive will be put to the test in the richest game environment ever created.
Immerse yourself in the dark, gritty world of Los Angeles 2019, where you become both the hunter and the hunted.
*Groundbreaking Real-Time story structure creates a unique experience every time you play
*Interact with over 70 motion-captured characters, all with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and their own agendas
*Stunning visuals, as well as atmospheric smoke, fog, fire and rain that affect your character in Real-Time
*Top notch Hollywood talent from the original film including Sean Young, James Hong, Joe Turkel, Brian James and William Sanderson
*Rich, ambient, multi-track audio environment creates an immersive gaming experience
*Includes specially recreated cuts from the original Blade Runner soundtrack
*Continually animating, full screen, high resolution cinematics and game play in millions of emulated colors
*Dramatic camera movements - during gameplay - heighten the Blade Runner experience
*Step into the role of a Blade Runner by utilizing the ESPER photo analysis machine, administering the Voigt-Kampff replicant detection test, flying in a police Spinner and analyzing clues with your Knowledge Integration Assistant (KIA)
*Breakthrough Real-Time lighting, such as directional, color, volumetric, attenuated and animating effects
Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition is a faithful restoration of the classic adventure game featuring:
*Reconstruction and upressing of original Westwood VQA Videos
*Modern HD Display
*Enhanced “Knowledge Integration Assistant" (KIA) and clue user interface
*Enhanced Subtitle support
*Modern gamepad support
*SMAA Anti Aliasing
*Anisotropic texture filtering
Comments 1
This was one of my favourite games on the PC and I can't WAIT for it to hit the Switch! It's one of the few movie adaptations that truly makes you feel like the source material's protagonist
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