Turok 3 Remastered launched sooner than meant on Nintendo Change in Europe and Oceania, and as such accommodates a variety of bugs but to be fastened, its developer has warned.
Nightdive Studios, of the System Shock remake fame, apologised for the confusion surrounding the discharge date of the remaster, which was delayed final minute to November 30 on all platforms. “This was not the plan,” the developer mentioned.
It appears this final minute delay got here in too late for Nintendo of Europe’s launch schedule, and so Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered launched on the eShop in Europe and Oceania on November 14. Nightdive mentioned it had labored with Nintendo of Europe to push again the launch date so the newest patch fixes have been included, “however sadly, our vacation schedules didn’t align.”
Turok 3 Remastered is due to this fact in the stores now on the eShop with “recognized bugs and lacking quality-of-life options”, Nightdive warned. These embrace a crash that happens if the participant tries to entry the beginning menu whereas deciding on their character within the introduction sequence, the performance for invincibility, in addition to two different cheats which are lacking, and varied bugs and QOL options set to be tackled in a patch due out mid-December.
That’s at the least a month after the launch of Turok 3 on the eShop in Europe and Oceania — a lower than supreme scenario for gamers of the sport, which prices £24.99 within the UK. There may be at present no warning on Turok 3’s eShop web page about bugs or lacking options.
The maintain up has to do with the newest construct of Turok 3 transferring via Nintendo of Europe’s certification course of, Nightdive mentioned. All different platforms get the right model of the sport on November 30. “Thanks to your assist as we proceed to resolve this as quickly as potential,” Nightdive mentioned.
Nightdive Studios has already launched remasters of the primary two video games within the cult-classic Nintendo 64 first-person shooter franchise. Now it’s the flip of Acclaim’s Turok 3, which launched in September 2000 on Nintendo’s console.
It’s a busy time certainly for Nightdive, now owned by Atari and contemporary from the profitable launches of the Quake 2 remaster and the System Shock remake. The Turok 3 remaster seemingly closes the ebook on Nightdive’s work on the franchise.
“We’re contemplating this at the moment the conclusion of the Turok trilogy,” director of enterprise growth at Nightdive Studios Larry Kuperman informed IGN earlier this 12 months. “That mentioned, Nightdive’s avowed goal is to convey again each misplaced basic, so who is aware of? However we even have a fairly full calendar for subsequent 12 months. We’ve had an unimaginable tempo of releases this 12 months, however subsequent 12 months it will get actually busy.”
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