It’s almost here. Nightdive Studios and Ziggurathave announcedthatKilling Time: Resurrectedis just around the corner. It will launch on PC and consoles on June 21, 2025.
As a fan of retro 2.5D FPS games, I’ve been waiting for this.Killing Timeis one of the few games I actually own on 3DO. However, I started playing it, discovered the framerate is ridiculously choppy, and stopped. There’s a PC version, and I figured that would be a better way to experience it, but apparently not, as a lot of changes were made to the PC version, some of which alter the game’s aesthetic. Nonetheless, I still don’t really want to play such a choppy FPS on console.
ForKilling Time: Resurrected, Nightdive, and Ziggurat were able to get the best of both worlds while upgrading everything for higher-resolution displays.I spoke to Nightdiveabout it back around when the remaster was announced and got the skinny. For a lot of it, they had access to a backup of the original photographs of the original monsters, since they were played by actors. For PC version monsters that weren’t in the 3DO version, the art team had to upscale them by hand.
Killing Timeis a unique FPS for 1995, as it contained cutscenes featuring real actors. It also walked the line of humor and horror to great effect. It’s maybe not the most amazing FPS out there, but it’s notPO’ed. It’s worth playing, even if it’s not as entertaining asDoomorDuke Nukem 3D.
Nightdive has made some excellent remasters in the past. While the games vary in quality, they all get the same loving attention when remastered. While we now know when we’ll be playingKilling Time, we still haveThe Thingto look forward to, which doesn’t currently have an announced release date. I’m also not going to let them forget aboutSIN: Reloadedand an enhanced edition ofSystem Shock 2is also in the pipe. They’ve been keeping busy, but here’s hoping we’ll soon hear that they’re working on a remaster ofWilliam Shatner’s TekWar. (Disclaimer: the existence of aTekWarremaster has never been discussed with me or confirmed. Whenever it is brought up, the team usually reacts with understandable revulsion.)
Killing Time: Resurrectedwill arrive for PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on July 11, 2025.
