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Shadow of the Beast remake coming to PS4

Sony remaking classic Amiga action game for next-generation platform.

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Sony is currently developing a Shadow of the Beast remake for the PlayStation 4, the company announced today during its Gamescom 2013 media briefing in Cologne, Germany.

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The original Shadow of the Beast released on Amiga in 1989. Shadow of the Beast II and Shadow of the Beast III were released in the years thereafter.

No release date for the Shadow of the Beast remake for PS4 was announced.

Elsewhere during its presentation today, Sony announced a PlayStation Vita price cut and Little Big Planet Hub for the PlayStation 3, among other things.

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Fantastic! I'm feeling more potential from Sony and continue like this and I shall be very happy!

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When will the trailer be uploaded?

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Ehh, I never liked Shadow Of The Beast. Except for the music.

If they could get to work on a remake of Turrican or The Chaos Engine, that'd be fantastic.

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No Legend of Dragoon?

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The music was awesome. Love to hear the new remix

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Well that was out of left-field. Have half of the kids today even heard of the original games? I remember it being an Amiga 500 system-seller in this country because of the amazing-looking artwork in the game graphics. Shops almost always had Shadow of the Beast running as the demo game in-store.

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I'm hotly awaiting that remake of Hunt the Wumpus.

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??? Where did that come from?

I remember the passions being expressed when the game was announced and other kids were reading about it at the time, in paper magasines...

But really, what do they expect? This is a good game of the past that would have just crap outdated platforming mechanics for me. I am done with platforming - unless there can be something as good as Braid or another inventive gameplay. What are you guys thinking? Anyone looking for it?

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@norabbitnofun Yeah i am, even though i never played it, simply because it'll feel like a new ip to me.

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Shadow of the Beast... I remember this game on the Lynx. It was a great port of the Amiga version.

Obviously, like all versions of classic-to-modern, it'll be in 3D, and unless they show footage, they could F it up (ala: Golden Axe or Shinobi) or do it forgettable justice (ala: Ghouls N Ghosts) or it could be something of a classic (ala: Ninja Gaiden).

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I remember the parallax scrolling on the Amiga 500...and the amazing guitar sound byte on the death screen. Brutal load times off 3.5" discs though. Ah, the old days....

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Oh man, you know how a lot of gamers have that one game that they regret not being able to beat? Well for me, it was this game...it was SO relentless! Fester's Quest is another one that haunts me to this day...

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@The_Last_Paladi Yeah it was hard as hell, I only ever managed to complete it with cheats. Castle of Illusion was more my speed back then :)

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I remember playing it on my Sega Megadrive, it was damn hard

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It's looks absolutely stunning ... i prefer it over Ryse any time !!!

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No gameplay but it seems like a next gen God of War type slasher

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One of my favourite trilogies of my good old Amiga 500. I'm hyped.

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Really wish we had seen actual gameplay.

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this was the most interesting announcement at Gamescom yet.

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Looks... incredible. Yet another reason to pick up the PS4... in 2014.

Next year is going to be an expensive year!

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@PixelAddict every year is an expensive year...

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This remake looks like a supercharged Akuji: The Heartless.

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Shadow of the Beast rocked. It was on just about every platform back in the day; Amiga, PC, Genesis, SNES, Atari Lynx. The Amiga version had the best music. VERY hard game (no continues), but a classic.

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Not many remember this game, but a remake could be AWESOME!

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This game gave me Kratos vibe

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This game looked great to me, i would like to see more gameplay though but it looked great

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I just wanna say...Awwww SNAP! did they just insult MS?

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@Dictatroll Yup, I think that trolling was unnecessary.

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Not sure if you're being sarcastic cuz this whole press conference showed that Sony has nothing for launch lineup. Claiming to have 50 AAA studios developing world class games for PS4, and none of them are available for show, not even a name of the title.

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I don't care! WHAT ABOUT BLOODY ROAR? IS THERE A FIFTH INSTALLMENT COMING?!


Please let the two rumors I've heard since May be true! Come on baby!

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@Chr0noid Who has the rights for the franchise? Husdon soft was closed and they created the game.

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@StonerDemon @Chr0noid Konami I think.

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@Chr0noid BLOODY ROAR man that is awesome

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That's almost 25 years ago! At what point does it stop being a remake and start being a totally new game with a stolen nostalgic name to boost interest?

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indiestation 4

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Wow, I remember playing this my dad's Amiga 2000 when I was in middle school.

I'm either going to get a serious flashback or a serious kick in the child hood as a result of this remake.

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