The Thing: Remastered lands surprise release date, and it's really soon

UPDATE 6/12/24:Following a little slip by Xbox earlier in the week, developer Nightdive has released The Thing: Remastered.

The game is available to play now across platforms, however following some unexpected "technical issues", the game will now release forNintendo of Europeusers at the end of the month, on 30th December.

"Stay tuned, we're working on getting this resolved," Nightdive wrote following the game's release.

Due to technical issues, The Thing: Remastered will launch on Nintendo of Europe (NOE) on December 30th along with the Day One patch. Stay tuned, we're working on getting this resolved.

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ORIGINAL 4/12/24:It appears The Thing: Remastered has secured itself a release date, and not only that, it appears that date is imminent.

According to anXbox Wire post, The Thing: Remastered is set to arrive tomorrow, 5th December.

However, as noted byIGN, other platforms such asSteamstill have the upcoming game listed as simply 'Coming Soon'. ThePlayStation storehas The Thing: Remastered down as 'Announced', but with no further release date information provided. Meanwhile, a recent post on social media platform X by developerNightdivestated the game was set for a December release, but it didn't specify a date.

Eurogamer has reached out to Nightdive - which was also responsible for last year'sSystem Shockremake - for clarification on The Thing: Remastered's release date. Stay tuned.

The Thing: Remastered wasannounced earlier this year. It casts players as United States Army Special Forces member Captain Blake, who heads to the Antarctic outpost seen in the movie to find out what happened to its ill-fated research team.

The game itself promises players plenty of "blood-curdling events" and "enigmatic deaths". So, even though The Thing: Remastered may well be releasing this December, it is less about sleigh bells and more about slay bells.

In the meantime, if you want to take a look at the studio's previous work, we were rather impressed with its System Shock remake, giving it four out of five stars on release.

"The System Shock remake faithfully recreates a classic, retains most of its appeal, reframes everything with a horror tilt, and as a result, makes it more playable for everyone," readsEurogamer's System Shock review.