We’re arising on the tenth anniversary of the discharge of 2013’s Shadowrun Returns, and it’s solely right now I realized that the sport (and its two sequels) had been by no means launched on console. I simply assumed that they had been, in some unspecified time in the future! That sucks, so it’s fantastic to see Paradox get round to fixing that with the announcement of Shadowrun Trilogy: Console Version.
Initially introduced final yr for simply the Change, right now we realized that the video games are coming to all trendy consoles, outdated and new, which suggests not simply the Change however each PlayStation (PS4 & PS5) and Xbox (Xbox One & Xbox Collection X/S) consoles as nicely. Shadowrun Trilogy: Console Version shall be out on June 21.
As you could have already labored out from the title, the bundle consists of the three trendy Shadowrun PC video games: Shadowrun Returns, Shadowrun: Dragonfall and Shadowrun: Hong Kong. They’re not straight ports, both; the trilogy’s press launch mentions “upscaled graphics”, “improved efficiency” and gameplay optimised for using management pads as a substitute of a keyboard + mouse:
The Shadowrun Trilogy, a remastered launch of the Shadowrun Returns RPGs initially launched by Harebrained Schemes, has been up to date for a console expertise, with upscaled graphics, improved efficiency, and controller-optimized gameplay. All three titles within the sequence will launch concurrently for the Nintendo Change, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5
For those who’ve obtained this far with out figuring out what the hell I’m speaking about, the Shadowrun video games are based mostly on the outdated Shadowrun tabletop RPG sequence, whose designer, Jordan Weisman, was on the event staff for these variations, turning the sprawling role-playing journey set in a dystopian sci-fi future—the place magic lives alongside cyberpunk tech—right into a singleplayer, turn-based online game.
Some enjoyable trivia earlier than we go: the primary recreation within the new sequence, Shadowrun Returns, launched in 2013, was the primary ever online game to launch after elevating over $1 million on Kickstarter.
