Blade Runner Enhanced Edition, the remaster of Westwood Studios’ point-and-click adventure, is out now. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.
Sadly, a fan-made remaster, previously available on GOG, is now relegated to an add-on for the new game. The fan restoration was a ScummVM game. And it was the work of a team of dedicated fans. One member, Thomas Fach-Pedersen, took to Twitter to voice his disappointment:
“Over a number of years, I, along with friends, lovingly reverse engineered Westwood’s Blade Runner for ScummVM, reviving the game and helping GOG to release the game for sale once again. For this we have asked for and received nothing but the honour of the work.
“Now Nightdive Studios has released their ‘Enhanced’ version. It is, by all accounts, ugly and buggy, and offers no tangible benefits over ScummVM aside from very poor console support. They even forgot to credit me for the subtitles we let them use.
“Sadly, it is now no longer possible to purchase and play a digital copy of Blade Runner in ScummVM without sending money to Nightdive Studios. I’m sad to see GOG relegate our free work to a mere attachment on somebody else’s mediocre paid product.”