Remasters is perhaps on the way in which for the Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver video games, the action-adventure sequence of vampire revenge identified to many as “these video games with the cool wraith man on the duvet that folks on-line at all times instructed you have been unbelievable.” The potential leak emerged at San Diego Comedian-Con final week in a method that, frankly, I want extra leaks appeared: by means of sick collectibles.
First noticed on Resetera, a pair of statues depicting Soul Reaver protagonist Raziel in battle together with his nemesis Kain have been proven off on the Darkish Horse sales space. Subsequent to every statue have been small placards bearing branding and logos for “Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II Remastered,” indicating the existence of upcoming remasters for the cult basic Crystal Dynamics sequence.
Legacy of Kain: “Soul Reaver I & II Remastered” branding seen at SDCC https://t.co/IjCLDVEEpN pic.twitter.com/WCS94tUl1uJuly 25, 2024
In keeping with GameSpot, the placards have been faraway from the sales space show as soon as information of the doable remasters began spreading on-line. Randy Lahrman, Darkish Horse vice chairman of product growth and gross sales, stated the statues can be obtainable in August however would not touch upon the video games themselves.
Following vampire-turned-vengeful-wraith Raziel on his quest to off his former grasp Kain, the Soul Reaver video games stay beloved after their greater than 20 years in stasis. Amy Hennig, author and inventive director on Soul Reaver 1 and a couple of, would go on to steer the inventive course for the Uncharted video games at Naughty Canine.
The Soul Reaver 1 & 2 remasters stay unconfirmed by Crystal Dynamics, however regardless of greater than twenty years of sequence purgatory, they are not fully surprising. In its ultimate earnings report for the 2021-2022 monetary 12 months, shortly after buying the studio, Embracer stated it noticed “nice potential” in “remakes, remasters, spinoffs, in addition to transmedia tasks” for its IP catalog. Later in 2022, Crystal Dynamics launched a survey to gauge curiosity in Legacy of Kain remasters (through Video Video games Chronicle), which obtained greater than 100,000 responses.