New financial reports indicate that The Thing: Remastered is Nightdive Studios’ fastest-selling launch title ever. Nightdive Studios is well-known for the quality of its remasters, and it seems that The Thing: Remastered has surpassed expectations, being a huge hit for the developer.
Originally released in 2002, The Thing was a direct sequel to the 1982 film, something unusual, considering most games based on movie franchises were adaptations at the time. The PS2 title was a third-person game with strong horror vibes and sold over a million units back in the day, becoming known as one of the scariest games of its era. The remaster of The Thing was announced last year, and the game was finally released by the Atari subsidiary Nightdive Studios on December 5, 2024.
Following the good reception for NightDive's recent remaster of The Thing, there's a similar classic game the studio could give the same treatment to.
Now, a recent 2024 end-of-year business report from Atari (via Yahoo Finance) revealed that The Thing: Remastered was the fastest-selling release title from Nightdive Studios. While no numbers of sales were officially shared, Atari pointed out that the game was very well received by gamers...
