What's the Difference Between a Remake and a Remaster?

The differences between remakes and remasters is very slight, but there is a difference. While a remake tends to focus on reworking the technical and performance aspects of a game, a remaster is generally made to look good on newer devices, and update the game to different resolutions like HD.

What's the difference between a remaster and a remake?

If it was made by updating the existing assets and engine, it's a remaster. Easy examples of remasters are the "HD" editions of recent games like. If the new game was built from scratch, it's a remake. Again, regardless of how much content was added or changed.

What's the difference between a reboot and a remake?

In general, the simplest way to remember the difference between a reboot and a remake is to remember that for a film to be a reboot, it should be resetting a chronology that's been established over multiple films. A remake is concerned with updating a single film, sometimes slavishly.

James H. Sterling

James H. Sterling

Environmental Science & Climate Journalist

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.