{"id":33030,"date":"2018-02-17T16:13:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T16:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ps4pro.eu\/?p=33030"},"modified":"2018-02-18T18:03:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T18:03:40","slug":"system-shock-remake-a-system-shocking-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2018\/02\/17\/system-shock-remake-a-system-shocking-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"System Shock Remake: A System Shocking Announcement!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pun aside, Nightdive&#8217;s announcement isn&#8217;t something we were expecting.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Nightdive Studios<\/strong><\/em>&#8216; CEO, Stephen Kick stated on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1598858095\/system-shock\/posts\/2115044\">Kickstarter<\/a><\/span>, and true to his name, it&#8217;s a kicker. He says that the game, which was successfully funded in June 2016, is now taking a break from development, making its development situation even bleak than before.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, the development was meant to be a remaster with the Unity engine, but the project evolved into an Unreal Engine 4 remake, and meanwhile, the game&#8217;s concept and scope became out of control for the developers to handle. Kick says that they turned their backs on the backers, and he has sent the team on a hiatus to reassess their path and return to their vision.<\/p>\n<p>Kick states that the game is NOT dead, they are just taking a break. We&#8217;re quoting one sentence from him: \u201ePlease accept my personal assurance that we will be back and stronger than ever.\u201d We&#8217;ll see if that happens.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>System Shock&#8217;s remake<\/strong><\/em> thus has no release window, but it should be in development for <em><strong>PC<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>PlayStation 4<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>Xbox One<\/strong><\/em>, whenever it&#8217;s back from its hiatus&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1598858095\/system-shock\/posts\/2115044\">Kickstarter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pun aside, Nightdive&#8217;s announcement isn&#8217;t something we were expecting. Nightdive Studios&#8216; CEO, Stephen Kick stated on Kickstarter, and true to his name, it&#8217;s a kicker. He says that the game, which was successfully funded in June 2016, is now taking a break from development, making its development situation even bleak than before. Originally, the development was meant to be a remaster with the Unity engine, but the project evolved into an Unreal Engine 4 remake, and meanwhile, the game&#8217;s concept and scope became out of control for the developers to handle. Kick says that they turned their backs on the backers, and he has sent the team on a hiatus to reassess their path and return to their vision. 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