Discover cryptic audio logs, encounter ghostly apparitions and conduct research to give you the advantage in combat and unlock exotic weapons and items. Upgrade and enhance your skills to improve hacking, weapon proficiency, and psionic abilities. The infected roam the halls, their screams and moans beckoning you to join them as the rogue artificial intelligence known as SHODAN taunts and ridicules your feeble attempt to unravel the horrifying mystery of the derelict starship Von Braun.Ĭhoose from 3 specialized branches of the military to utilize unique skills, weaponry, and paranormal psionic powers.

You awake from the cold chill of your cryo-tube to discover cybernetic implants grafted to your flesh and the crew of the starship Von Braun slaughtered. If you value that meat… you will do as I tell you.” The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. Looking for something new to get stuck into while you wait? Here are the best PC games right now.“Remember, it is my will that guided you here. Nightdive Studios is also re-releasing System Shock 2, too.

However, Nightdive Studios' CEO Stephen Kick subsequently confirmed on Twitter that Nightdive still owned the System Shock franchise and IP itself. The clip shows one developer using the motion controls on a Valve Index VR joystick to attack one of the game's iconic Blue Monkeys with a wrench.Īs for the beleaguered third installment of the franchise? Our last update was in May 2020, when System Shock 3 developer OtherSide Entertainment announced that publishing giant Tencent 'will be taking the System Shock franchise forward'.Īs we reported at the time, while OtherSide's announcement was vague, many assumed this meant a total buyout.

ICYMI, System Shock 2 Enhanced Edition will include VR support, as Nightdive recently confirmed with a brief clip of VR gameplay. Pre-orderers will also be able to play the game's 'final demo', too. However, pre-orders for System Shock are now live, and 'anyone who pre-orders System Shock remake will receive System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition for free and all Kickstarter/Backerkit backers who backed at the $30 level or higher will also be receiving SS2:EE for free,' the developer said. There's still no specific release date for the remake, and it's still marked as summer 2021 (that's Q3 for those of you in the southern hemisphere) on Steam.

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