


Making System Shock more accessible is the main goal of this remake. It is one of the reasons for the studio’s existence. For Kick and Nightdive, System Shock is more than just money-spinning digital necromancy. Even though video game remakes are enormously popular, as demonstrated by the success of this year’s reimagining of Resident Evil 4, spending eight years rebuilding another studio’s game is a considerable commitment.

Happily for Nightdive Studios, when System Shock was released this week, it became an instant top seller – and critics liked it, too. “Because it took so long … financially, it was the most expensive project that we’ve ever done.” “We don’t yet know how this is going to be received,” he says. A remake of the 1994 cyberpunk shooter that inspired lauded games from Bioshock to Deus Ex and Dead Space, System Shock was announced in 2015, but was delayed again and again at one point it was started again from scratch. Terrified.” That’s how Stephen Kick, chief executive of Nightdive Studios, was feeling when I spoke to him last week, before the launch of System Shock. Innovative art style combines retro future design with modern technologyīecome fully immersed: shoot, brawl, crawl, climb, leap and think your way through Citadel Station.“Anxious. Jack into cyberspace to hack the system and open other routes Discover a non-linear story unfolding at your own pace Improve your skills and adapt to take on your foes Face off against the forces of a rogue AI gone mad Stop SHODAN and avert humanity’s destruction. You must explore and battle your way through the depths of a space station gone to hell. The psychotic AI has taken control of Citadel Station and turned the crew into an army of cyborgs and mutants She now plans to do the same to Earth. Witness the rebirth of one of the greatest and most influential games ever created. System Shock is the fully fledged remake of the ground breaking original from 1994, combining cult gameplay with all-new HD visuals, updated controls, an overhauled interface and all-new sounds & music it even has the original voice actor of SHODAN, one of gaming’s most iconic villains.
