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| System Shock 3 | |
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| Developed by | OtherSide Entertainment |
| Published by | Starbreeze Studios Tencent |
| Release Date | TBA |
| Platform(s) | Windows/PC |
| Genre(s) | First Person Shooter Action/Adventure Science Fiction Cyberpunk Horror Immersive Sim |
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~ SHODAN on the official website
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System Shock 3 is the upcoming third entry in the System Shock series, developed by OtherSide Entertainment. The game will be released on PC and other platforms.[1] The game is currently in an unknown state, it has not been cancelled, but OtherSide Entertainment is no longer involved with the project.
Development[]
System Shock 3 was announced on 8th December of 2015 through a teaser site displaying a five day countdown.[2] Each day, new letters would appear to finally form the phrase "she's back" along with the number 3. Additionally, it was possible to find parts of SHODAN's message:
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~ SHODAN
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While Nightdive Studios still owns the rights to the System Shock franchise, they licensed the rights to develop a sequel to OtherSide Entertainment, a studio formed of ex-Looking Glass' and Irrational Games' developers who worked on one or both games of the System Shock series. Among them are Looking Glass' founder and ex-creative director Paul Neurath, and ex-Irrational Games concept artists Robb Waters and Nate Wells. Terri Brosius, SHODAN's original voice actress would also return.[3][4]
The game was initially to be published by Starbreeze Studios who helped finance the project. They found themselves in dire straits and Otherside parted ways with them in February 2019, pledging to continue the development.[5]
Following the release of the game's pre-alpha footage in September 2019, rumors of Otherside's inside problems began emerging, mentioning the game being critically behind schedule and the team members being laid off.[6]
In February 2020 things took a turn for the worse when it was reported that System Shock 3's development team was no longer employed at Otherside.[7]
In May 2020 Otherside officially informed that conglomerate Tencent would be taking System Shock 3 "onward".[8][9]
The websites used for System Shock 3 have since been taken down. Warren Spector was involved with the game, but has since left and has not worked on it since 2019.
As of 2023 there are no new updates on the game. [10]
Story[]
First Version[]
According to Otherside Entertainment's Warren Spector, the game will pick up where System Shock 2 left off, with SHODAN surviving by 'downloading' her consciousness into Rebecca Siddons. A few survivors from the first two games will appear, particularly the protagonists: the Hacker and soldier G65434-2, along with Rebecca Lansing and other characters.
Citadel Station and the Von Braun have been seen in concept art but what role they would play if any is unknown.
The game was originally envisioned as a time jumping story, taking place at different points both before, after, and during each game while exploring the motivations of SHODAN and Edward Diego.
Warren Spector said that the story will delve into the background of Edward Diego.
He also mentioned that the major focus of the story will be SHODAN's motivations:
- "In System Shock 3 I want to explore SHODAN's motivations. In the first two games her plan was to destroy humanity because, with the removal of her ethical constraints by the Hacker in the first game, she's going insane. But we never explained why she wants to destroy humanity. So we're going to be exploring the idea of a super intelligence and what would motivate a super intelligent AI."[11]
During development however the story did eventually change some.
Second Version[]
The 2nd iteration for the story was that the setting for the game would be TriOptimum Blacksite in 2085.
Gameplay[]
Various gameplay features have been shown off including new and returning weapons, enemies, items, etc.
The trailers show various enemies such as humanoid mutants, cortex reavers, and some unknown enemies. They show some weapons such as the wrench, as well as shots of some of the levels in the TriOptimum Blacksite.
Levels[]
- TriOptimum Blacksite
- Citadel Station
- Von Braun
Enemies[]
- Cortex Reaver
- Cyborg Assassin
- Cyborg Elite
- Tracker
- Turret
- Mutant Hunter
Weapons[]
- Wrench
- Unknown Energy Weapon
- Unknown Weapon
Gallery[]
Images[]
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Videos[]
See Also[]
External Links[]
- OtherSide Entertainment Website (archived)
- OtherSide Entertainment YouTube
- OtherSide Entertainment Discord
- System Shock 3 on Wikipedia
- Art
References[]
- ↑ System Shock 3 Might Come To PS4 And Xbox One, Not Just PC
- ↑ Teaser and official website of System Shock 3.
- ↑ System Shock 3 Formally Announced Oh Gosh It Is Real on Rock Paper Shotgun
- ↑ System Shock 3 is officially happening
- ↑ https://otherside-e.com/wp/system-shock-3-update/
- ↑ https://forums.otherside-e.com/t/layoffs-at-otherside/10096/26
- ↑ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-system-shock-3-team-is-no-longer-employed-its-been-claimed/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/OtherSide_Games/status/1263169724336267264
- ↑ https://twitter.com/OtherSide_Games/status/1263169765788524552
- ↑ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/warren-spectors-studio-hasnt-worked-on-system-shock-3-for-years/
- ↑ System Shock 3 Art