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System Shock will feature ‘modern level design principles for pacing and exploration’

In a new Kickstarter Q&A, Nightdive Studios’ community manager Karlee Meow revealed some new information about the upcoming remake of System Shock. According to Karlee, the switch from Unity to Unreal Engine 4 was made because Unreal is a more efficient engine. Continue reading System Shock will feature ‘modern level design principles for pacing and exploration’

System Shock is now powered by Unreal Engine 4, gets new pre-alpha trailer

Nightdive Studios has released a new pre-alpha trailer, revealing that its upcoming remake of System Shock will be powered by Unreal Engine 4. This new trailer shows crisp visuals, so it’s unknown whether there will be an option to disable texture filtering and give the textures a retro look (as they were in its early demo). System Shock is currently planned for a 2018 release. Enjoy! Continue reading System Shock is now powered by Unreal Engine 4, gets new pre-alpha trailer

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Remastered is coming to the PC on March 16th

Nightdive Studios, a company specializing in the restoration of classic PC game titles and the publisher behind the successful release of Turok in 2015, announced today that it will be releasing the sequel, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil on March 16th. In order to celebrate this announcement, Nightdive Studios released a new trailer for this remastered version of Turok 2 that can be viewed below. Continue reading Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Remastered is coming to the PC on March 16th

System Shock – New demo patch coming with support for Texture filtering

When the demo version of System Shock got released, a number of PC gamers complained about the pixelated textures that could be found in it. According to the developers, the demo did not support any texture filtering in order to maintain a retro touch. Continue reading System Shock – New demo patch coming with support for Texture filtering

System Shock – Enhanced Edition versus Remake comparison video

YouTube’s Candyland has released a new video, comparing the System Shock’s upcoming remake with its Enhanced Edition. As we can clearly see, Night Dive Studios has managed to stay true to the game’s original atmosphere, something that will definitely please a lot of old-school System Shock fans. Its Kickstarter campaign has already raised $632K, therefore we’re pretty sure that this project will be crowd-funded in a couple of days. Enjoy! Continue reading System Shock – Enhanced Edition versus Remake comparison video

System Shock – Demo lacks extensive optimizations, switch to Unreal Engine could happen

Neogaf’s member ‘MaxOfS2D’ (who is currently working on the remastered version of System Shock) has just revealed some new interesting information about it. According to MaxOfS2D, the demo lacked extensive optimizations as it was developed by a small team of 4 core people and one programmer. Moreover, MaxOfS2D claimed that an engine switch to Unreal Engine may actually happen. Continue reading System Shock – Demo lacks extensive optimizations, switch to Unreal Engine could happen