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It is a remake of the 1994 game System Shock by Looking Glass Studios. The game is set aboard a space station in a cyberpunk vision of the year 2072. Assuming the role of a nameless security hacker , the player attempts to hinder the plans of a malevolent artificial intelligence called SHODAN .
The System Shock remake will be available both physically and digitally for PS5 and Xbox Series X, while the last-gen consoles will only receive a digital edition of the game, which is a shame.
System Shock was developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Origin Systems for the MS-DOS, Mac OS, and PC-98. In it, the player controls a hacker who is caught attempting to steal files from the TriOptimum Corporation and is taken to Citadel Station, and cooperates with Edward Diego, an executive from the aforementioned company, to remove the station's AI, SHODAN's ethical constraints ...
A sequel to System Shock, titled System Shock 2, was released by Looking Glass and Irrational Games in 1999 to further acclaim and awards. [ 70 ] Following System Shock 2 ' s release, and the subsequent closure of Looking Glass, the rights to the series had fallen to Meadowbrook Insurance Group (a subsidiary of Star Insurance Company), the ...
BioShock is a retrofuturistic video game series created by Ken Levine, published by 2K and developed by several studios, including Irrational Games and 2K Marin.The BioShock games combine first-person shooter and role-playing elements, giving the player freedom for how to approach combat and other situations, and are considered part of the immersive sim genre.
Night Dive Studios, Inc. (trade name: Nightdive Studios) is an American video game developer based in Vancouver, Washington and a subsidiary of Atari SA.The company is known for obtaining rights to abandonware video games, updating them for compatibility with modern platforms, and re-releasing them via digital distribution services, supporting preservation of older games.
The studio's first game was System Shock 2, an early hybrid of a role-playing game and first-person shooter. It is the sequel to Looking Glass' System Shock (1994). Levine served as lead writer and designer, [ 15 ] and the game shipped in 1999 to critical acclaim.
Blind Squirrel Games, who previously worked with BioShock series developers Irrational Games on BioShock Infinite, [11] assisted series producer 2K Games with development of the remastered collection. 2K decided not to remaster the Windows edition of BioShock Infinite, which already met their graphical standards for the updated console editions when using its highest graphical settings. [10]