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Starbreeze Sells Back System Shock 3 Publisher Rights to Otherside
- Thread starter Mr. Tibbs
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I weep for Starbreeze.
I'd say I'd love another Darkness/Riddick/Syndicate, but I know a lot of that team went to Machinegames.
I'd say I'd love another Darkness/Riddick/Syndicate, but I know a lot of that team went to Machinegames.
I can see Devolver or Nordic swooping in. Night Dive is developing the System Shock remake internally and would probably prefer to brings 3 under its wing as well in terms of acting as publisher, but I'm not sure it has the resources to do so.
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Seriously wondering how long Starbreeze is going to last. It's simply not looking good over there.
As for System Shock, I imagine someone else will pick it up. Probably one of the other mid-sized European publishers like 505, Paradox or Techland or maybe someone like THQ.
As for System Shock, I imagine someone else will pick it up. Probably one of the other mid-sized European publishers like 505, Paradox or Techland or maybe someone like THQ.
Jesus, Bo sounds like a big idiot with all this bad decisions and investments.
The whole VR thing was especially bizarre. That's not a market you just waltz into unless you have the financial cushion to support long-term bets (e.g. Facebook and Valve) or it represents an extension of your existing hardware focuses (e.g. Samsung and Sony).
My understanding is that Spector had little involvement with UA. It is also worth noting that UA is still being worked on. There's a new patch coming soon that turns the game into a single cohesive dungeon and makes a bunch of improvements. They've already overhauled the save system, among other things.
Nordic has published some stuff that was developed externally, most recently Darksiders 3. You raise a fair point about Devolver, but as SS3 has been in development for a while now, it wouldn't be footing the entire bill.
I hope Night Dive works out a deal with them. Remake development has been a little bumpy to say the least but the team is really cool. I love watching their livestreams.
One of these games was by Ion Storm Dallas. The other was by Ion Storm Austin. They were released a month apart. The quality of one does not really reflect upon the other.
Underworld Ascendant was/is by the Boston studio. System Shock 3 is by the newer Austin Studio that Spector is heading, as far as I can tell.
Not a good look when you consider the game was announced at the end of 2015.
Makes you wonder if Starbreeze agreeing to relinquish publishing rights was motivated less by its dire straits and more OtherSide's hemming and hawing.
Sounds like a their spiritual successor. Anyway, never played Underworld, currently waiting for console release but what was wrong with it?
I don't have high hopes for SS3. Underworld clearly had a tiny budget and was released as a broken and unfinished mess. SS3 would have an even larger scope than Underworld so... yeah. Good luck to them.
Oh? Maybe there is some hope then. That said, the last game Spector worked on was Epic Mickey. Let's not forgot Invisible War, either, which most people unfairly blame on Harvey Smith. Smith redeemed himself with Dishonored but Spector has yet to prove that he can still make a good game.
Visit the OT. Initial release had literally a non-functional save system (you pick up item, save and load, you're warped back to the beginning of the level and the item reappears), cringeworthy story/characters, bad performance, gaps in the level geometry, crashes, bad UI. I hear they patched the shit out of it, but I'm not touching it again until it gets to No Man's Sky levels of redemption.
On OtherSide's FB page (emphasis added):
Quite the opposite, it seems. Game's "more than halfway done".
EDIT: Actually could this FB quote above be added to the OP?
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Night Dive securing publishing rights seems like the best of the likely scenarios. I also don't know if they've got the money to fund full development, but it makes a certain sense given their work on previous System Shock games and the current remake.
That said, when Prey came out people were already wondering if System Shock 3's lunch had been eaten. If you find yourself jonesing for SS3 and you haven't played Prey, you know what to do.
That said, when Prey came out people were already wondering if System Shock 3's lunch had been eaten. If you find yourself jonesing for SS3 and you haven't played Prey, you know what to do.
Ah, good stuff. I imagine it won't be long before a new publisher jumps on board.