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Warren Spector breaks silence and finally implies his System Shock 3 is dead | VGC

Warren Spector has implied in a new interview that his version of the long in development System Shock 3 is dead, although he hasn’t confirmed it.

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Warren Spector has implied in a new interview that his version of the long in development System Shock 3 is dead, although he stopped short of outright confirming it.

When asked about what has been happening at OtherSide and the circumstances around the ending of development on System Shock 3, Spector said:

We released a statement last year. There’s not much more to say at this point. Tencent is taking the franchise forward. It’ll be up to them to say what they want to say. There’s not much clarification I can give you.

 

[Northeastmonk]

The man is a legend. Creator of Deus Ex.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Well at least we have the remake that has been in development for 6+ years..haha.....

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

That's sad.

 

[Hellmaker]

 

[ClanOfNone]

Not surprising, but a bummer nonetheless.

 

[Modrot]

"Tencent is taking the franchise forward."

Nothing in the System Shock games is as terrifying as that statement.

 

[intbal]

Good.
Now he can go ask Tim Sweeney to buy the Deus Ex IP from Squeenix and they can get to work on a direct sequel to Invisible War.
Warren Spector + Unreal Engine + Deus Ex = gaming perfection

 

[.Pennywise]

System Shock GAAS bayybeee here we gooOoOO!!!!

 

[speckz]

Still waiting on this:

 

[Jennings]

When's the last time he made a game, ten years ago in 2012 with Epic Mickey 2?

At his age it's possible we'll never see another game from him.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

When's the last time he made a game, ten years ago in 2012 with Epic Mickey 2?

At his age it's possible we'll never see another game from him.

In that same article, he says he's working on a new game.

 

[The_hunter]

When's the last time he made a game, ten years ago in 2012 with Epic Mickey 2?

At his age it's possible we'll never see another game from him.

OtherSide Entertainment announces development of new title led by Warren Spector

OtherSide Entertainment, the game developer founded by industry veterans Paul Neurath and Warren Spector, is developing a new game led by Spector, the company announced.

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Concept art looks cool, reminds me of Mirrodin from 2000's era mtg with Nausicaa.

 

[MasterCornholio]

 

[SpiceRacz]

Can't wait to see the next game from the creator of Epic Mickey.

 

[TheMan]

The man is a legend. Creator of Deus Ex.

True, but a lot of those old timers seemed to struggle to find their footing after the 90s ended

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Ladioss]

FTFY

Rumor is he was EA inside man back when EA acquired Origins. I suspect his major skill for quite some time now has been his ability to build his own legend.

 

[Bakkus]

This guy must be the biggest fraud alongside Inafune in the industry.

 

[ProgenitorCastle]

This guy must be the biggest fraud alongside Inafune in the industry.

Who spit in your cereal?

 

[ahtlas7]

 

[StateofMajora]

Who sold it to China? Spector or publisher?

 

[Bakkus]

Who spit in your cereal?

Epic Mickey

 

[Shits_McGiggles]

I’m fully expecting his next game to be 100% vaporware. Just him and a small team working on a project that won’t go anywhere beyond an endless pre-production phase.

 

[RafterXL]

True, but a lot of those old timers seemed to struggle to find their footing after the 90s ended

All my old developer heroes just fell off after that. Richard Garriott, Chris Robert's, and Warren Spector have done fuck all since their classics.

 

[Sub_Level]

Prey 2017 was already good enough as a system shock 3 in my opinion. We just need the damn SS1 remake to be finished and we’ll have a based trilogy.

 

[TheMan]

All my old developer heroes just fell off after that. Richard Garriott, Chris Robert's, and Warren Spector have done fuck all since their classics.

Yup. Making a game nowadays is just so completely different from the 80s and 90s. Like, a big team back then was probably 20-30 people. Nowadays that's just the amount of people making grass in an open world game.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Disappointing. I was always rooting for OtherSide, they had a ton of really talented veterans on the team and a lot of big ideas, good ideas, but they did not of have the resources to execute on them, or a publisher that had their back at all. The decision to release Underworld Ascendant in blatantly unplayable shape just destroyed that company.

And for as bad as that launch was, the game had a lot of promise. Some hefty patches did eventually get the game playable and it did some really cool things, but it was just too little too late to make it what it should have been.

It seems like System Shock 3 suffered from some of those same problems and also some of the lessons learned about scope, and that the game was on target to be something much smaller than anyone was hoping. I hoped Tencent might have reached the game from that fate with their deep pockets but I guess not

 

[Verchod]

He needs to go somewhere that has money, and a capable team.
Go work at Arkane, with MS money great things could be created.
Then we'd just need Microsoft to bully Square into giving up the Deus Ex IP, and Thief, and maybe we could have some games worth playing.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Considering what happened with Arkane the game would have sold terribly anyway.