Night Dive will System Shock Remake entwickeln
Night Dive gibt bekannt, dass man ein Remake des Klassikers System Shock (PC, Mac) entwickeln will. Der Shooter mit Rollenspiel-Elementen wurden von den Looking Glass Studios entwickelt und 1994 von Origin vertrieben.
Night Dive besitzt die vollständigen Rechte an der System Shock-Spielemarke, wie Firmengründer Stephen Kick in einem Interview sagt. Für das Remake will Night Dive mit Robert Waters zusammenarbeiten, der beim Original als Concept Artist tätig war.
System Shock gilt als eines der besten Spiele aller Zeiten und erhielt damals in der PowerPlay 11/94 eine Wertung von 87 Prozent: Das Magazin bezeichnete den Klassiker als "komplexes Spielvergnügen" mit einer "hochspannenden Cyberpunk-Atmosphäre - inkl. Verfolgungs-Paranoia". Der Spieler folgt "den Windungen der Story ebenso begeistert wie dem anspruchsvollen Level-Design".
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From Revivals To Remakes
During our conversation, I ask Kick (Stephen Kick - CEO of Night Dive Studios) if he ever sees himself tiring of this line of work. After all, he entered the games industry as an artist, but now spends most of his days managing staff and talking with rights holders. He responds by noting that every day is different, and insists he’s in it for the long haul.
Still, Night Dive’s business is starting to change. With most of its current catalog, Night Dive merely licenses the rights for a rerelease, and splits the sales revenue with the rights holder. Night Dive is becoming more interested in acquiring rights in their entirety, as this gives the company much more flexibility.
One example: Night Dive is developing a full remake of the original System Shock, going well beyond the basic rerelease that launched a couple months ago. Night Dive has acquired the full rights to the franchise, and Kick says he’s been working with Robert Waters, the game's original concept artist, to reimagine his designs from the early 1990s.
"Seeing the difference between his artistic abilities back then compared to now, and his ablity to reinterpret those ideas, it's just been really exciting for us," Kick says.
Part of the plan for this remake also includes a console version, which would be a first for Night Dive. Kuperman believes much of the company's future growth will come from creating console adaptations for more PC games, along with some ports for mobile devices.
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