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‘System Shock’ Remake Hits Kickstarter Next Month
Developer Night Dive Studios’ remake of the original System Shock is coming to Kickstarter on June 29, revealed a post on the studio’s Facebook page. We first learned about it in November, before it was given the enormously befuddling label of System Shock Remastered, which doesn’t work since it’s a remake of a game Night Dive already remastered.
Still, it’s happening, and though its title is likely to confuse a great many people, at least you and I can take comfort in knowing its true identity. So long as System Shock 3 doesn’t start going by System Shock 1 + 2: The Not Bundle, or whatever, we should be fine.
But seriously, this industry needs to properly define these two easily and often misused terms before someone gets hurt. A remaster improves the original game while sharing many of the same assets, while a remake is built from scratch using the original game as a blueprint.
The former is connected to the original by the assets it borrows, and a remake is conceptually connected to the original game.
So yes, System Shock Remastered is a remake. The series has been dead long enough that you could also consider it a reboot, a revival, and maybe even a rejuvenation.
We have the Jason Universe to thank for the recent return of Jason Voorhees, with the short film Sweet Revenge and Jason’s arrival in Dead by Daylight helping to bring the hockey mask-wearing horror icon back into our lives. What else is planned, you ask?
In a chat with Variety this week, Jason Universe’s Robbie Barsamian teases that everything we’ve seen up to this point is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Jason’s return.
“We’ve been busy behind the scenes laying the foundation that everyone is finally starting to see come to life, but this is just the tip of the iceberg,” Barsamian teases.
“We have a thrilling lineup of new projects that we can’t wait to share more details on soon.”
Barsamian also notes during the chat with Variety, “We want to give fans fresh takes on what they love most about Jason and continue to expand his world in authentic ways that resonate with horror fans today.” One of those expansions will take the form of the upcoming Peacock and A24 series “Crystal Lake,” which stars Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees.
“The Crystal Lake TV series will take fans back in time to tell the story of how Pamela Voorhees came to be the mother of all slashers,” Barsamian tells Variety this week.
“Crystal Lake” premieres October 15 on Peacock.
Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) is playing young Jason in “Crystal Lake,” which will tell the origin story of the masked slasher who has stalked the grounds of Crystal Lake for decades.
Last year, the Jason Universe team had teased that a new movie and a new video game are top priorities for the near future. But at this time we have no updates on either front.
Stay tuned for more from the Jason Universe.
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