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SHODAN Lives Again in New ‘System Shock’ Remake Trailer [Watch]
The release of Nightdive’s System Shock remake finally looks to be on the horizon. Nightdive has released a brand-new trailer for the game, featuring the return of Terri Brosius as the voice of the malevolent AI SHODAN. The trailer also shows off more gameplay, including new shows of iconic areas from the 1994 original that have been recreated for the remake.
If you’ve never played System Shock before, the game is set on an abandoned space station, where players have to survive a hostile environment and overcome SHODAN (Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network), a malevolent AI that seeks to destroy humanity. System Shock is a fully-fledged remake of the 1994 classic, pairing its beloved core gameplay with all-new HD visuals, updated controls, an overhauled interface and remastered sounds and music.
Nightdive Studios has worked closely with many of the members of the original System Shock team, including the voice of rogue AI SHODAN—Terri Brosius—to ensure that the remake honors the legacy of the title to the utmost degree. The game’s setting, Citadel Station, is bigger and more terrifying than ever with all-new areas, traps, puzzles and secrets to uncover.
System Shock is due out for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store in 2022.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.