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‘System Shock’ Remake Coming to PC on May 30
In spite of the release window announced back in January, Night Dive Studios has today announced that we’ll finally be seeing the long-awaited remake of System Shock on PC on May 30. In the press release, Night Dive acknowledged that they had intended the game to be released in March, but it turns out that it was “beyond [their] reach”.
Curiously though, the developer only announced the launch date for the PC version of the System Shock remake, and not the consoles. According to Night Dive, the release date of the PlayStation and Xbox versions of System Shock will be announced “in due course,” with more details coming at a later date.
Needless to say, it’s been a long time coming for the remake, which has been in development since 2015. The expectations are high (as one would assume), but from what we’ve seen so far from the various demos, it looks very promising. In fact, you can check out the latest demo for System Shock on your respective platform’s storefront.
System Shock is available to pre-order now for PC via Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store, and includes a free copy of the upcoming System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition. The game will also be releasing on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, and the Xbox One.
Black Tabby Games has dropped a little update on the progress for Scarlet Hollow, announcing that writing work on their planned expansion to the game’s first five episodes has finished, with the team pivoting to the art. Testing for the update is set to begin in “about a couple of weeks,” though if you’re a Patreon member, you can get early access to it.
The update adds around 70,000 words of new and remastered content, with most of it expanding some of the shorter sections. The update also tweaks certain aspects of gameplay, as well as adding more dialogue (obviously) between characters, and even revamps one of the endings to the fifth episode.
The team also confirmed that writing for Episode 6 is well underway, though no release date has been announced.
Currently in Early Access on Steam, Scarlet Hollow is an immersive horror-mystery with sharp writing, impactful choices, and meticulously hand-drawn art. What was supposed to be a quiet getaway in the rural mountains of North Carolina to meet your long-lost cousin and comfort her through her mother’s funeral, has turned into a nightmare of cryptids and other supernatural horrors. You only have to survive a week. But can you get to the bottom of these mysteries haunting Scarlet Hollow before they claim your life?
If you’re keen on learning more about the game, check out Aaron’s review of the first five chapters.