Troubled writer Starbreeze received’t be related to the upcoming System Shock 3 anymore, as they’ve offered the rights to the game again to builders OtherSide Entertainment. The writer have announced that “Starbreeze fully expects to be reimbursed for costs the company has had in connection with the development of the game”. Both corporations have had their share of bother just lately, with Starbreeze filing for administration and being investigated for insider trading. OtherSide are busy placing out the fires brought on by the disastrous launch of Underworld Ascendant.
While one potential silver lining to this information is that the game is not tied to a writer presumably dealing with chapter, I can’t think about that this was an inexpensive transfer for OtherSide both. Starbreeze had apparently invested $12 million into System Shock 3’s improvement, and so they’re speaking about being “fully reimbursed”. While I’d like to remain optimistic, I can’t assist however really feel that Shodan’s future may be in peril as soon as extra. This is all fully unrelated to Night Dive’s remake of the unique System Shock, which has been rebooted and de-rebooted regardless of its meagre funds.
Starbreeze’s appearing CEO Mikael Nermark no less than sounds vaguely optimistic concerning the license altering palms, saying “I believe this is the best solution for us, although it is sad that we cannot complete the project with OtherSide. System Shock 3 is a fantastic title developed in cooperation with the industry legend Warren Spector and I am looking forward to seeing the game released”. I do surprise what the writer’s subsequent transfer is, particularly as they nonetheless maintain publishing rights for Double Fine’s upcoming and slightly nice-looking Psychonauts 2.
With Starbreeze apparently washing their palms of System Shock Three completely, I’m hoping that OtherSide can both discover one other writer and investor, or in any other case end the manufacturing of the game themselves. Fortunately the System Shock Three group is separate from the Underworld Ascendant crew, according to an OtherSide community manager. Still, it’s exhausting to not fear given that each one we’ve seen of System Shock Three thus far is a few early concept art (thanks, IGN), and the final improvement weblog submit was a brief update in May 2017. Fingers crossed that this works out in some way.
