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No, I think if they're actually going to make a System Shock 3 they need Warren Spector onboard if only for credibility. "Totally unrelated Chinese-funded studio now making sequel to classic franchise" wouldn't go over well. It doesn't matter how much you hate him now. Brian Mitsoda was a fuckup too but Hardsuit Labs knew they needed him for Bloodlines 2.
It always gave me an impression that NDS licensed the sequel(s) to OSE on pretty generous (maybe naive) terms, fewer obligations and restrictions on OSE's side. I'd imagine they were pretty excited about the idea of a sequel made by ex-LGS guys.
When it was with Otherside, it was essentially with the original creators. So we were more or less leaving that up to them. We were supposed to get builds and marketing materials before they went out in the public but they never really got that far. So we never really got to review anything. But it was my belief that if development had continued we would have. But in terms of us getting to actually dictate what was in that game, again it was like, well the original developers are are working on it so we should let them do what they do best.
When it was with Otherside, it was essentially with the original creators. So we were more or less leaving that up to them. We were supposed to get builds and marketing materials before they went out in the public but they never really got that far. So we never really got to review anything. But it was my belief that if development had continued we would have. But in terms of us getting to actually dictate what was in that game, again it was like, well the original developers are are working on it so we should let them do what they do best.
Warren Spector studio says it’s ‘still involved’ with System Shock 3 after Tencent swoop
OTHERSIDE ‘CAN’T SPEAK MUCH FURTHER’ RIGHT NOW
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2ND JUN 2020 / 12:14 PM
Posted by
Andy Robinson
OtherSide Entertainment has said it will still be involved in System Shock 3 development, after the rights to the game were picked up by Chinese tech giant Tencent last month.
After a long period of silence and an exodus of key staff, the Austin, Texas-based studio provided an update in May with a vaguely worded statement revealing that Tencent would be “taking the System Shock franchise forward”.
However, the statement did not make clear if OtherSide – which at the time of publishing has just three people listed as working in its Texas studio on LinkedIn – would continue to be involved in System Shock 3’s creation.
In a new message published this weekend, OtherSide’s community manager Alyssa Marshall claimed: “We are still involved, but we can’t speak on it much further than that at this point in time. As we are allowed to make more information public, we will do so.”
System Shock 3’s developer had been searching for new investment for much of 2019, following its separation from former partner Starbreeze in February of the same year.
Creative director Warren Spector told VGC in May 2019 that talks were progressing with “a lot” of interested publishers and that OtherSide had enough capital to fund itself for “quite a while.”
However, the Otherside Austin studio appeared to be in trouble this year when an anonymous developer claimed its development team was “no longer employed” and LinkedIn confirmed an exodus of senior leads.
Tencent is Asia’s second-biggest company by market value ($490bn) and has invested in more than 800 companies including Epic Games, Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft.
System Shock 3 is being developed under license from Vancouver-based Night Dive Studios, which owns the rights to the System Shock franchise.
In a new message published this weekend, OtherSide’s community manager Alyssa Marshall claimed: “We are still involved, but we can’t speak on it much further than that at this point in time. As we are allowed to make more information public, we will do so.”
Hey, don't make fun of the illustrious Senior Lead Executive Consultant role.Oh sure Warren Spector is still involved, just like he was "involved" in Underworld Ascendant.
There I worked for a while on System Shock 3, a third game in the System Shock series, obviously. But then, interesting stuff happened. I can't talk too much about it but Tencent came along and wanted to take the System Shock franchise forward, and so right now we're working with them to kind of figure out what the next steps are for System Shock.
And in the meantime I'm doing two things. One is, there's another project being done at Otherside that I can't talk about yeah but I will say I'm a creative advisor on that and helping them make sure that that game comes out the way we want it to and that it's great. But at the same time I'm getting to work on new IP. I'm creating some new stuff that I also can't talk about but, you know, you created the Ubi series right? Which we should talk about too. But I'm just going to create stuff, you know, empty hard drive, blank screen, you know, writing documents and creating worlds.
i used to be like that until my doctor prescribed me Lorazepam. now everything is chillEverything about this makes me so fucking angry.
Well a lot of things make me angry, but still. Fuck OtherSide.
Switch to Clonazepam, with it you will enjoy even Bethesda gamesi used to be like that until my doctor prescribed me Lorazepam. now everything is chill
Yes, because Western titles never do any of this. Hi, Starforce. Hi, Denuvo. Hi, Origin. Hi, Uplay.Fuck chinks, now it's going to have mandatory adware installation to play and maybe some spware+malware added on as well.
can i enjoy vanilla skyrim on last gen console with thatSwitch to Clonazepam, with it you will enjoy even Bethesda gamesi used to be like that until my doctor prescribed me Lorazepam. now everything is chill
Yes, because Western titles never do any of this. Hi, Starforce. Hi, Denuvo. Hi, Origin. Hi, Uplay.