But we never explained why she wants to destroy humanity. In the first two games her plan was to destroy humanity because, with the removal of her ethical constraints by the Hacker in the first game, she's going insane. 'In System Shock 3 I want to explore SHODAN's motivations. He also mentioned that the major focus of the story will be SHODAN's motivations: Warren Spector said that the story will delve into the background of Edward Diego. The setting for the game is TriOptimum Blacksite in 2085. The game was originally envisioned as a time jumping story, taking place at different points both before, after, and during each game while exploring the motivations of SHODAN and Edward Diego.ĭuring development however the story did eventually change some. A few survivors from the first two games will appear, particularly the protagonists: the Hacker and soldier G65434-2, along with Rebecca Lansing and other characters.Ĭitadel Station and the Von Braun have been seen in concept art but what role they would play if any is unknown. Warren Spector was involved with the game, but has since left and has not worked on it since 2019.Īs of 2023 there are no new updates on the game.Īccording to Otherside Entertainment's Warren Spector, the game will pick up where System Shock 2 left off, with SHODAN surviving by 'downloading' her consciousness into Rebecca Siddons. The websites used for System Shock 3 have since been taken down. In May 2020 Otherside officially informed that conglomerate Tencent would be taking System Shock 3 'onward'. In February 2020 things took a turn for the worse when it was reported that System Shock 3's development team was no longer employed at Otherside. įollowing the release of the game's pre-alpha footage in September 2019, rumors of Otherside's inside problems began emerging, mentioning the game being critically behind schedule and the team members being laid off. They found themselves in dire straits and Otherside parted ways with them in February 2019, pledging to continue the development. The game was initially to be published by Starbreeze Studios who helped finance the project. Terri Brosius, SHODAN's original voice actress would also return. Among them are Looking Glass' founder and ex-creative director Paul Neurath, and ex-Irrational Games concept artists Robb Waters and Nate Wells. While Nightdive Studios still owns the rights to the System Shock franchise, they licensed the rights to develop a sequel to OtherSide Entertainment, a studio formed of ex- Looking Glass' and Irrational Games' developers who worked on one or both games of the System Shock series.

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