As promised final month forward of the Future Video games Present at present, developer Nightdive Studios introduced the discharge date for System Shock 2: twenty fifth Anniversary Remaster.
Beforehand referred to as the System Shock 2: Enhanced Version, the remaster shall be on PS5 and PS4 consoles this coming June 26, 2025.
The information was additionally introduced with a model new trailer that gamers eager to return to the Von Braun and tackle Shodan can try beneath.
Nightdive additionally printed a PlayStation Weblog put up with the information, that dug into what went into this remaster, in comparison with its different remaster/remake initiatives.
“Nightdive has been chipping away at its remaster of System Shock 2 within the years following its announcement, engaged on it together with different initiatives,” communications supervisor Morgan Shaver wrote on the PS Weblog.
“Whereas many of those harbored their fair proportion of challenges, System Shock 2 was distinctive regarding the quantity and kind of complexities the group encountered.
One of many greatest in keeping with Nightdive developer Alex Lima was a scarcity of entry to the sport’s full supply code. To piece every thing collectively, ‘intensive reverse engineering was required’.
‘The codebase is a fancy amalgamation of assorted legacy libraries developed by Wanting Glass, together with some newer contributions from each Irrational Video games and Wanting Glass,’ Lima explains.
‘There’s nearly no constant coding commonplace. Consequently, we needed to rely extensively on debugging and breakpoints to know its performance.’”
One other Nightdive developer, Lexi Mayfield, additionally dives into the problems Nightdive had with the unique recreation’s engine.
“The sport engine that System Shock 2 makes use of is giant and sophisticated. It was initially designed for PCs from the late Nineteen Nineties with a mouse and keyboard, and was solely used for 3 video games. Consequently, porting the sport to PlayStation was a protracted and arduous course of, from each a coding and interface perspective.”
Nightdive has been often called the remaster and remake studio for some time now. It’s the group’s bread and butter, so in the event that they’re calling it a problem, then it absolutely was one thing they wished to take their time with, within the hopes of getting it completely proper.
“I’ve carefully been watching the event and have been significantly shut with the artwork group to make sure the unique artwork route and designs are delivered to their horrifying conclusion,” mentioned chief government officer of Nightdive Studios Stephen Kick.
“I can’t wait to share what we’ve been engaged on and hope followers and newcomers take pleasure in their time aboard the Von Braun.”
Supply – [PlayStation Blog]
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