The folks over at Night Dive have put their remake of the original System Shock on indefinite hold, with the release pushed back to 2020 after feature creep derailed the project.
It's clear Underworld is their focus right now but I'm getting fairly impatient for news on System Shock. I'm glad at least one of Specter and Otherside's projects is coming along as fans have been waiting years for anything concrete to surface. Ultima Underworld predated Doom and pioneered many of the staples of first person RPGs, so it looks like Underworld Ascendant is going for that same gameplay mix. This new trailer shows off multiple combat and puzzle solving scenarios and the game looks to be pretty far along in Alpha stage at this point. Thankfully we're getting a first look at Underworld Ascendant, the Ultima reboot Specter has been developing with Otherside Entertainment. To subscribe to the RSS Feed, enter in to your podcast client or RSS reader of choice.Warren Specter, legendary creator of Deus Ex, System Shock and most pertinently Ultima Underworld, has been working on multiple new projects but a lot of them are starting to look trapped in development hell. If you want to find out where lingo like "taffer" comes from, or what it means, be sure to check it out! The discussion mostly covers Thief, though there is some discussion of other projects. She also worked in System Shock 2.Īgain we are joined on this podcast by Sara Verrilli, QA on System Shock and designer on Thief and Thief 2. Tim was lead designer on Thief and Thief II, as well as a designer on Underworld II, System Shock, and Terra Nova. In this episode I talk with Tim Stellmach and Laura Baldwin. Part 3 of a continuing series, where I interview members of the now-defunct but highly influential Looking Glass Studios (1990-2000), which wrote the book on 3D first-person narrative game design throughout the 90s, in such games as Ultima Underworld, System Shock, and Thief.
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