In Might of 2020 it was confirmed that Otherside Leisure was now not engaged on System Shock 3, and that it had been taken over by Chinese language conglomerate Tencent. Hypothesis that the studio remained concerned in some capability continued, nevertheless, and the very fact there’s nonetheless a System Shock Three web page on the Otherside web site and its Twitter avatar is sequence villain Shodan did not assist. However then earlier this month, Warren Spector (CCO of Otherside) introduced that his crew was engaged on a brand-new immersive sim.
In a brand new interview with Gamesbeat, Spector reiterated that Otherside is certainly not engaged on System Shock 3, saying, “Tencent is taking the franchise ahead. It’s going to be as much as them to say what they need to say.” He additionally defined that his crew had labored on it in 2018 and 2019, “That was it.”
Speaking in regards to the new challenge, Spector mentioned the beforehand shared picture of a whale and stingray riders “represents a side of what the game is about. It should be a reasonably deep game. There’s going to be a variety of selection in what you are able to do and what we ask you to do. That whale is a part of that smorgasbord of game ranges.”
Spector additionally talked about {that a} separate crew at Otherside is working with Wizards of the Coast on a licensed Dungeons & Dragons game. Otherside’s jobs web page says, “We’re placing collectively a crew for an enormous job within the Forgotten Realms” above an image of a halfling attempting to flee with the Xanathar’s goldfish, and a few the positions marketed point out “multiplayer gameplay methods”, however that is it.
Tempting as it’s to invest a few multiplayer stealth game about events of rogues pulling off heists based mostly on these clues, it is probably not a lot to go on. “The D&D game goes effectively”, is all Spector mentioned. “You’d should ask them to know for certain, however I believe Wizards is pleased with what we’re doing.”
Lastly, when Gabe Newell’s latest feedback on the metaverse and NFTs have been introduced up, Spector did not maintain again. Like lots of people concerned in traditional works of cyberpunk, it seems he is not a fan. “Here is the place I will get in bother”, Spector mentioned. “I am actually going to have folks giving me hell about what I am about to say, however I actually do not suppose I care. NFTs are ridiculous. I don’t perceive why anyone would need to climb on that bandwagon. Possession of digital items that may be immediately reproduced in limitless portions. Who thinks that is a good suggestion? So NFTs, I’ve no curiosity.”