The missing in action System Shock 3 is still (opens in new tab) entirely in the hands of Tencent. That’s according to Nightdive Studios CEO Stephen Kick, who in an interview with VGC (opens in new tab) said that the rights to make System Shock 3 (opens in new tab)originally licensed to OtherSide Entertainment, had been sold on to and remained with Tencent.
“They then subsequently sold their rights to Tencent,” Kick explained. “So Tencent currently has the rights to the third game, and we have the rights to do the remake of the first game and potentially a remake of the second game. That’s pretty much where it stands right now.”
Tencent hasn’t said anything since the rights acquisition. It was unclear if OtherSide was working alongside Tencent for a bit, but we learned this year that System Shock creator Warren Spector’s OtherSide entertainment hasn’t worked on System Shock 3 since 2019. (opens in new tab)
“So Tencent currently has the rights to the third game, and we have the rights to do the remake of the first game and potentially a remake of the second game. That’s pretty much where it stands right now,” said Kick. “I think they technically could do 4 and 5 as well, but they’d have to do 3 first. So, we’ll see.”
Nightdive, meanwhile, is still cracking along on its remake of System Shock. They dropped a new trailer (opens in new tab) this week, and a build is playable at Gamescom. Kick also said at Gamescom that System Shock creators Warren Spector and Paul Neurath have been providing feedback on Nightdive’s game builds throughout development.