In Could 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 conglomerate Tencent. Hypothesis that the studio remained concerned in some capability continued, nevertheless, and the actual fact there’s nonetheless a System Shock 3 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 group was working on a brand-new immersive sim.
In a brand new interview with Gamesbeat, Spector reiterated that Otherside is unquestionably 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 group had labored on it in 2018 and 2019, “That was it.”
Speaking in regards to the new venture, Spector mentioned the beforehand shared picture of a whale and stingray riders “represents a facet of what the sport is about. It may be a fairly deep sport. 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 sport ranges.”
Spector additionally talked about {that a} separate group at Otherside is working with Wizards of the Coast on a licensed Dungeons & Dragons sport. Otherside’s jobs page says, “We’re placing collectively a group for a giant job within the Forgotten Realms” above an image of a halfling making an attempt 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 couple of multiplayer stealth sport about events of rogues pulling off heists primarily based on these clues, it is probably not a lot to go on. “The D&D sport goes properly”, is all Spector mentioned. “You’d must ask them to know for positive, however I feel Wizards is proud of what we’re doing.”
Lastly, when Gabe Newell’s recent comments 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. “This is the place I’ll get in bother”, Spector mentioned. “I am actually going to have individuals 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.”
