voodoo47 on 18/8/2015 at 14:45
after almost a decade of making lives easier for all the SS1 players everywhere, we will have to say goodbye to this great piece of software;
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Update Regarding System Shock
[email]xxxxxxx@gmail.com[/email] - 17.08.2015 23:25
To: [email]xxxxxx@gmail.com[/email]
Hi, Nicolai. I believe that you have worked with Stephen Kick, CEO of Night Dive, in the past. Stephen said that you would be able to help me.
Night Dive Studios has acquired all rights to the System Shock franchise. We need to ask that you remove any links to the full games of either System Shock I or System Shock II, if you haven't already done so. I do understand that the version that is available for download from (
https://www.systemshock.org/) includes a number of mods. If you were to offer just a patch that installed those mods, I am sure that we could figure out a way to point back to you once System Shock is released.
If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know. Otherwise thank you for your cooperation.
Larry Kuperman
Director of Business Development Night Dive Studios
Cell Phone: xxxxxxxxxxx
[email]xxxxx@nightdivestudios.com[/email]
Skype: larry.kuperman
the sort of good news is that this probably means SS1 GOG/Steam release is imminent.
Dev_Anj on 18/8/2015 at 15:39
I'm not going to be sorry over this, as I never played the original and from what I saw of it, it didn't seem appealing to me.
What I'm more interested in, is whether they can make a System Shock 3 that can live up to System Shock 2, and can the Dark Engine code used in System Shock 2 be made open source. They have all the rights now, don't they?
D'Arcy on 18/8/2015 at 16:16
The silver lining seems to be that he says they have 'acquired all rights to the System Shock franchise'. Given that the quagmire that were the System Shock rights was regularly mentioned as the main reason for not expecting a SS3 in the future, maybe this means that we can hope for a new game.
ZylonBane on 18/8/2015 at 16:35
Quote Posted by Dev_Anj
I'm not going to be sorry over this, as I never played the original and from what I saw of it, it didn't seem appealing to me.
Well thank heavens you posted in this thread to declare your terrible taste then.
Renault on 18/8/2015 at 16:44
Well, glad I just downloaded it a week ago then.
Starker on 18/8/2015 at 17:08
I won't particularly mind giving Night Dive money to buy the game again legally. It's probably going to be something like only 5 bucks on GOG anyway.
BTW, this has to be one of the friendliest takedown notices yet.
Jason Moyer on 19/8/2015 at 05:03
Nevermind. :)
Starker on 19/8/2015 at 05:44
I guess for some people it's better that the System Shock IP remain dead and buried rather than have other people do something with it.
doctorfrog on 19/8/2015 at 20:07
Quote Posted by voodoo47
the sort of good news is that this probably means SS1 GOG/Steam release is imminent.
I'm hoping this is so, as it will, more than anything, draw people to Shock 1. Like you, I choose to be a little optimistic, but not too much.
I can understand Kolya's response, though it isn't very helpful. You have the labor of love versus the cold steel hand of business and copyright law wrapping mutely around a property, and you have no idea if they're going to show it any sort of respect. Of course, they can't tell you if there is good news of any kind, because any show of warmth or feeling is akin to exposing one's belly to a river full of alligators.
Volitions Advocate on 21/8/2015 at 20:39
Here is the discussion.
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https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=7937.0)
My question is... How much of the IP do these guys have? Enough to distribute these games? or enough to make a sequel? I don't see anything in their catalogue that is anything other than a port to modern hardware. (turns out they did the Strife: Veteran Edition, which i just bought a couple of weeks ago) Which begs the question.. do they develop GAMES in house? I'm guessing not. Can they license the IP for development?
Are we ready for an SS3?
