'Please accept my personal assurance that we will be back and stronger than ever. 'We are taking a break, but not ending the project. 'I have put the team on a hiatus while we reassess our path so that we can return to our vision,' said Kick. In his post today, Kick said this was a decision the team doesn't regret, but along with the engine switch everyone began 'envisioning doing more,' yet strayed from 'the core concepts of the original title.' The team went from creating a remaster to a completely new game, and shifted development from Unity to Unreal Engine for System Shock Reboot. The studio asked for $900,000 in funding, and by the end of the campaign, $1,350,700 had been raised by 21,625 backers. Jason Fader, the project director on System Shock, also worked on New Vegas. The studio enlisted the help of Fallout: New Vegas team members such as Chris Avellone, Jessica Johnson, Kevin Manning, and Dan Rubalcaba to work on the title. At this time, the game was no longer considered a remaster by the studio, but a reboot instead. I can tell you that I did it for all the right reasons, that I was totally committed to making a great game, but it has become clear to me that we took the wrong path, that we turned our backs on the very people who made this possible, our Kickstarter backers.'īack in June 2016, Nightdive Studios took its System Shock Remaster to Kickstarter. As the CEO and founder of Nightdive Studios, a company that was built on the restoration of the System Shock franchise. 'Ultimately the responsibility for the decisions rests with me. 'The more that we worked on the game, the more that we wanted to do, and the further we got from the original concepts that made System Shock so great. 'As the budget grew, we began a long series of conversations with potential publishing partners,' said Kick. Speaking in an update on the System Shock Reboot Kickstarter page, Nightdive Studios CEO Stephen Kick said as the game's concept grew, the scope and budget followed.

System Shock Reboot development has been put on hold while the team reassess how best to continue the project.

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