Steam Store Suggests System Shock Releasing March 2023

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The Steam Store page for System Shock has been updated with a new release date, suggesting the highly anticipated reebot will be released in March of 2023. The news has yet to be officially confirmed by the game's developers, Nightdive Studios, but DualShockers has reached out for comment.

Development on a System Shock reboot began back in 2016, when Nightdive Studios opened up a kickstarter page to fund the development of the game. The goal was just short of a million dollars, $990,000 USD to be exact, and was met within a matter of weeks. The project was then put on hold in 2018 as the team reportedly went on "hiatus". Development was then restarted later in the year.

Multiple release windows have been given by Nightdive since development began over six years ago, with the title originally set to release in 2021. As the year started to come to a close, Nightdive confirmed that the title was now aiming to releasing in 2022, but no firm release date has been set. Now, with the recently updated Steam Store page, System Shock could now be pushed back once again to 2023.

The original System Shock was launched back in 1994 for PC, and was developed by LookingGlass Technologies. A sequel, System Shock 2, was then released five years later in 1999. A third title was in development by OtherSide Entertainment, with multiple trailers having been released for the title, but was cancelled in 2020 after various developers departed the studio.

Nightdive Studios, who accquired the rights to the series in 2012, then went on to announce they would be developing a reimagining of the series as opposed to another sequel. According to Steam's official description, System Shock will combine cult gameplay with all-new HD visuals, updated controls, an overhauled interface and all-new sounds and music. The original voice actor of Shodan, one of gaming’s most iconic villains, will also feature.

Currently, System Shock is slated to release in March 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.