System Shock 2’s 25th-anniversary remaster recently launched for PC, and console owners won’t have to wait too much longer to get their hands on it. Developer Nightdive Studios has announced that it’ll land on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Switch on July 10, following its short delay for those platforms.
First released in 1999, Nightdive first teased that it was remastering System Shock 2 back in 2019. Since then, the first System Shock got a massive remake that blended the aesthetics and gameplay of the ’90s with modern design features, creating a unique blend of old-school gaming with high-definition visuals. Essentially, it was System Shock almost exactly as you remembered it, but with sharper visuals, better sound, and some nice tweaks under the hood.
Nightdive’s remaster of System Shock 2–previously known as System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition–proved to be a challenging project. The developer didn’t have access to the game’s complete source code, and piecing everything back together required „extensive reverse-engineering,“ the studio said.