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System Shock 2 25th Anniversary Remaster Launches on PC, Arrives on Consoles July 10

The remaster marks Nightdive’s latest revival of a seminal immersive sim after years of reverse-engineering a fragmented legacy codebase

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Overview

  • System Shock 2’s 25th Anniversary Remaster debuted on Windows PC on June 26, delivering up to 4K resolution at 144 FPS with adjustable FOV and post-processing settings.
  • Nightdive Studios has scheduled the console release for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on July 10 following a brief delay.
  • Developers rebuilt the game in Nightdive’s proprietary KEX Engine by painstakingly reverse-engineering a complex, inconsistent legacy codebase.
  • The remaster features four-player cross-play co-op multiplayer and full mod support on PC, including launch access to community-created missions.
  • Stephen Kick describes the project as a “love letter” to the original 1999 title that revolutionized first-person narrative design.