Many consider 1994's System shock as one of the most influential FPS titles of all time, right up there among the likes of Doom, Wolfenstein, and Half-Life. So, it's easy to understand why fans are so excited to hear more about the threequel. Unfortunately, it appears that Warren Spector and OtherSide Entertainment's third System Shock game is stuck in development hell.
According to a GamesBeat interview, Warren Spector didn't get a chance to work much on System Shock 3 at all. Instead, the studio only worked on the upcoming game "in 2018 and 2019" as the team "maxed out" at 17 developers, and work on the game had become too much for them to handle.
In the same interview, Spector referred to a statement that the studio made last year. He clarified that he can't say much about System Shock 3 already and that "Tencent is taking the franchise forward." It appears that OtherSide's version of the game is dead, as it will be up to the Chinese publishing giant to "say what they want to say.