Meet the man who stuffed as much Deus Ex into Fallout 3 as was "humanly possible"

There is a surprising amount of immersive sim Deus Ex's DNA in Fallout 3. Though, for a good reason, you may not have noticed it before.

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As if making the System Shock remake wasn't tough enough, someone apparently called the FBI on Nightdive during development

Don't do this at home, kids.

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Reflections In Red is a new Thief fan level based on a very stupid castle from the Arkane Lyon dev behind The Black Parade

The Arkane Lyon level designer who led standalone mod project Thief: The Black Parade returns with a spooky mansion heist for Thief 2.

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The original System Shock 2 will be delisted from Steam soon, then lumped in with the more expensive remaster

The original System Shock 2 is being delisted from Steam as a standalone purchase, to instead by given free to 25th anniversary remaster owners.

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Thief II: The Original Anti-Tech Bro Game

Despite its medieval setting, Thief II's take on the exploitation of the working class by powerful wielders of technology is eerily prescient.

https://sidequest.zone/2025/05/19/thief-ii-the-original-anti-tech-bro-game/

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Thief II: The Original Anti-Tech Bro Game - Sidequest

Despite its medieval setting, Thief II's take on the exploitation of the working class by powerful wielders of technology is eerily prescient.

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Deus Ex creator Warren Spector has “literally dumpster dived” to help with game preservation

Deus Ex creator Warren Spector is immersed in the struggle for game preservation

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System Shock remake's next update will rework the final boss battle and add a female character option

A big update is coming to the System Shock remake, reworking the final boss battle and adding a female character option.

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The Black Parade is a Thief mod from a team including a dev at Arkane and an original Thief designer

Thief recently got an amazing prequel mod, The Black Parade, and we spoke to the extremely qualified mod team to find out how it was made

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Oh wow big news for #Thief fans today: some ex-Looking Glass Studios folks just released a short cutscene-like video, including new original VAing from Terri Brosius, who plays as Viktoria in the original game! 🤯 #LookingGlassStudios
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THIEF - CUTSCENE ZERO a fan film by one of the ORIGINAL CREATORS

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How System Shock 2 made Stephen Kick and Nightdive Studios

CEO of Nightdive Stephen Kick explains how being unable to play System Shock 2 on holiday basically started an entire company.

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