
Otherside's press release indicates that Spector won't be ramping up the game's development until later this year, so we're likely not going to see this game actually hit for a long time. It's certainly exciting news for fans of the series, but it also gives us an idea of the System Shock 3 timeline - and it seems like we shouldn't be holding our breath right now. He's been a "creative advisor" to the studio for years, but he'll now be a full-time studio director working on both Underworld Ascendant as well as the System Shock sequel. We still don't know much about the game itself, but we do know it's in good hands: System Shock co-creator Warren Spector is rejoining Otherside Entertainment in a full-time capacity to lead development of System Shock 3. Word broke late last year that the legendary System Shock franchise would get a modern sequel, but no details about what the game will look like were forthcoming.
