System Shock 2 Remaster is finally on console next week

System Shock 2The 25th Annerversary Remaster recently launched for PCs, console owners don’t have to wait too long to master it. Developer Nightdive Studios announced that it will be available to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Switch on July 10, after a brief delay in those platforms.

The night release first released in 1999, first ridiculed Remastering the system Shock 2 back in 2019. Since then, the first System Shock has been a massive remake, blending 90s aesthetics and gameplay with modern design features to create a unique blend of old-fashioned games and HD visuals. Essentially, it's almost as shocking as you remember, but with a clearer visual, better sound and some nice tweaks under the hood.

Nightdive's System Shock 2–Formerly known as System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition– Proves to be a challenging project. The studio said developers don't have access to the full source code of the game, and piecing everything together requires “extensive reverse engineering.”

“The code base is a complex fusion of various legacy libraries developed through Look Glass, as well as the latest contributions to irrational gaming and appearance glass,” Nightdive in a PS Blog Posts Back to March. “There are almost no consistent coding standards. As a result, we have to rely extensively on debugging and breakpoints to understand its capabilities.”

It turns out to be tricky to get the game to work on modern consoles, but it finally managed to get through at night. On the console, the game has full controller support, as well as all other visual and game enhancements for this sci-fi classic.

If you've never played it, System Shock 2 will take the spaceship Von Braun and see you as the only survivor of a fatal infection that has turned the crew into a dangerous mutant. Designed by the malicious Xiaodan AI, players must find a way to escape the ship and prevent Xiaodan from achieving his ultimate and sinister goal.