Night Dive’s CEO said that this was partially due to “positive feedback” from a potential publisher, although that deal would fall through several months later: The game was originally launched through Kickstarter, but scope creep meant the game strayed too far from its original vision. The System Shock 2 remaster has had its own struggles.

Layoffs at the studio left fans concerned about the state of the game’s development, especially after a former developer cited how issues within Starbreeze had affected the project.

System Shock 3, which was being developed by Otherside Entertainment, was officially picked up by Tencent last year after being dropped by Swedish publisher Starbreeze. The System Shock remakes and reboots haven’t had the smoothest time over the last couple of years. Our Notifications: “Is System Shock 2 EE still a thing?” In a tweet on Monday morning, Night Dive showed off in-engine Unreal footage of swinging a wrench with what looks like a Valve Index controller.

System Shock 2‘s VR support isn’t via a mod, but an official part of Night Dive Studios’s upcoming remaster.

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