Despite being a forebearer to the first-person shooter/horror genre that the likes of BioShock brought to popularity, the System Shock franchise has been in shambles for a while. Multiple remake attempts of the originals exist, including a 2017 Kickstarter that?s been put on hold and restarted multiple times, though supposedly slated for a 2020 release. Meanwhile, the continued mainline franchise is being pushed forward by developer Otherside Entertainment, the studio operated by Paul Nemeth and Warren Spector that have recently tried getting the panned Kickstarter project Underworld Ascendant off the ground. System Shock 3 was announced long ago with  Swedish studio Starbreeze as the planned publisher but plans apparently change as it now appears that Chinese conglomerate Tencent is helping to get System Shock out the door according to a series of tweets by Otherside. This matches up with reports earlier this year that things might be changing hands.
1/2 We are happy to announce that Tencent will be taking the #SystemShock franchise forward.
? OtherSide Entertainment (@OtherSide_Games) May 20, 2020

In case you aren?t aware of Tencent: The company has its hands in multiple gaming pies, including being the majority owner of League of Legends creator Riot as well as being a big mover and shaker in the mobile games arena. As said by Otherwise on social media, ?As a smaller Indie studio, it had been challenging for us to carry the project on our own. We believe Tencent?s ...