Bad news: after over six years in development, Nightdive's remaster of System Shock 2 has been hit by one last delay, for old times' sake. Good news: since you're reading about it on this website, it almost certainly doesn't matter to you.
System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster has been pushed back from June 26 to "the first two weeks of July," but only for console players. Anyone playing it on their desktop, laptop, Steam Deck, or what-have-you is still getting it on June 26—the PC version isn't getting any delay at all.
Nightdive adds that, in spite of the delay on console, it made the "difficult decision" to go ahead with the game's planned June 26 release on Steam, GOG, Epic, and Humble, and promises a more precise date for [[link]] console users in the near future.
Important update regarding the upcoming release of System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
— @nightdivestudios.bsky.social ()
Maybe I'm reading too much into a quick social media announcement, but it sounds as if there was some consideration at Nightdive about delaying the PC version to match console too, which I suppose I kind of get; no one wants to feel like a second-class citizen, but (for obvious reasons) I'm glad it didn't happen.
I remain very excited for the System Shock 2 Remaster. [[link]] I think Nightdive did a very good job with its full-on remake of System Shock 1, but as I wrote (heretically) in my , it was a little over-conservative for my tastes: I would have liked Nightdive to take bigger punts at changing the game up in a full-on, capital-R Remake. For a remaster, though, conservatism is just what I want: the game I love in a slightly spiffier package. All signs are pointing to the SS2 remaster [[link]] being just that. I couldn't be more excited.