The System Shock 2 remaster comes out June 26th

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. Nightdive Studios is making good on a six-year-old promise: a remastered version of the classic Looking Glass game System Shock 2. Nightdive and Sony revealed a trailer for System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster, as well as a release date of June 26th for PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles. As the name suggests, this is a touched-up version of System Shock 2, not a total remake like Nightdive’s (very good) 2023 take on System Shock. The trailer and screenshots on Sony’s announcement blog post show off some light visual updates, but they look like sharpened versions of things like enemy models — maintaining the feel of a 25-year-old game with a little less blur. (Your weapons have visible hands holding them now, too.) A bigger deal for many people might be an updated, console-friendly ve ... Read full article.