System Shock is becoming a live-action show

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Live-activity System Shock show planned for a new streaming site

Who would yous bandage as Shodan?

Every bit if they weren't busy enough remaking System Shock, Nightdive Studio have announced plans for a live-action web TV series based on Looking Glass'south sci-fi FPS. It'd exist headed to Binge, an upcoming gaming-focused streaming platform which also has plans for a Driver serial. Yeah yeah, but who'south gonna play Shodan?

The announcement is vague, merely proverb that the show would be "a alive-action series based on the critically acclaimed Organisation Shock franchise". That could come up out in many different shapes. The producer is Binge'southward Allan Ungar, who's best known for directing and co-writing that alive-action Uncharted fan film with Nathan Fillion. But yeah, seems they are talking System Stupor 1 specifically.

"I've always believed that a live-activity accommodation of System Stupor would be the perfect medium to retell the harrowing story of Citadel station and its rogue AI that subjects the crew to unimaginable horror," Nighdive CEO Stephen Kick said. "Nosotros're very excited to see the talented squad at Binge bring Organization Shock to life in horrifyingly existent and new ways.

A Protocol Droid in a System Shock 2 screenshot. — SS2's Protocol Droids are terrifyingly helpful, maxim things like "I'm afraid I can't help you lot if you lot hide" before exploding in your face.

Organization Shock is assault a space station in the future, where an AI cyberbabe named Shodan has taken over, murdered or mutated the coiffure, and plots to devastate Earth so she can go a god. She returns in a sequel with her wishes granted (well, in a 'withered psionic monkey paw' way), having become god to a species of angry meat which grows across her control. We arrive on a spaceship post-disaster then, through exploration and audiologs, see and hear how her influence and infection spread, how conspiracy and paranoia grew, how terror and horror spread, and and so MEAT! IT'South MEAT! SO MUCH MEAT! God, I like Organisation Shock ii and so much.

No word on when the show would arrive. Binge is due to launch in 2022, without subscriptions. Last month, Ubisoft appear that they're doing a Binge prove based on Commuter, the stunty driving game well-nigh an underground cop. Binge are also planning a show with YouTuber "El Rubius", then their lineup beyond that is basically a mystery.

A System Shock show would be fine and all but I'll be waiting for SS2, when the sexual tension reaches downright unsafe levels. I want to watch an actor's face twist and plow as they agonise over the big question: are y'all horny enough for Shodan to merge meatspace with net to make her happy?

Nightdive were, as recently as February, planning to release the System Daze remake in "belatedly summertime". Well, it's autumn now, and no date yet. Y'all can still download February's demo from Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store. An 'Enhanced Edition' of System Shock 2 is coming from Nightdive too; check out the jiggly Rumbler they showed off last month.

The impossible sequel, Organization Daze 3 is ostensibly however in evolution but sounds all sorts of troubled. Tencent took over from the original developers last year and... that'southward the terminal I heard. I accept no hope invested in System Shock iii but, y'know, I would certainly be curious.