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Nightdive Updates Backers with new ‘System Shock’ Remake Video

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It’s been a long while since we’ve gotten any news about Nightdive Studios’ System Shock remake, what with the jump from Unity to Unreal Engine 4, and even that System Shock 3 concept art dump by OtherSide Entertainment and Starbreeze. But now, the team at Nightdive have released a Kickstarter backer video, along with an update FAQ on just where the game is currently in production.

The nearly nine-minute video (featuring “audio logs” by members of the team) shows off tons of goodies, including concept art, environment blocking, and even freezing and dismembering mutants! As always, this is a “work in progress” and “not indicative of the final version”, but man, Citadel Station never looked better.

As for the FAQ section, according to Nightdive’s Lead Producer, Kristina Tomalesky, the team is currently working on a Vertical Slice, which for the non-gamedev types, is the tail end of the Pre-Production cycle. The Vertical Slice is meant to show a “thin deep slice of the game”, which looks at the whole game experience from a small section of the game. After which, the team moves into the Production phase.

When it comes to releasing an updated demo (this time with the Unreal Engine), Tomalesky states that they don’t have plans to release a build of the game until the backer Beta begins. As a result of the engine switch, the Unity Demo has been taken down. When it comes to ports, a Nintendo Switch or XBox One X port is “not off the table”. Lastly, when it comes to things like Mod Support (which was a Kickstarter goal, but wasn’t met), you can contribute on the game’s Backerkit site.

Slowly but surely, in spite of the scrapped Unity idea, this is looking great. Here’s hoping for similar updates as the game progresses.

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Stephen King, James Wan & Osgood Perkins Horror Movie ‘The Monkey’ Wraps Filming; Meet the Cast

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Three horror powerhouses are coming together for The Monkey, an adaptation of the Stephen King story that’s being produced by James Wan and directed by Osgood Perkins.

The Monkey is a short horror story that appeared in Skeleton Crew, a 1985 collection that also featured The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft, Survivor Type, The Reach, and more.

Deadline reports today that filming on The Monkey has wrapped, and the website has revealed the full cast for the upcoming horror movie. Read on for everything you need to know.

Theo James (The White Lotus) stars alongside Tatiana Maslany (SheHulkAttorney at Law), Elijah Wood (Maniac), Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth), Colin O’Brien (Wonka), Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends) and Sarah Levy (Schitt’s Creek).

Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Gretel & Hansel, the upcoming Longlegs) wrote the screenplay for the feature film adaptation and he also directed the upcoming movie.

“In The Monkey, when twin brothers Hal and Bill discover their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths starts occurring all around them. The brothers decide to throw the monkey away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.

“But when the mysterious deaths begin again, the brothers must reunite to find a way to destroy the monkey for good before it takes the lives of everyone close to them.”

James Wan is producing with Atomic Monster partner Michael Clear (M3GAN), and C2 Motion Picture Group’s Jason Cloth (Joker) and Dave Caplan (Babylon).

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Elijah Wood in ‘Maniac’

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