it's no secret that they were trying hard to get the rights. fingers crossed. as for complicating the patching, no, unless they are going to encrypt/mess up the resources.

Who knows, maybe this guy is Le Corbeau.
On second thought...

So, how about we help it sell this time? Get spammy.

exactly. as soon as it's available, it will sell like hotcakes.

Except Shock 3 would be shit if released today. Why ruin a perfectly good series?

True. System Shock 1 then.

I very much doubt the profits from any single title on GOG would be enough to finance the development of a modern FPS/RPG. GOG is strictly a "long tail" operation.

Yeah. They sold 50k copies of The Witcher 2 on GOG in its 1st six weeks post release. Pretty good, and a decent amount of money given GOG is CDP's own distribution channel but they won't be financing TW3 from their GOG sales.

SS3 would probably be kickstarter fodder, assuming they're actually legit and have cleared things up legally with both insurer and EA.

[edit]
Word Mark    SYSTEM SHOCK
..
Serial Number    85407835
Filing Date    August 25, 2011
Current Basis    1B
Original Filing Basis    1B
Published for Opposition    March 5, 2013
Owner    (APPLICANT) Meadowbrook, Inc. CORPORATION MICHIGAN 26255 American Drive Southfield MICHIGAN 480346112
Attorney of Record    James A. Henricks
Type of Mark    TRADEMARK. SERVICE MARK
Register    PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator    LIVE

Which is a change from EA's dead registration. Funny published for opposition date though

http://www.flesheatingzipper.com/gaming/2013/02/fear-me-hacker-system-shock-2-to-resurface-with-gog-release-soon-steam-to-follow/


Fingers crossed...

Ummm... did that GOG error image... change?

Oh well that's boring.

RPS: You have updated the Night Dive website to read: “System Shock franchise to resurface with GOG/Steam release”. What is your involvement in the release and is the digital version an update, with high-res textures etc, or a straight re-release?

Kick: Night Dive Studios secured the license to distribute the game, and made the initial modifications to allow the game to run on most current operating systems.

Rambourg: There are some user-made mods out there which do phenomenal work on the game’s stability, but none of them were quite perfect, so we took the game to our expert techninjas to analyse and swat the remaining bugs. It was some work to get it done, but as this is a game that we’ve wanted to release for four-plus years, it was also definitely a labour of love.

So who's taking bets? I'm putting 50 nanites on a DDFixed release.

Rambourg: Yes, indeed. With the help of Stephen, we’ve pulled out all of the stops to make this a virtual collector’s edition. In addition to the soundtrack, the GOG.com version of the game will have concept art, maps of the Von Braun, a interview with Ken Levine, the first pitch document, and much more.

Three times hooray^^ This release is exiting news. Can't wait to see how this turns out.
Btw: which parties will benefit?  Night Dive and G o...O G (just kidding ZylonBane^^). Will EA also open its calcified, vein covered hands? And there is nothing in there for Irrational Games, I guess?