PC gamers can at the moment choose up System Shock 2: twenty fifth Anniversary Remaster without spending a dime on the Epic Games Store till October 8, 2026. As with all of Epic’s weekly freebies, something you declare throughout the window stays in your library completely. You will want a free Epic Games account to say System Shock 2, and the sport is performed by way of the Epic Games Launcher.
Nightdive Studios, the crew behind a string of well-regarded basic revivals similar to these for Quake and Star Wars: Darkish Forces, launched the twenty fifth Anniversary Remaster in June 2025.
The replace retains the unique design however modernises the way it seems to be and performs, together with the next modifications:
- Remastered visuals, together with cutscenes, character fashions, and weapon fashions
- Assist for as much as 4K at 144fps on PC
- Adjustable discipline of view and ultrawide help
- Full mod help
- Cross-play co-op for as much as 4 gamers
- The selection of an O.S.A., Marine, or Navy background to form your playstyle
The unique System Shock 2 launched again in 1999, developed by Trying Glass Studios and Irrational Games, mixing collectively an FPS shooter with the character constructing of an RPG. You wake from cryosleep aboard the faster-than-light ship Von Braun within the yr 2114 with no reminiscence of who you’re, and the ship is overrun by hybrid mutants and hostile robots.
Its affect is tough to overstate. Lots of the folks behind it went on to make the BioShock video games, which are sometimes described as a non secular successor to System Shock 2, and the sport’s mix of environmental storytelling and participant alternative has formed loads of what has adopted. The unique title garnered a 9/10 score when it acquired an up to date assessment. Now, this Epic Games Store deal affords a free solution to revisit one of the influential video games ever made.
If the remaster whets your urge for food, Nightdive additionally launched a full remake of the primary System Shock on PC in 2023, rebuilt with new HD visuals, up to date controls and a revamped hacking system. It is a helpful solution to discover the sequence’ roots, although System Shock 2 works completely effectively as a standalone journey – that is at the moment (*2*).
Epic can be giving freely Buried Stars this week, so it is value heading to the shop for each. It is an anime-style visible novel during which a bunch of contestants on a TV present should survive a mysterious assault. Like System Shock 2, it is out there to say till 8 October, and you may add each video games to your library in a few clicks.
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