Essentially, we take the mess of info coming out… Got a game you think we should be looking at? Contact or send it to: Kotaku AustraliaLevel 4, 71 Macquarie StSydney NSW 2000 So, uh, what exactly is this ‘blog’ thing? We’d love to say it’s some magical technology developed in secret by Thomas Edison parallel to his work with electricity, but it wasn’t. If you’d like to contact Kotaku with suggestions, comments, or product announcements, you can email us at Kotaku Australia is published by Allure Media in association with Gawker Media. Sure, you could mosey over to the US site, but you’d miss out on all the juicy gaming goodness that’s relevant – and important – to you. The Australian edition of Kotaku is focused on taking all this fantastic news and crafting it into a tasty treat for all you Aussies and Kiwis. Whether it’s the latest info on a new game, or hot gossip on the industry’s movers, shakers and smashers, you’ll find it all here and nicely packaged at Kotaku. They’d be one in the same in every lexicon on the planet if it were humanly possible. SYSTEM SHOCK REBOOT OPENS FOR CROWDFUNDING NEXT WEEK - HERE’S YOUR PREVIEW More From Kotaku Australia We’ll see if the strategy pays off - the Kickstarter will certainly give a clear indication. Perhaps rebranding as a reboot was the only honest thing to do, so it’s immediately apparent that you’re getting a similar, yet noticeable different game.
Given such a fresh start, it’s easy to see how small changes to gameplay - and even the plot - may have snowballed into a more significant endeavour. Remastered wasn’t simply updating models and textures - NightDive was reimplementing the game in an entirely new engine. As Kick alludes to, the project might have began as a reskin, but in reality it started out as more. What does this mean in terms of the bigger picture? It’s hard to say. Good to know what you’re pitching in for and all that. I guess it was a good idea to make this clear before the Kickstarter.
“We felt that the amount of passion and resources that we are putting into this game elevated it beyond the expectations that someone would have for a remaster … This is a full-fledged reboot of a classic game into something new.” Speaking with Polygon’s Allegra Frank, NightDive CEO Stephen Kick revealed the change of name and direction:
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