I pitched the rights-holder with the focus being on the digital distribution of System Shock 2 and, as much to my surprise as anyone's, possibly, here we are today.' 'The short version is that negotiations began in October of last year. 'The rights are still held in a very complicated tangle and going into all of it makes for very dry reading,' he told Rock, Paper, Shotgun.

Rights were, however, secured by Night Dive Studios' Stephen Kick, who pitched to the rights-holder a digitally distributed version of System Shock 2. While the System Shock trademark was first retained by Electronic Arts, rights to the game were passed to Meadowbrook Insurance Group following the closure of Looking Glass - without both the series could not be revived. This news follows long and difficult rights and trademark issues stemming from the initial closure of developer Looking Glass Studios in 2000. Retro games shop Good Old Games will begin exclusively selling a downloadable version of System Shock 2 starting Feb.

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