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How System Shock 2 made Stephen Kick and Nightdive Studios

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System Shock 2
GAMESubject
System Shock 2
Genres · fps
Release · Aug 11, 1999
Developer · Looking Glass Studios, Irrational Games
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44 articles 34 writers 0 reviews
Nightdive Studios
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Nightdive Studios
Role · Developer / Publisher
Active · 1989–2016
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Top genres · fps, adventure, point_and_click
178 articles 92 writers 38 games
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