System Shock remake authors are preparing a major content update

Nightdive Studios has announced a major update for the System Shock remake, adding a ton of interesting content to the project.

Here are the key aspects of Patch 1.2:

• The choice of a female hacker character is now available when starting a new game, something that was announced back during the Kickstarter campaign eight years ago.
  
• The final boss has been drastically revamped, including new game mechanics.
  
• On the easy difficulty level, pointers leading to the objective have been added.
  
• Improved attacks and movement methods for some enemies.
  
• Optimized the game, which is especially noticeable on Steam Deck, according to the developers' claims.
  
• Fixed bugs with achievements and added cloud saves.
  
• Improved first-person animation.
  
• Balance adjustments have been made, such as increased recycling station capacity and maximum payout level, and the duration of the electromagnetic pulse has been reduced by 25%. Also, enemies now take longer to "memorize" the player on all difficulty levels.
  
• Many minor improvements have been implemented, such as new monitor images, increased text size in all languages and texture fixes.
  

The patch will be released on April 11.