Finally some updates on Thief 4

Don Juan the Taffer on 26/1/2011 at 06:36

Eidos Montreal is set to make the first official, public comment about Thief 4 at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco next month according to a schedule listing on the official GDC site.

Representatives from Eidos Montreal will be there to give a talk about some of the audio design used in the long-awaited game in a lecture titled 'Stealing Sound: Generative Music in THIEF'.

'Innovative audio has been at the heart of the original THIEF titles and Eidos Montreal's new THIEF is no exception, this presentation will mark the first time that the game has been spoken about publicly,' says the lecture synopsis.

First confirmed back in May 2009, there's been practically no news about Thief 4 since the official announcement. No release date, platform or features have yet been announced.

Eidos hasn't confirmed if they will be keeping with the original Thief setting or rebooting the franchise to a more modern arena - a move that original developer Looking Glass Studios apparently had in mind before it closed in 2000.

The Thief series, which comprises of Thief: The Dark Project, Thief 2: The Metal Age and Thief: Deadly Shadows, is often cited as one of the best stealth games ever made. Taking the role of master thief Garret, players sneak and skulk through a variety of missions and silently save the world in an inventive medieval fantasy universe.

You can read more about the Thief series in our Games I Own blog series, or let us know your thoughts in the forums.

The Source Came from here: (http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2011/01/07/thief-4-to-debut-at-gdc/1)

jtr7 on 26/1/2011 at 08:06

Thanks!

...But you're a little late:
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134358)

Also, Paul Weir's not going to be discussing T4 very much. The gaming news sites are spreading a bit of misinformation, implying more will be revealed than will be:
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130618&p=2040907&viewfull=1#post2040907)

I take it you weren't aware of the T4 forum here?
(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=159)

Thank you, anyhow, for bringing news and a different link to add.:thumb:

New Horizon on 30/1/2011 at 00:37

Where did they get their information? LGS rebooting the franchise? That's a load of crap, it was Ion Storm that was going to reboot Thief, not LGS.

Digital Nightfall on 30/1/2011 at 01:33

That Thief Modern stuff is a little overblown. It was never more than a short design doc and a few concept sketches.

jtr7 on 30/1/2011 at 05:15

Plus, people quote Rob Dyer like it's the gospel truth. The Medieval thing's not run its course, dammit.

Beleg Cúthalion on 30/1/2011 at 18:32

Indeed. And even if this is a very bad example in my humble opinion, most of the (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_YUl3hr4Jo) new or (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8RaUzvgF8I) upcoming games have again the terrible fantasy interpretation of "medieval". I should go back to the M&B forums and look for the expression someone used for this part of pop culture. Something about large shoulder guards and blue-glowing swords, although it sounded much cooler. :erg: