René on 11/5/2009 at 13:13
The worst kept secret in gaming finally comes out from the shadows! Yes, it's official: Thief 4 is in development at Eidos Montréal!
Sorry I haven't been active much but I had to remain quiet in case people *really* started drawing conclusions! But I'm here now! To start, check out (
www.thief4.com) and the official forum at (
http://forums.eidosgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=268). No worries though, I don't expect TTLG to migrate there.
The community here is amazing and everyone at Eidos Montreal has been watching the activity here over the past few months. Thanks for all the work keeping the Thief community alive for all these years. I'm but a mere newcomer while you guys have been working hard for years and the whole studio here is really appreciative of that. Thief is alive and well thanks to you!
I'm here as Eidos Montreal's community guy. I'm in the studio sitting right in the middle of the Thief and Deus Ex teams, so I can be a conduit of information between the dev team and community. Of course there are times when I can't say things, but keep pushing me, as some people already have been! *cough*jtr7*cough* I'm a fan of the originals and while I haven't been an active member of the community such as you all here, I was there, at the beginning!
We've seen the threads about what to do and what not to do, and while we're not saying too much now, I think people will be happy. At the same time, we've seen the SDK requests and are looking into those too. No promises but it's being looked into.
I'm really glad to be here and if you ever want to get in touch with me, send me a PM here or on the official forum any time.
René
scruggs on 11/5/2009 at 13:15
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bulgarian_Taffer on 11/5/2009 at 13:18
Welcome here, Rene. I'm glad to see you aboard!
Snakeskin on 11/5/2009 at 13:19
A big thanks to you as well, the fact that you guys find these forums valuable means a lot to all of us i think. Since we all care deeply about the franchise and canon it's affirming to know you have gathered input from this community.
We've been here quite some time, so take your time with this baby and make her count! I hope you don't have too much pressure on you to ship at a certain date.
Keep up the good work ;)
clearing on 11/5/2009 at 13:20
:D :thumb:
Child Of Karras on 11/5/2009 at 13:21
Awesomeness!
The most important question: Will there be an official multiplayer support? :cheeky:
nickie on 11/5/2009 at 13:21
Thank you so much for this announcement - none of the pages people are linking to will load for me at all.
infinity on 11/5/2009 at 13:22
Huzahh!! :joke::joke:
This is most excellent news!
NathanGPLC on 11/5/2009 at 13:24
Great stuff; I've been watching and waiting for this one!
Looking forward to hearing more about it.
René, a lot of people who would have enjoyed T3 more than they did were put off by the 'x-box optimization' (small levels, fog-bound loading zone markers), given that large, sprawling levels were a staple of T1 and T2. Can you tell us what system T4 will be 'optimized' for? Or, at least, how it compares to the previous games in terms of level size and the existence of loading zones?
Thanks,
~Nathan
3xi|iaN on 11/5/2009 at 13:25
YAY, im so excited :) one of my favourite series of all time, if not the most.
I just signed up cause i didnt wanna get too excited about the rumors however ive been a longtime reader, great community, and i hope to make friends with all u taffers.
thanks rene for the post, u made my day.
