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Warren Spector’s Thick As Thieves Ends Support After Two Months
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- Warren Spector, creator of Thief and System Shock, launched Thick As Thieves, a co-op game with immersive sim elements, but it failed to attract a large player base despite its low price.
- OtherSide Entertainment, the developer, experienced major layoffs shortly after the game's May launch, reducing its team to fewer than ten employees and halting further content updates for Thick As Thieves.
- Director Jeff Hickman announced that no new content or modes will be developed due to the small remaining team, marking an end to ongoing support, though the solo-player mode will remain unaffected.
- The developer and publisher Megabit plan to explore options to keep the servers running, potentially transitioning to peer-to-peer fan servers if official servers are shut down.
- Thick As Thieves was designed as a more family-friendly, less intense experience compared to Spector’s earlier Thief games, but this niche was not effectively communicated to potential players.
