Eidos Interactive, one of the world"s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, announces that the next instalment in the Thief series is currently in development for Xbox and PC. The game is being developed by Ion Storm, creators of the award-winning Deus Ex franchise, and is due for release winter 2003.
"The opportunity to create a game in the Thief universe is a real thrill for me and the rest of the folks at Ion Storm," says Warren Spector, studio director at Ion Storm. "Thief pioneered the concept of "stealth action" gameplay on the PC and was the game that, more than any other, inspired me to build a team to create Deus Ex. Now, Ion and the Thief team hope to take the "sneaker" genre to new heights and, by developing for both console and PC, bring it to an even larger audience than before."