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Thief 4 officially uncloaked

By Alex Sassoon Coby, GameSpot UKPosted May 11, 2009 7:45 am PT

Eidos Montreal crafting the cutpurse Garrett's new adventure; release date, platforms, gameplay details still under wraps.

For almost a year now, it has been an open secret that Eidos Montreal has been working on a new entry in the Thief franchise. Back then, the company issued a teaser notice explaining that its next project would begin with the letter 'T." Nothing was then heard officially about the project until last month, when yet another teaser was posted by Eidos Montreal, followed by a print advertisement indicating that news was coming today, May 11.

Today, the sequel was finally officially confirmed by Eidos Montreal, the Quebecois studio of the Japanese-owned British publisher. "We're in the early development stages for Thief 4," said Stephane D'Astous, the shop's general manager. "While it's too early for us to offer any specific game details, right now we are focused on recruiting the very best talent to join the core team at the studio." The game also has an official Web site, www.thief4.com, the forums on which are live.

The Thief franchise began life in 1998 with the highly rated Thief: The Dark Project, developed by Looking Glass Studios. The now-defunct shop released Thief II: The Metal Age two years later, followed by 2004's Thief: Deadly Shadows from Austin, Texas-based Ion Storm, which was shut down by owner Eidos in 2005. Series protagonist Garrett was rated one of the best game heroes ever in GameSpot's Greatest Games of All Time feature.

Eidos Montreal was founded in February 2007, and was revealed in November of that year to be working on another new game in a classic series, Deus Ex 3, due out in fall 2010.

The only video to so far emerge from Eidos Montreal, a teaser trailer for Deus Ex 3.

211 Comments

  • Artemis575

    Posted Dec 16, 2009 4:26 pm PT

    I can't wait for this game! If the developers are smart they'll design like thief 2 and not have an open world, but have thief 3 graphics.

  • D1zzyCriminal

    Posted Dec 15, 2009 2:55 pm PT

    Thief is without a doubt the most pulse raising game I have played, zombies moaning, hammerites chasing you down, constantly knowing your next move may be your last. I hope its quite an unforgiving game so it keeps the tension.

  • siddarthshetty

    Posted Dec 1, 2009 12:55 am PT

    Can't wait for this one...

  • Dan21278

    Posted Nov 27, 2009 2:09 pm PT

    They should bring the guys Who made Assassins creed and Star Wars Knights of the old republic. Now That... would be Epic. XD!!!!

  • Quinzark

    Posted Nov 17, 2009 8:37 am PT

    looking forward to that

  • Evilnator

    Posted Nov 17, 2009 6:43 am PT

    oh yes.. i cant wait for this...

  • Eternal_Warrior

    Posted Nov 16, 2009 6:13 pm PT

    Can't wait for Thief4. I enjoyed playing all the the previous games and hope to see the hammerites and pagans again.

  • Tuco_az

    Posted Sep 10, 2009 5:49 pm PT

    Master Garrett and Thief 4 FTW

    I will stop playing whatever it is i am playing and burn it along with every other game disc i own for both my PS3 and 360 when Thief 4 comes out!

  • tjmic1

    Posted Aug 18, 2009 8:01 am PT

    i can't believe the amount of people paying out deadly shadows!! it was clearly the best game of the series!! it had the most in-depth storyline, a free-roaming world, the best graphics and by far the best gameplay! if only thief 4 would follow (but expand) on the high standards set in deadly shadows.

  • voisin00fb

    Posted Jul 19, 2009 5:48 am PT

    As a popular Thief fan will tell you 2 things that made this game popular:

    1. Horror
    2. Control of the premises you have broken in. ps: dont make silly monsters to hide from. Humans are most harmful.

    johnny.smith5@yahoo.com

  • rebfaction

    Posted Jul 11, 2009 6:55 pm PT

    Oh great another thief game I love all the Thief games. Thief gold,Thief the metal age and Thief Deadly Shadows.But sadly they don't play on windows vista.I'am not buying Thief 4 if it does not came with a FIX OR A PATCH so that Thief Gold and Thief The Metal Age and Thief Deadly Shadows run on windows vista.

  • MAT0R0

    Posted May 31, 2009 10:16 am PT

    The teaser does not make any sense to me. But I really really hope that Thief 4 will come out. Thief 3 was kinda dumb. But I thought thief 2 was the best out of the best stealth games ever. Because it makes you think, and there was robots you have to encounter. And they are harder to kill. I gotta say that Thief 2 was the best stealth game of all time. Hopefully in Thief 4, they will bring back the steam-punked robots, and stuff. That would make it a challenging gameplay.

  • megamaster32

    Posted May 30, 2009 8:05 pm PT

    The first one was alright the storyline was good

  • aldovalera69

    Posted May 28, 2009 1:44 am PT

    I can't wait to see the major graphic improvements from Deadly Shadows to this
    I WANT THESE GAMES!!

  • Sargothan

    Posted May 26, 2009 12:25 am PT

    Hey Vince, that was a spam fest? Hehe just joking. I can't wait for this game together with Deus Ex 3.

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