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Best AI games… as in games about AI, not slop made by AI

As AI invades everyday life, we’ve gone back and revisited the best video games with memorable AI characters, evil or otherwise.

Space · Mar 1

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Edition is the absolute gold standard of remasters

No, really: Look at you, hacker.

PC Gamer · Dec 25, 2025

26 years later, System Shock 2's music is a crucial part of its level design, and turning it off is a tragedy

I mostly just want to make you listen to Med Sci 1.

PC Gamer · Oct 19, 2025

Why Nightdive Studios is the perfect developer for the System Shock remake

The System Shock remake could only have happened thanks to its developer’s unique history. Here’s why.

TechRadar · Jun 8, 2023

System Shock review: a SHODAN showdown

The long-awaited System Shock reboot is a thoughtful update to a classic that doesn’t play like the original, but instead how you remember it playing.

TechRadar · May 30, 2023

System Shock review – you versus a murderous AI in revived sci-fi horror classic

Lovingly remade, this game is no longer the trailblazer it once was, but there is an enduring majesty to the design of its space-station setting

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023

System Shock review: "feels more like a remaster+ than a remake"

I have to admire the exactness with which Nightdive Studios has recreated 1994's System Shock in a more modern FPS framing. But I also can't help but feel that, nearly 30 years later, it could have let a little bit of 2023 in. Visual upgrades aside, this new interpretation follows…

GamesRadar · May 29, 2023

System Shock review

Nightdive has done an excellent job modernising the original game, although it might have stuck a little too faithfully to its formula.

PC Gamer · May 29, 2023

System Shock studio angers fans by having an AI imagine its own evil AI

Shodan have done that.

PC Gamer · May 3, 2023

The System Shock remake is the modern update we need

We played System Shock at Gamescom 2022, and it's set to become an essential remake.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 5, 2022