OtherSide Entertainment and Megabit Publishing have released an accolades trailer for Thick as Thieves — celebrating the critical response to the stealth-action immersive sim since its launch last month. To mark the occasion, the game is now 20% off on Steam until July 9 as part of the Steam Summer Sale, and the team is hosting a developer livestream today at 1pm EDT / 10am PDT on YouTube featuring OtherSide’s Warren Spector alongside Arkane’s Dana Nightingale.
The livestream lineup is genuinely notable: Warren Spector is the creator of Deus Ex and one of the founding architects of the immersive sim genre, and Dana Nightingale’s work at Arkane Studios — one of the few studios still carrying that design philosophy into major releases — means this is a conversation between two people with serious things to say about what makes immersive sim design work. The topic is Thick as Thieves, the craft of the genre, and what makes this entry stand out.
The Livestream — Warren Spector and Dana Nightingale
Today’s developer livestream brings together two of the immersive sim genre’s most significant voices. Warren Spector’s OtherSide Entertainment built Thick as Thieves as a love letter to the Thief series and the Looking Glass / Ion Storm lineage of design — systemic worlds, player agency, meaningful stealth. Dana Nightingale and the Arkane team have been doing some of the most interesting work in the genre in recent years. The conversation will cover the game, the genre, and the design philosophy behind what makes Thick as Thieves distinct. Worth your time if you care about immersive sims at all.
Thick as Thieves is out now on Steam at 20% off until July 9. The accolades trailer is above. The developer livestream is live today at 1pm EDT on YouTube.
