Nightdive Studios’ System Shock remake has been in the works for quite a while now that we wouldn’t be surprised if fans felt concerned about its future after Tencent took over System Shock 3’s development. The project’s still definitely under way at Nightdive, though: in fact, the developer has just released a demo of the game with all its unlockable weapons for the first time.

The studio explained that the remake gives the game a new look and feel, but that it retains the story, style and gameplay of the original cyberpunk action-adventure title. System Shock is set in the year 2072 and revolves around a hacker whose story begins when they were caught trying to access files about a space station. It was originally released back in 1994 for PC and inspired newer popular games like Deus Ex and BioShock.

Tonight at the Game Developers Conference, Warren Spector showed off a “pre-alpha” glimpse of System Shock 3 that’s being developed using the Unity engine. Naturally, the SHODAN AI is back and up to no good, but there’s very little else to go on in terms of detail.

Spector spoke during the Unity press conference and discussed how its technology helped the team create a world full of “robots, mutants and the dead” that impresses feelings of fear, horror and dread upon the player. It’s carefully using “intense, focused light” to help achieve the right look, press play and see if they’ve got it right so far.