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Warren Spector's Thick as Thieves gets a bit less interesting as it ditches PvPvE for solo and co-op play

In the summer of last year, during Day of the Devs, immersive sim legend Warren Spector said that at his studio OtherSide Entertainment, "we don't play it safe. We take chances." He was talking about

Warren Spector's Thick as Thieves gets a bit less interesting as it ditches PvPvE for solo and co-op play

In the summer of last year, during Day of the Devs, immersive sim legend Warren Spector said that at his studio OtherSide Entertainment, "we don't play it safe. We take chances." He was talking about his upcoming game Thick as Thieves, a multiplayer immersive sim that's basically Thief, except other people are trying to pull off the same heist as you on the same map, with all of you racing to get the loot first. Except it's not going to be that game anymore. Read more

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