Introduction to this blog

Hi, and welcome to my Thief Blog. As you might have guessed by now, this blog is for fans of the video game Thief (The Dark Project, PC, 1998), and its sequels. Down below on the right side I have some external links you may enjoy. Even after the original Thief game came out roughly 10 years ago (since this post was made, 2008) the fan following has stayed strong and is still enjoyed to this day by many thief fans. The most notable activity in terms of modern thief players is enjoying thief fan missions; or simply put, "FMs." These FMs pave the way for re-playability. Since Thief 1(and its rereleased thief gold, as well as its successors, thief 2 and 3) many FMs have been built by loyal fans using (the now defunct) Looking Glass Studios' DromEd editor. In addition, a near commercial level quality pack of FMs called Thief 2X: Shadows of the Metal Age (released 2005)created a new character and story within the Thief 2 Dark Engine made by a group of dedicated thief fans since thief 2's release in 2000. Despite its shortcomings, DromEd has been a rather easy to learn editor (okay, maybe not, especially if you aren't technically minded but for some people it's not so hard) and has allowed thief fans to create new experiences for thief, Thief 2X being a huge example. To us thief fans, it will always have a place in our heart, no matter how old it becomes! Thanks for reading, and if you want to learn more about these games (I am assuming with this post that there could be people who never heard of thief or are not familiar with FMs or how popular it still is) please check out the external links.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Thief 4 has been announced!

Thief 4, which has been speculated to be the second game Eidos Montreal is working on for probably a year at least, has been officially announced by EM, and even on TTLG!

Eidos Montreal's website is http://www.eidosmontreal.com Thief 4 also has it's new website.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Article on Gamasutra about Thief: The Dark Project

Article (on Gamasutra)

The above links to an article that was "originally in the July 1999 issue of Game Developer (magazine)." (Source is from the link above.) The article appears to have been written by one of the team members who worked on Thief. According to the article, this person was Tom Leonard, a lead programmer for Thief. This is a great article that gives you the back story of the creation of thief: the dark project and the struggles the company went through. If you never read this article, I suggest checking it out! :) Cheers!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Thief 2 Multiplayer Beta Website and new build

Click here

The multiplayer patch has a website that was just launched. Check it out! See link above.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

New Discovery

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I don't know if anyone has ever seen this before, but I found an interesting secret image in the editor.res file included with thief gold. See the above thread for more details.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Thief 2 Multiplayer Beta released

Thief 2 Multiplayer Beta Patch
A little late in my posting, but better late than never right? In a historic moment, the man that goes by the alias of Tos on the TTLG forums has posted a beta version of his multi-player patch he has been working on for about a year or more now. Thanks so much Tos! Note that it IS a beta, so don't get TOO excited.