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Warren Spector’s Thick As Thieves Ends Support After Two Months

Warren Spector's 'Thick As Thieves' is ending content support just two months after launch, while pivoting to a peer-to-peer multiplayer update.

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📍 How it ended

Support for Thick As Thieves ended after two months, and the game will receive no more content updates. A final version featuring peer-to-peer multiplayer is in development, while console editions remain in limbo.

Epilogue added 43d ago, after coverage quieted.

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  • Primary Driver: Warren Spector's 'Thick As Thieves' is ending content support just two months after launch, while pivoting to a peer-to-peer multiplayer update.
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The developers of Thick As Thieves have announced that the game will no longer receive new content updates. This decision comes two months after the title's release. To ensure the game remains playable, a new version featuring peer-to-peer multiplayer is currently in development.

Coverage from Kotaku, GamingBolt, and games.gg focuses on the abrupt end of support and the lack of future content. Rock Paper Shotgun highlights the studio's effort to maintain game playability, a move described as something triple-A developers often avoid. Future developments include the release of the peer-to-peer update.

According to Worthplaying, the status of the game's console editions remains in limbo.

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The obvious questions

Will Thick As Thieves receive more content?

No, according to multiple outlets, the game will receive no more content updates.

What update is currently being developed?

A version featuring peer-to-peer multiplayer is in the works to keep the game playable.

What is the status of the console editions?

Worthplaying reports that the console editions are currently in limbo.

People, places & organizations

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Topics

Warren Spector Thick As Thieves Peer-to-Peer Game Development

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