Thief Gold (1999)

Looking Glass Studios · Eidos Interactive Corp.

Released: May 22, 2012
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Last updated: 11 Sep 2026, 23:13 GMT

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11 Sep 2026PC Gamer
Nightdive officially confirms Thief Remastered is coming with a new campaign, The Tarnished Mirror
In a brief teaser on YouTube , Nightdive Studios acknowledged the new Thief campaign that was leaked in the recent Steam achievements fiasco. The studio confirmed its name, The Tarnished Mirror, and promised that we would learn more on November 2... Read more.
11 Sep 2026Rock, Paper, Shotgun
"Why do we need more graphics?": 2010's Alan Wake was as photoreal as videogames ever needed to be, reckons original Thief designer
Former Thief: The Dark Project designer, Ion Storm game director, and sometime Spielberg collaborator Randy Smith Evergreen has shared his probably-incendiary view that photorealistic videogame graphics need not have advanced any further than Remedy's original Alan Wake . For con
10 Sep 2026PC Gamer
Thief designer thinks the graphics arms race should have ended with 2010's Alan Wake: 'The fidelity curve has become outrageous'
Thief designer Randy Smith Evergreen, whose credits also include System Shock 2 and Dark Messiah: Might and Magic, thinks we need to chill out a bit when it comes to the graphics arms race. Specifically, he reckons the race should have stopped 16 years ago with Remedy's original
24 Aug 2026PC Gamer
Nightdive's Thief remaster unearths a 'very very out of date version control repository' with 'the wildest things to say about the code'
It's great that the Nightdive's remasters of various classic games give new players a chance to experience them without having to download a fixpack or remap the controls or whatever, but it's also a wonderful opportunity to learn new things about games we already loved. Each rem
28 Jul 2026PC Gamer
That GOG gloss-up of Thief is an excellent way to play the game until we get the Nightdive remaster
Two weeks ago I came to you with news that Thief: The Dark Project (and its expanded version, Thief Gold) were getting a sort of pseudo-remaster courtesy of GOG, ahead of its official Nightdive remaster coming this winter. My sentiment at the time could be summed up as: hey, this
20 Jul 2026PC Gamer
15 years before Dishonored, Thief devs considered letting Garrett shrink himself rat-sized so he could scurry through drains and mouse holes
Of the many remarkable abilities possessed by Dishonored hero Corvo Attano, perhaps the most remarkable is, well, possession: Corvo can possess creatures, most famously the game's plentiful rats, to get up to all sorts of trouble, including accessing locations that would be inacc
15 Jul 2026PC Gamer
Thief gets a mini-remaster ahead of its actual Nightdive remaster, courtesy of the GOG Preservation Program
Exciting news: it is officially Garrett summer. Just recently, Nightdive announced it's been cooking a Thief remaster at the PC Gaming Show, bringing modern resolutions, controller support, and myriad other modcons to the venerable 1998 stealth game. But if that's not enough for
28 Jun 2026PC Gamer
Nightdive says compatibility with fan missions was a big priority for Thief Remastered, and there's one massive mod in particular it knew it had to get working
Thief: The Dark Project is a brilliant game for many reasons, among which is that it has one of the best mapping communities of any game. While the Doom and Quake mapping scenes are larger and more prolific, Thief's mappers consistently punch so far above their weight they should
27 Jun 2026PC Gamer
To get Thief Remastered's cutscenes right, Nightdive brought on the dev behind the 1998 originals
In a new episode of Nightdive's Deep Dive podcast , host Locke Vincent, producer Daniel Grayshon, and studio head Stephen Kick got into some of the more granular details of Thief: The Dark Project Remastered, including that they brought on an original Looking Glass artist, Daniel
27 Jun 2026PC Gamer
Not content with a Nightdive remaster, Thief's also getting a graphic novel and an original soundtrack featuring Garrett's voice actor
In one of the rarest phrases ever uttered, it's a pretty good time to be a Thief fan right now. Earlier this month, Thief: The Dark Project Remastered was announced at The PC Gaming Show , with the remaster maestros at Nightdive Studios lending their skills to Looking Glass' revo
26 Jun 2026PC Gamer
Nightdive's Thief remaster is adding a weapon wheel and other UI changes, 'but we're not forcing you to use it'
Partway through Nightdive's video about remastering Thief: The Dark Project, producer Daniel Grayshon casually mentions that in the original you pressed 4 to bring up the water arrows and I realized I still remember a bunch of the keybinds for Thief's arsenal of items. The trusty
08 Jun 2026PC Gamer
After seeing Thief Remastered, I'm calling it: That doomed Deux Ex remaster should get rebooted with Nightdive in charge
It's a tale of two immersive sim remasters: Over the weekend, we shared the first trailer for Nightdive's take on Thief: The Dark Project in the PC Gaming Show, and the vibes couldn't be better. Nightdive has already shown a strong grasp of Looking Glass' Dark Engine and visual s
07 Jun 2026Developer post
Announcing Thief: The Dark Project Remastered
Nightdive Studios, Eidos-Montréal and Atari today announced Thief: The Dark Project Remastered, a modern revival of the groundbreaking 1998 classic from Looking Glass Studios that helped define the stealth genre. View game page Remastered with Nightdive’s KEX Engine, the release
07 Jun 2026PC Gamer
Oh hell yes, Nightdive's next delicious remaster treat is Thief
You know the saying: when God closes a door, he opens a window, then fires a rope arrow through it and steals everyone's antiques. I might not have gotten the Nightdive Deus Ex remaster I've long dreamt of, but we are getting the studio's remaster of Thief, as revealed at the PC
28 Jul 2024PCGamesN
Essential '90s PC classic Thief is a must play for basically a dollar
Not only one of the most important stealth games from the genre's past but also among the best PC games of all time, '90s classic Thief: The Dark Project is one of those pieces of gaming history that you owe it to yourself to try. A renowned first-person adventure that pushed the
03 Feb 2024PC Gamer
26 years after Thief's release, one of its programmers is streaming the game's most ambitious mod
fter powering through Nightdive's superb System Shock Remake , former Looking Glass developer Marc LeBlanc has returned to Twitch and YouTube to stream The Black Parade , a lauded mod that presents an interquel between the classic Looking Glass stealth games, Thief: The Dark Proj
16 Jan 2024PCGamesN
One of the greatest PC games of all time is literally 88 cents
What are the games that define PC history? Civilization, perhaps. Doom. Ultima. You could go back a little further and choose Rogue and The Oregon trail, or maybe jump to the boomer shooter heyday with the likes of Half-Life and Unreal. Either way, it's a competitive field - if w
02 Dec 2023PC Gamer
Stealth classic Thief: The Dark Project just got a 10-mission fan campaign called The Black Parade from a team led by an Arkane Lyon level designer
Thief: The Dark Project is 25 years old, but it's still one of the best stealth games around, with an active community making fan missions for both it and The Dark Mod , a standalone recreation made with the Doom 3 engine of all things. The Black Parade is for Thief Gold rather t
04 Jun 2023PC Gamer
Watch a Thief fan film directed by one of the original game's creators
The intro cutscene from Thief: The Dark Project was a wonderful mood-setter, cutting between one of Garrett's heists and creepy supernatural imagery, heavy on eyes to suggest he's being watched. It's also a neat "here's how not to play the game" warning, with Garrett killing a gu
08 May 2023PC Gamer
Help, I can't stop listening to audio loops from the Thief games on repeat
The ambience of Looking Glass Studios' Thief games was without compare. Eric Brosius and everyone else who contributed to their soundscapes knocked it out of the park. The echoing tunnels, the religious chants, the distant buzz of industry, the whine of electric coils, the inexpl