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April Cover Revealed: Thief

Eidos Montreal has been working for years to reboot the classic stealth series Thief, and the fruits of its labor will finally be revealed in issue 240 of Game Informer Magazine.

Our April cover story is a world-exclusive look at this next-generation stealth title. Series hero Garrett returns to the Gothic, industrial metropolis known simply as the City to steal any and everything that will make him richer. Unfortunately, the City is broiling with social tension as it is ravaged by a plague and lorded over by a political tyrant known as the Baron. In order to survive his adventures, Garrett will have to pay attention to his environment and make use of the may possible paths through each of the game's levels.

Square Enix plans to release Thief for PS4 and PC sometime in 2014, but the game is also planned for other next-gen consoles. Check out our coverage trailer for a taste of all the content you can look forward to absorbing over the next month.

Also in the issue, we take a look at Sony's PlayStation 4 as well as Bungie's follow up to Halo, a new sci-fi series called Destiny. We also research the harsh realities of mobile development and learn about the challenges small teams face when making a game. Ubisoft let us check out its new pirate game, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. We poke fun at the entire industry with our annual Game Infarcer feature, and then take an exclusive look at Trion Worlds and Syfy's MMO/TV show experiment Defiance. It's a lot of content, but don't forget to check out our classic feature on Pitfall, or our previews of The Last of Us, Remember Me, and Grid 2. It's a meaty issue; you're welcome.

Check out the full cover image below.

Print subscribers should start seeing their April issues in the next two weeks. If you can't wait that long, you can subscribe to our digital issue – which can be accessed by subscribers via your web browser, iPad, or Android devices now. Check our Twitter feed to find out the moment the digital edition of our April book goes live.

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Click the banner below to go to our Thief hub, where you'll find additional exclusive content throughout the month, such as these exclusive screenshots.

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Comments
  • That is fantastic! I got the first games on Steam with a sale and enjoyed what I played of them. I'm also pretty much looking forward to reading everything else laid out in this article. ^_^
  • I believe I speak for everyone when I say YES YES YES
  • Didn't Andy love the original Thief game? I thought he said stuff about it before...

  • So we gotta guy that shoots arrows with a bow, huh?
  • The plot* Sounds eerily similar to Dishonored. :P
  • Holy ***. Also it seems like this will not be on the Wii U ether if PS4, PC, and other next gen systems (aka xbox) if it is not a typo. I wonder why? Ben did say in the Witcher podcast that it was too big to fit on the Wii U. I wonder if that is the same here. If so and next gen games are already doing more then the Wii U can handle then im both excited to see them and nevus that the Wii U will be void of many 3ed party games just like the Gamecube.
  • Mod
    This is a nice surprise!
  • Excited for this one! Think it could be incredible!!

  • WOW! EPIC!

  • Very cool! I've always wanted to play the Thief games, but never got around to it. Can't wait to check this out.

  • Kotaku gave me a sneak peek at this a little earlier this morning.

  • Where is the *** COVERAGE TRAILER?!

  • Ho, a stealth game!

  • Oh look it's a copy of Dishonored.









    Just joking, I know Thief came first :)
  • I've never played a thief game, but it seems like  they were a huge inspiration for Dishonored which is a game I love. Color me excited

  • AWESOME!
  • Mod
    About time. It's been nine years since Deadly Shadows, and we've been hearing about Thief 4 for nearly four years. Hopefully they got rid of the awful THI4F spelling. This is one franchise that desperately needs a next-gen remake/reboot/installment; the old games are still solid from a design standpoint, but cumbersome from a technical standpoint. I'm interested, but skeptical as always. I hope the designers move the franchise and the genre forward a little bit, instead of just imitating recent games that have imitated it (e.g. Dishonored).
  • I loved what Eidos Montreal was able to do with Deus Ex: Human Revolution (aside from the boss battles, of course), so this game is definitely one to look out for.

    That cover image looks awesome,but longtime fans had better be prepared for "This game looks just like Dishonored" comments up until the game releases.  Despite the fact that Thief came first (and a number of Thief veterans actually worked on Dishonored), the visual style isn't the only similarity.  The plot details of a tyrannical leader and a city struck by plague are also echoed in Dishonored so I'm interested to see how Eidos Montreal differentiates their title from Arkane's excellent game.

  • I saw these on NeoGaf about three hours ago, this game looks awesome, and I look forward to in depth coverage in the next issue.

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