Back in 1998 Looking Glass Studios launched a new genre in gaming, the “stealth simulation”. The late 90’s was a time when FPS games were flourishing. Quake, Doom, Heretic, Hexen, Duke Nukem, and countless other titles were all the rage, but Looking Glass decided to try something different.

Known for diverse and often very unique titles (Ultima Underworld, British Open Championship Golf, Flight Unlimited), Looking Glass replaced the action with suspense, guns with a bow and a blackjack, and a new style of gaming was born. The days of storming into a room with guns blazing were now replaced with sneaking, eavesdropping, observation, and thievery.