: Square-Enix has issued a press release introducing Thief

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The release talks up "a first-person adventure featuring intelligent design that allows players to take full control, with freedom to choose their path through the game’s levels and how they approach and overcome each challenge." Coming from Deus Ex: Human Revolution Eidos Montreal, that's hardly surprising.

Game Informer has revealed Thief 4 in a tease for its April cover story."Series hero Garrett returns to the Gothic, industrial metropolis known simply as the City to steal any and everything that will make him richer," reads the summary. 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."We knew Thief 4 was coming, but it's been awfully quiet on that front for a long time now. The coverage trailer below reveals the first images of the game.Thief, as it will be called, is coming to PC, PS4 and "other next-gen platforms" in 2014, it would appear. It's been in development for years in Montreal, and series fans have been holding their breath for more information since 2009, when the game was officially announced.

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