This headline from G4 - though I can't read it because their web page won't open here at work. :(

Thief 4 Production "Ramped Up" Now That Deus Ex: Human Revolution Is "Ramping Down"

Good news hm?

Remains to be seen. As much as I loved what I saw from Deus Ex: Human Revolution, it doesn't ensures the game will play as good as that trailer looked.
Same for Thief 4 - great that a sequel is finally in the making, but it still remains to be seen if it can live up to the expectations, or how well it get's "transfered" into the consolised gaming world nowadays.

I like the word 'consolized.' Yes, the gaming world nowadays seems to cater to a certain play style...

Thief: Deadly Shadows was already "consolized" when it was released in 2004, then for the XBox. 'Twas largely a mediocre product stacked up against its Looking Glass Studios predecessors (Shalebridge Cradle excepted, of course). The "fog" borders for loading zones really broke immersion. It had a lot of other problems (If Garret can't swim or use rope arrows maybe you shouldn't use the Unreal Engine, eh?); too much loot overflow, tedious interludes in a static "City" between levels, and dialog between "Pagans" that would make Jar-Jar Brinks proud. The End Boss was pathetic and cliched compared to the charismatic Constantine or false prophet Karras. Occasionally a little of the old magic turned up in little moments during levels, and some of the graphical effects were nice (though I really missed the beautiful sketched black-and-white art in the briefing videos--those were gorgeous).

I guess there's always hope that Thief 4 will be better, though I'm predicting it will be mostly a continuation of trends from the third game. If we're lucky maybe polished a bit. Different developer, though I'm not sure if Eidos-Montreal will be a move up from Ion Storm.

For the record, I loved Thief 3. :D

Me too. "Conzolized" or not it was a hell of a game!

The issue with Thief 3 and Deus Ex 2 was never that they went to the Xbox, it's that the guy developing the engine left halfway through development and Ion Storm realized it was a mess too late to be able to do anything about it.

Bah, I'm more than happy making and playing fan missions for TG, T2, T3 and The Dark Mod. No need for Thief 4.

Me too, give me five, guys! :-)