Thief is getting a graphic novel, a new soundtrack, and a Nightdive remaster all at once

It's a rare good moment to be a Thief fan. On top of the recently announced Thief: The Dark Project Remastered from Nightdive Studios, the classic stealth series is now also getting an officially licensed graphic novel — and a new original soundtrack.

The graphic novel is called Thief: Pulse of Promise, created by Bit Bot Media in collaboration with Eidos-Montreal, the studio behind the divisive 2014 Thief reboot. Crucially, the story isn't set in that rebooted universe — Pulse of Promise takes place between Thief: The Dark Project and Thief 2: The Metal Age, meaning it follows the original Garrett. The cover art reinforces that, leaning hard into the aesthetic of the first two Looking Glass games. The project is being crowdfunded via BackerKit, and the campaign bundles in a statue, replicas, clothing, a plush, and an original soundtrack composed by Celldweller — which will feature a new vocal performance by Stephen Russell, the voice of Garrett. No release date has been announced; the campaign hasn't even launched yet.

Thief: The Dark Project, released in 1998 by Looking Glass Studios, essentially invented the modern stealth genre — light and shadow mechanics, leaning around corners, non-lethal approaches. The series ran to three entries before going quiet for over a decade. Nightdive Studios has built a strong reputation remastering classic PC games, including System Shock and Quake, so their involvement with The Dark Project Remastered is a natural fit. That remaster was announced at The PC Gaming Show earlier this month and brings upgraded visuals, 4K and 120 FPS support, behind-the-scenes archival content, a level-select mode, and — notably for the community — support for custom campaigns, meaning players can load fan missions like the acclaimed The Black Parade directly through the remaster.

There's no launch window yet for Pulse of Promise, though it will almost certainly arrive after the remaster given the BackerKit campaign hasn't opened. The timing is at least thematically tidy: a graphic novel set after The Dark Project dropping after a remaster of The Dark Project makes sense. Whether the crowdfunding campaign hits its goals remains to be seen, but a Thief graphic novel built around Garrett's signature deadpan narration — which already reads like comic captions — seems like a format that could genuinely work.