Looking Glass Studios

Looking Glass Studios (formerly Blue Sky Productions and LookingGlass Technologies) was the game development company behind System Shock and System Shock 2, as well as the Ultima Underworld and Thief series.

It was founded as Blue Sky Productions in 1990 by Paul Neurath and Ned Lerner. The company went out of business in 2000 due to a financial crisis with their publisher at the time, Eidos Interactive, as well as very poor sales of their two self-published games. The final game to be completed and released was Thief II: The Metal Age.

Before closing, the company graciously released DromEd, its level designer and editor, to the fan community. This lead to a dedicated fanbase creating a number of fixes for their published games and even fanmade missions.