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Developer Surprise Attack Games just released a trailer for its forthcoming hacking simulator, Hacknet, where you help a recently-deceased hacker named Bit solve the mystery of his own death.Bit has developed a failsafe mechanism in the event something happens to him, and it is this cyber "ghost" that contacts you and relays instructions. Bit is responsible for creating the "most invasive security system on the planet," and you have to make sure it doesn't get stolen and used for evil purposes. Along the way, you find out if Bit's death was really an accident, or a calculated assassination.Hacknet is being developed for PC and is designed to be more realistic by using real UNIX commands. Also in contrast to its peers, Hacknet does not feature levels or classic game elements, to avoid "breaking the illusion."Surprise Attack Games, an indie developer based in Melbourne, says it wanted to move away from the "Hollywood-style" version of hacking we see in terrible movies, and the hacking mini-games we see in games like Deus Ex, which are more like a Rubik's Cube than anything you'd do with a computer.Hacknet is set to hit Steam on August 12.