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Eidos announces Deus Ex 3, Warren Spector facepalms photo

Speaking with Gamasutra, Eidos Montreal's general manager Stéphane D’Astous has revealed the studios' first project -- Deus Ex 3. According to D'Astous, the in-house development team "has just passed proof of concept" for the title, but revealed no further details. 

"The game was very highly rated at its release in 2000," he says, "and we have this great huge mandate to do the third one, and everyone is very excited."

Depending on your level of commitment, the original futuristic first-person shooter/RPG is considered by some to be the best in the genre. So why not leave well enough alone? The series' lead-designer, Warren Spector seems content to move on -- his studio, Junction Point Studios, was acquired by Disney Interactive earlier this year. He is, by all accounts, likely not working on anything that resembles Deus Ex.

Here's to hoping Eidos Montreal has the talent and vision to do the series justice. And here's to a new generation of people not being able to say "Deus Ex" properly.


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Ghoulunatic's Avatar
Ghoulunatic at 11/26/2007 10:53
Deus Ex without Warren Spector? Thats akin to the Fallout 3 debacle.
Dr Milkdad's Avatar
Dr Milkdad at 11/26/2007 10:55
No Warren Spector? Fuck that....ish

I loved the first too much to blow it off 100%
lazuli's Avatar
lazuli at 11/26/2007 10:57
The first one was amazing i hope this one can live up to it could be awsome
Ghoulunatic's Avatar
Ghoulunatic at 11/26/2007 10:58
I can see it now...

"Well, Bioshock used plasmids, so we can't use any sort of augmentations. We're gonna go make an open-ended First Person RPG IN TEH FUTURE!one! It'll be just like Oblivion...but IN THE FUTURE!"
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ran24 at 11/26/2007 10:59
Shit, that game was so great I welcome anyone to try and make a sequel. The second one wasn't as good for example, but I still enjoyed playing it.
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xmetninjax at 11/26/2007 10:59
First one was my favorite game ever, hope this one isn't TOO crappy, but I've got low expectations.
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brad drac at 11/26/2007 11:00
Please, please, please, please don't suck and rape my game. While I'd be a lot happier with spector involved, there's a chance it won't wholly suck without him. What can I say, I'm an optimist.
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andromed at 11/26/2007 11:02
day-us-ex

i am right?
JtheYellow's Avatar
JtheYellow at 11/26/2007 11:29
Arguably, Deus Ex 2 was made without Warren Spector, too.

It didn't turn out too well, either.
gyshall's Avatar
gyshall at 11/26/2007 11:34
Give me the original Deus Ex with high res textures and DX10 support. Don't screw with perfection.
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B-Radicate at 11/26/2007 11:37
I've never played a Deuz Ex game so I don't really care if Warren Spector is involved or not. Make a compelling FPS gameplay experience and that is all I ask. I mean, in the end, can you tell who works on a game or not unless they come out and say this shit? Not really.
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Mxyzptlk at 11/26/2007 11:49
@ andromed: I hope you're right, otherwise I'm going to feel pretty stupid for pronouncing it wrong for years.

First game was awesome. Second game... I remember it existing and me playing it at some point, and that's about it.
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Nubc4kes at 11/26/2007 12:01
I can see it know. Warren Spector is going to get Disney to Team up with Eidos for the most anticipated game of the century:

Skallah's Avatar
Skallah at 11/26/2007 12:03
I guess the surfer girl was wrong about it being cancelled.
h3lios's Avatar
h3lios at 11/26/2007 12:09
lol @ Nubc4kes.

i hope this doesn't blow.
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MrSadistic at 11/26/2007 12:23
Oh sweet Jesus, another great game franchise to be bastardize by another developer. Well, at least the first two games were great.
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king3vbo at 11/26/2007 12:35
I love Deus Ex, I love it to pieces. But without Spector it wont be that great... Deus Ex 2 was ok

I will still give it a shot
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Sharpless at 11/26/2007 12:57
@Skallah
They just said they passed proof-of-concept, which is one of the earliest stages of getting the balls rolling on a game. She may have been right at the time she mentioned it.

I'm going to call it Dew Sex.
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ShadowXOR at 11/26/2007 13:13
I love Deus Ex but the second one sucked and I'm pretty sure Warren Spector was involved in that. I'm not going to get my hopes up but I will definitely be keeping my eye on it.
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CaffeinePowered at 11/26/2007 13:31
Why must we continue to tarnish the glory that is Deus Ex 1?
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cbebop007 at 11/26/2007 13:45
Of course there's no Spector, but I loves me my Deus Ex. Until more details come out I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. Of course, the last time that happened was when whispers of a new SimCity game circulated, only to have that piece of shit that dropped a few weeks ago be revealed as the new game.

Hopefully this situation will turn out better...
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3r0t1c n3rd at 11/26/2007 14:03
Eidos had Deus Ex 3 in the pipe (since they own the licence), but decided to release it under a different name. Project Snowblind. (Yes, that piece of shit PS2 FPS:) I'm really glad they did that. Or else it whould have been the killing blow for the good name of Deus Ex 1...
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Dead riffs at 11/26/2007 14:33
I have no idea bout this. I really want to play it, but the lack of Spector on the game is a definite worry...
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 11/26/2007 18:58
I'm playing Deus Ex right now! (PS2 port...)
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 11/27/2007 01:06
Good luck.
TheBrain's Avatar
TheBrain at 11/27/2007 02:37
Day of Sex

its easy!
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Jetsetlemming at 12/03/2007 12:29
Day us ex. It's latin.
Also, Warren Spector was still involved with Invisible War, he just didn't lead the project, Harvey Smith did instead. In case you don't know, Harvey Smith was the lead designer of the recent Area 51: Black Site, and just left Midway after talking trash about them about the game.
I'm not gonna disparage the game yet. The developers at Eidos Montreal seem to be big fans of the original game.
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