Call me crazy, but I mixed up the titles for Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided so many times during this review process, it's unfathomable. I mean, they're very similar games, both have very similar artwork and generic name...   read

If you're going to be playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided on a souped-up PC when it launches August 23, I have some bad news for you. On Steam, The Deus Ex team has announced that DX12 will not be ready in time for launch. Last minut...   read

For subject material focusing on new technologies and enhancement, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided doesn't require anything too extraordinary of your PC to be able to actually play the game. Maybe there's some thematic dissonance there, but w...   read

The coincidentally upcoming Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has accidentally ginned up some controversy in releasing promotional art that features a banner that reads "aug lives matter," which, according to Deus Ex executive brand director Andre V...   read

The eviction noticed burned pink on the apartment door. Neighbors stood callously outside on the second floor walk basking in the white foglight of the open-air atrium, whispering at eavesdrop levels about his financials woes. He sat on the...   read

Well, I haven't "been to Prague" been to Prague, but I have watched this 17-minute Deus Ex: Mankind Divided video. The Czech town serves as the game's hub as Adam Jensen runs around the City 17-like dystopia. As the developer-guided demo n...   read

Deus Ex's newest augmentation has virtual reality sensibilities. Not actual real-world virtual reality, but a game mode designed to mimic it in the most cyberspace of ways. At a pre-E3 event in Los Angeles, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided pro...   read

There is something to the idea of modified humans versus, uh, Humans Classic. There was the professor a few years ago who had a Google Glass-looking pair of specs physically attached to his head that some folks in a Paris McDonald's tried ...   read

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut and its reworked boss battles are now playable on Xbox One via backward compatibility. The enhanced two-disc Xbox 360 game isn't available for purchase digitally (unlike the original non-Director's C...   read

Game trailers often apply one of two methods: the cinematic/narrative option teases some story to hope that would-be players become invested in the events happening in this make-believe world, and gameplay trailers attempt to entice people ...   read

Pretty boy Steven Hansen enjoyed  our Xbox One Game of the Year Rise of the Tomb Raider, saying that it was "perfunctory Hollywood boilerplate, down to the set up for the sequel, but competently done." I agree with just about ever...   read

Eidos Montreal has pushed the release of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided to August 23, 2016. A fairly substantial delay, considering the game was previously slated for February (and, heh, remember that canned pre-order program that would have let ...   read

Between the ceiling full of mechanical arms and that man with the golden mask, there's a lot to like in this trailer for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. But as someone who adored Painkiller's stake gun, one of the all-time greats in video game we...   read

Square Enix and Eidos Montreal are concentrated on the release of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided early next year, but that doesn't preclude it from turning its attention to games of the past. With Microsoft's E3 reveal of Xbox One backward c...   read

After watching twenty or so minutes of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, I sat down with executive narrative director Mary DeMerle. We spoke about the streamlined gameplay, Human Revolution's flaws, and their plans for tackling sensitive ...   read

There's so much to talk about in the first minute or two alone. Going in on mechanical Apartheid. Sexy leather pants. Jensen's spiky ass designer facial hair (and skull hair). The fucking Illuminati!!! A game that isn't piss yellow. Higher...   read

There's been a negative reaction online to Eidos Montreal's use of the racially-charged term "mechanical Apartheid" in its promotion of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Speaking with Destructoid today, we asked the title's Executive Narrative...   read

You're looking at Eidos Montréal's new engine for current-gen consoles and PC, the Dawn Engine. The studio says it "will form the cornerstone" for future core games in the Deus Ex franchise and "any other projects that will help brin...   read

Square hasn’t been afraid to use the Hitman IP in fun and creative ways. Hitman GO was a critical success for doing something unique, and while Hitman Sniper isn’t on that same scale, it is still at least a ton of fun.   read

Square Enix Montréal's turn-based strategy title Hitman GO looks like a decent excursion while we wait for the next major franchise installment from IO Interactive. It's coming real soon -- first to iOS devices on April 17, followed ...   read

The folks behind Human Revolution are working on a new Deus Ex for current-generation consoles and PC. Could its title be Deus Ex: Mankind Divided? Square Enix trademarked the phrase in the United Kingdom, reports CVG. It sure seems themati...   read

As of today, Deus Ex: The Fall is now on Steam following its mobile release last year. Players command former British SAS mercenary Ben Saxon as he tracks down a drug conspiracy in 2027. Once you get over the fact that the protagonist is J...   read

AAA development works, the large studio tells you. "Yes it is true we've let 27 people go today," its press release reads as you imagine it dabbing crocodile tears with a fan of c-notes. "Unfortunately it's something that every major studi...   read

The Thief series began on the PC, and it's one of those games that old people like me say has its spiritual home there. So it's no surprise that the new Thief reboot/remake would come under scrutiny as to how well it performs on the platfor...   read

The original Thief was one of my favorite PC games of all time. It was unique in that it completely focused on stealth -- a mechanic that wasn't used often at the time outside of a few select games like the original Metal Gea...   read