Deus Ex 3 in development

PC News | Under development at new Eidos studio.

Eidos Interactive has just opened a new games development studio in Montreal with the construction of Deus Ex 3 being one of its top priorities, reports GamesIndustry.biz. The RPG-action game's last outing was in 2003 with Deus Ex: Invisible War on the Xbox and PC.

"This is a very exciting day for Eidos," said Eidos Managing Director of Studios Rob Murphy. "Deus Ex is one of our finest franchises, often cited as one of the best PC games of all time. By developing this game at our new cutting-edge Montreal studio we have the opportunity to really push the boundaries of expectation for Deus Ex 3."

"We are thrilled to be working on such a prestigious franchise as Deus Ex in Montreal, which has a well-known reputation as a hotbed for experienced, talented developers," added Stephane D'Astous, Eidos Montreal General Manager. "Our new studio enables us to work with a passionate and talented group of people and helps strengthen our position as industry leaders."

Eidos' new Montreal studio hopes to employ up to 100 new staff by the end of 2007 and fill another 250 positions by 2009.

The publisher has not yet announced what platforms Deus Ex 3 will be available on.

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8 Comments

BumJab

5 years ago

Nothing to do with the massive government subsidies there...no of course not.

Skiller

5 years ago

Note that only the first deus ex is referred to being the greatest, the second was rather 'meh', hopefully they don't go further down the 'meh' road that many other games seem to travel these days.

DrTim

5 years ago

Dude, rather 'meh' is an understatement. DX 2 was horrid.

I pray to the gaming Gods that this is a worthy sequal, but until I play it I will assume this will be at least a 'meh'.

ObsoletE

5 years ago

i quite liked DX2, but that's possibly because at the time i hadn't played the original DX (i tracked it down after playing through DX2 and played through that too).

my only issue with the DX series were the endings.

they both had this awesome factional structure that meant if you did a job for one group, you'd lose reputation with 2-3 other groups, so the game had great replayability.
until the end that is.

i hated the way (and this is in both games, not just DX2) you could wipe out one faction's base, only to come across the head/ambassador of that faction at the end who would tell you how they want the final act to go down, and you could finish their way.

i can see that from the POV of a busy gamer, it's good to be able to only have to replay the last 10 minutes of a game to see all 4 endings, but it just didn't make any sense.

(and if you though DX2 was bad, i'd advise you to get Project: Snowblind, which is some spinoff or something of the DX Franchise. by god was that game bad.)

Passa

5 years ago

The first Deus Ex was one of the greatest gaming experiences I ever had. The sequel was a huge disappointment for me, it didn't invoke nearly the same feelings that the first game did.

But who knows, maybe Deus Ex 3 will return the series to it's roots..

Dracusis

5 years ago

DrTim wrote

Dude, rather 'meh' is an understatement. DX 2 was horrid.

I really liked the 2nd one. It wasn't as free form as the first, but the story was really good and it kept me playing till the finish, something most games fail to do nowadays.

It didn't help that when it was released most peoples PCs couldn't run it very well, but on a decent PC, it was great.

Quit a lot of people gave it good reviews too:

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/deusexinvisiblewar?q=Deus%20Ex

It wasn't fantastic, but I wouldn't call it bad.

However, having said that the first game is still my all-time favourite PC game. I'd love to see it re-done in the Unreal 3 engine with update cover & fire combat like Rainbow Six.

ZNMS

5 years ago

It looks like I'm the only person here who enjoyed playing through Deus Ex: Invisible War. But, then again, when it comes to developing sequels and having that pressure of "raising the bar," it can all become too much.

MIkes

5 years ago

"Deus Ex is one of our best franchises"

Really, Mr Marketing Man? Then why did you close down Ion Storm and distance yourself as far away from it when creating Dues Ex Clan Wars?

Anyway, Deus Ex, up there with HALO and HL2 as one fo the best games of all time, DX2, more of the same, still OK. I'll be keepng my eye on this.

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