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Deus Ex 3 Announced

Ameer | November 28, 2007 | News | PC 
Eidos have announced the development of the third iteration of it's seminal Deus Ex series. The series is noted for it's successful incorporation of role-playing, adventure and FPS elements into the one game. Deus Ex, and it's sequel Invisible War have sold well on a variety of platforms, and given Deus Ex's reputation, Eidos looks sure to continue that trend.
Developer-publisher Eidos has revealed that its new studio in Montreal, Québec, first announced earlier this year, has opened its doors to the public, and the company is inaugurating the facility with the announcement of its first project: a third installment of the futuristic first person-shooter/RPG Deus Ex.

Gamasutra spoke to Eidos Montreal's general manager, former Ubisoft exec Stéphane D’Astous, about the studio's business plan and the new title.

The Studio Setup

"We’re pretty much on track on our business plan if not ahead," D'Astous said. "Right now we're almost 80 people. Our business plan is over three years – we have three phases of expansion. The ultimate goal is, by 2009 we should be 350 people."

According to D'Astous, Eidos Montreal currently has two groups -- a Q&A group that is responsible for testing all of the developer's games from anywhere in the world, and an in-house development team that D'Astous says has just passed proof of concept for Deus Ex 3.

"This game was very highly rated at its release in 2000, and we have this great huge mandate to do the third one, and everybody is very excited," added D'Astous.

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    Silver Mirror | November 29, 2007
    Is it only for PC though or will it be coming to consoles as well?
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    kspiess | November 29, 2007
    The website says "Games for next-generation consoles – Xbox 360, PS3, PC, and Wii"
    So it'll very likely not be PC only
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    kspiess | November 29, 2007
    Which doesn't bode well for the game being more like Dues Ex1 than Dues Ex 2...
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    xpronic | November 29, 2007
    Why? The previous games came out for consoles as well. The game will be the same across the PC, 360, & PS3, but will be limited on the Wii.
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    Final Blade | November 29, 2007
    Is it just me or does the picture up there, don't know the dude name, look like Arnold from Terminator.
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      Seeker X | November 29, 2007
      J.C. Denton >>>>> Terminator
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        Final Blade | November 30, 2007
        Don't know much about this J.C Denton dude, but I'll stick with Arnold for now
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    BluePhoenix1990 | November 29, 2007
    Awesome
    This has just made my day , Deus Ex is one of the best games i've ever played and i hope the third will be far superior to the 2nd game and as good as the original game was , but now i have something to look forward too
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    tidus04 | December 01, 2007
    Can not wait for this, I only had the second one but found it to be one hell of a great game. Lets hope they can continue this trate
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    Nath | December 02, 2007
    Really looking forward to this. The second one paled in comparison to the first, I hope they do better with this one.

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