Deus Ex lead actor Elias Toufexis has branded the franchise’s homeowners as “psychopaths,” because the wait continues for a brand new access within the dormant stealth motion sequence.
In a put up on X, Toufexis laid out his paintings time table for 2026, which he mentioned integrated Bungie’s upcoming shooter Marathon and 3 unannounced initiatives. After all, this tease caused Deus Ex lovers to signify that no less than such a thriller initiatives was once a long-awaited new Deus Ex sequel — one thing Toufexis was once fast to close down.
“…no Deus Ex for the reason that other people in price are psychopaths,” Toufexis wrote.
Toufexis has been vocal in strengthen of a brand new Deus Ex sport materializing over time, despite the fact that it has now been a decade because the arrival of 2016’s Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Evolved via Eidos Montreal, the sport arrived on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to sure evaluations.
However moderately than increase a observe up, the following few years noticed Eidos Montreal put to paintings on Sq. Enix’s failed Surprise’s Avengers live-service sport, in addition to its personal tackle Guardians of the Galaxy, along its proceeding function as a strengthen studio for the Tomb Raider franchise. With those franchises taking precedence, Deus Ex fell via the wayside.
Fan pleasure for a brand new Deus Ex was once rekindled after Sq. Enix bought Eidos Montreal — and the Deus Ex franchise — to writer Embracer, and certainly, a brand new sport within the sequence was once reportedly labored on for 2 years. Alas, this undertaking was once reported to were canned in 2024, amid Embracer’s fashionable restructuring.
“As you guys all know, Jensen is without doubt one of the characters I’ve performed who’s close to and costly to my center. It kind of feels I can all the time be related to him and that’s simply tremendous with me,” Toufexis wrote in a next reddit put up, after phrase of the sport’s cancellation unfold.
“Alas, his tale turns out finished. I’m moderately sure the sport that was once canceled was once now not an Adam Jensen tale, so the cancellation angers me greater than anything as a result of pals at Eidos were given laid off. Online game firms at the moment are in a unusual position. I’m hoping it will get straightened out.”
A 12 months in the past, Insider Gaming reported that Eidos Montreal was once as soon as once more pitching an concept for a brand new Deus Ex identify, despite the fact that there was once no advice this concept were a success. Subsequent up for the sequence will probably be Aspyr’s recently-delayed Deus Ex Remastered, a sophisticated up port of the franchise’s unique access, which has been driven from its unique February 2026 release date following fan considerations over its high quality. The undertaking these days lacks a brand new release window, and pre-orders were refunded.
Toufexis up to now claimed he spent two years operating on Some distance Cry 3, recording traces as the sport’s protagonist Jason Brody, sooner than Ubisoft changed him within the function. The voice actor claimed the cause of this transfer was once his paintings because the Deus Ex protagonist, whose voice had grow to be too “in style” and recognizable.
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