Deus Ex 3 Confirmed

[GameBanshee News]

Gamasutra is reporting that Eidos general manager Stéphane D’Astous has confirmed development of a third Deus Ex title at their new Montreal studio.

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.

So how many developers will be working on the game? According to D'Astous, teams will stay small and dev cycles will be lengthier. He stressed, "We’re only working on AAA, major titles. We’re going to be developing only major AAA games, using only next-gen technology."

Therefore, he continued, "We will want to limit our dev teams to a human-sized team of 80 people at the very highest of the peak in the production cycle. We don’t want to become a huge studio where there’s over 100 people on a title. We want a smaller, multi-discipline group that are tightly knit together. But by doing so, we will give them at least 18 to 24 months for the production cycle."

D'Astous believes that attitude will be appreciated on the local development scene and in the industry as a whole: "That's music to a lot of ears over here," he said. "Some developers are really trying to push titles out the door within 12-15 months; we're working on plans for our first few titles that will only be released after 24 months."

Let's hope it follows in the same brilliant footsteps as the first one.

[fable]

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Originally Posted by GameBanshee News Let's hope it follows in the same brilliant footsteps as the first one.

You mean, without the involvement of Ion Storm, who made the first two? Because taking it away from the original developers, that always works so well.

[Loki[D.d.G]]

Deus Ex 3 will have some pretty high expectations to live up to. Lets hope it doesn't fail miserably.

[BuckGB]

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Originally Posted by fable You mean, without the involvement of Ion Storm, who made the first two?

Don't worry, my expectations aren't that high. I'm just hoping that whoever ends up as project lead/lead designer takes a good hard look at what made the original Deus Ex such a classic. Even though it won't be Warren Spector and crew working on it, one can only hope that they learn from Invisible War's consolized mistakes.

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Originally Posted by fable Because taking it away from the original developers, that always works so well.

Hey, it's not impossible. Look at what Irrational did with System Shock 2 .

[DesR85]

No comments for now. I'd rather wait for a gameplay demonstration to see how this game will turn out.

[Xandax]

The first one was great - I still play that on occasion. The second was IMO a huge step back. I doubt the third will be anything like the first and too much like the second.

I'm not holding my breath for this game at least. I'll be a shooter with few RPG elements.

[sesobebo]

...and already there is a trailer.