It’ll be called “The Missing Link”. According to a post yesterday on the official site, the story has Adam “mysteriously” disappearing for three days, so this sounds like it happens mid-story. Per the description:
After being tortured by Belltower agents and having his augmentations disabled, Adam Jensen must rely solely on his basic capabilities to escape from a freighter, destined for an unknown location. While fighting for his survival on the ship, he uncovers another layer to the conspiracy that he never would have suspected.
We’re told to expect “sprawling new environments”, “brand-new characters” and, oh yeah, “Rebuild Adam’s augmentation set from scratch”, so it sounds like an opportunity to re-spec if you’re unhappy with your choices so far.
A specific release date was not mentioned.
Coming in October [Deus Ex: Human Revolution]
Cerzel
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 11:41 AMMaybe this will explain why the game felt so unfinished, story-wise.
Way to go, DLC.
Reoh
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 5:21 PMA lot of content was cut from the game and this is probably the first of those plots rising back to the surface.
Steven Bogos
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 12:46 PMMy favourite game of the year so far… I really don’t know what to think about this.
I really hope it’s decent DLC like we saw for Fallout, instead of some of the really lacking DLC i’ve seen.
Demonjohn
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 1:45 PMPoint lookout was the only worthwhile dlc in the past few years.
Reign
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 2:59 PMI hate when DLC tries to tamper with the main mechanics of the game.
ME2: This time, you’re without a squad! Why? Who cares!
DEHR: This time, you’re without augmentations! Why? Who cares!
Chazz
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 4:21 PMSo despite his trip on the freighter going off without a hitch they’re releasing DLC to retcon it? Why?
Rod
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 5:19 PMWell where else can they shoehorn the obligatory DLC in?
This might at least explain how Adam was so conveniently able to get himself into and out of one of those pods…
Chazz
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 5:51 PMWell there kinda was that whole mission at the docks that covered how he got into the pod. :P
Rod
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 8:05 PMYeah, but why was there an empty pod in the container? And how come no one else could let themselves out at the other end like Adam could?
Chazz
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 9:14 PMThey were shipping out sooner than they wanted to (the bomb etc) hence there being an empty pod (possibly more) and the others would probably have been in chemically induced comas to stop them from waking up and trying to escape.
Rod
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 1:41 PMBut why pack the pod in the shipping container before you put anyone in it? That’s what loading bays are for. And if they thought there was no one in said empty container, why load it on the boat at all?
And why do I really care so much??? :)
ZaneStriker
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 8:27 AMUgh. I hate DLC. Could imagine if a writer released a novel that was lacking the ending? “Don’t worry guys! You can buy more story for just another $5!”
Bad enough that everything is either a bloody trilogy or longer these days, but now we’re getting cutting room scraps sold to us.
Thom
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 9:28 AMWhilst I though Deus Ex wrapped up the conspiracy properly – it didn’t answer a lot of questions to my satisfaction.
***SPOILERS***
i.e. what happened to all the people you meet, who was testing on Jensen as a baby, how did Megan know his blood was special, etc.
Cannon
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 9:56 AMFinished this on the weekend and all im going to say is that all the endings felt …. anti-climatic, especially since i made such an effort to save certain people, kill others … then the end is just this …. (cant say not to spoil it)
Ew
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 5:41 PMI’d like to see some DLC relating to the Australian Civil War that kept popping up in the newspapers and such. Screw this crap, I wanna see Australians throwing kangaroos at each other.
GregH
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 12:59 PMI wan’t DLC chronicling the adventures of the mysterious hacker and soon to be Picus TV character sensation, ‘nucl3arsnake’.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, hack Pritchard’s computer for lulz.