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Warren Spector So Not Done With Deus Ex
3:40PM Luke Plunkett | Warren Spector, creator of Deus Ex, isn’t letting the fact he no longer has access to the series stop him from dreaming up more games in the series. Well, maybe not series. “Series”. More »
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1:00PM David Wildgoose | Apparently the future of shooters is RPGs. Or says Cliff Bleszinski. And it seems like Bioware’s Ray Muzyka agrees with him. Have they both gone mad? More »
Monday Musings: Shooting For The Future
1:00PM David Wildgoose | Apparently the future of shooters is RPGs. Or says Cliff Bleszinski. And it seems like Bioware’s Ray Muzyka agrees with him. Have they both gone mad? More » 
Fuel Your Preconceptions With This Deus Ex 3 Concept Art
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Thanks to the Viking warriors at Gamereactor, we have our first good look at how Deus Ex 3 is shaping up. Not the game itself, mind you, it’s far too early for that kind of business, but this concept art should at least give you an idea of the tone Ubisoft are shooting for. First thing we noticed? There’s sunshine! Second thing? Somebody’s been watching a lot of Blade Runner. More »Deus Ex Free Next Week
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Been a while since a game really worth playing (beyond Super Baseball 2020) turned up on Gametap’s free-to-play service, so it’s nice to be able to report on one. Deus Ex. Starting next week, anyone who downloads Gametap’s launcher program can enjoy the game without paying a cent. There’s worse ways to get hold of one of the best PC games of all time. Like, you know. Paying for it. Deus Ex Coming to GameTap’s Free Game Roster Next Week [Shacknews] More »
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SCi Kills 14 Projects, Cutting 25 Percent of Staff
1:53AM Brian Crecente | SCi, developers of Tomb Raider, Hitman and Deus Ex, have canceled 14 of their projects and plan on laying off 200 people and cutting their annual operating costs by £14 million as part of a company restructuring plan meant to get SCi back on track. “Following our business review over the last six weeks, we are initiating a clear action plan based on three fundamental strands of activity: a radical change in our structure to a studio-led business, a top to bottom programme of product improvement and efficiency and a considerable cost reduction plan,” Phil Rogers, Chief Executive of SCi Entertainment Group said, in a prepared statement. “To get SCi on track we have to act rapidly and effect change quickly. We must allow the world-class people that we have within the Group to focus on strong, profitable titles which will create the value our shareholders deserve.” A chief part of that plan is a fundamental change to the way the company does business with SCi shifting from the current centrally-controlled development and publishing model to a studio-led one, similar to the labels model that EA moved to last year. Under the new structure, SCI would have studios based around “cornerstone products” like Tomb Raider, Hitman, Championship Manager and Deus Ex. The company is also creating an Eidos PLAY studio which will “fuse together casual and new media resources.” Finally, production services will form part of the studio group and be relocated to Montreal from London. I blame the Wii… well that and a company that has essentially been living off of three franchises for nearly two decades. SCi Corporate More »
Warren Spector? Like Will Wright, But Cheaper
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | What does Deus Ex creator Warren Spector think of himself? Let’s let Warren wax on: I think to succeed at this point, given the cost of making a game, and given the competition, I think that every game has to appeal to people who don’t know who Warren Spector or Will Wright or… again, I’m not putting myself in that category. I describe myself as the bargain basement Will Wright, the Wal-Mart version of Peter Molyneux. But none of us are a big enough game to sell enough copies to justify the cost. Warren Spector, gaming’s own Blue Light Special since 1990. Warren Spector Interview [Rock Paper Shotgun] [Pic] More »
Eidos Montreal Confirms Deus Ex 3
2:20AM Mike Fahey | Eidos has thrown wide the doors to its new Montreal, Québec development studio, and despite their promise to deliver AAA titles, their first game has absolutely nothing to do with roadside service contracts. Instead they has announced that they are hard at work on Deus Ex 3, the next title in the critically acclaimed FPS / RPG hybrid, rumoured since May. Gamasutra spoke to Eidos Montreal GM Stéphane D’Astous, who once again lied about AAA titles. “We’re only working on AAA, major titles. We’re going to be developing only major AAA games, using only next-gen technology.” Deus Ex 3 is excellent news and all, but until I get a game about sitting is a musty office fielding emergency road service calls, there is no AAA game. Eidos Announces Deus Ex 3, Talks New Montreal Studio [Gamasutra] More »
