Deus Ex star Elias Toufexis has referred to as the collection’ homeowners “psychopaths” as he continues to attend for a brand new installment of the dormant stealth-action collection.
In a put up on X, Toufexis revealed his work schedule for 2026, which incorporates Bungie’s upcoming shooter Marathon and three unannounced initiatives. After all, this teasing led Deus Ex followers to trace that a minimum of certainly one of these thriller initiatives was the long-awaited new Deus Ex sequel, however Toufexis rapidly referred to as it quits.
“…Deus Ex is not any good as a result of the individual in cost is a psychopath,” Tufexis wrote.
Toufexis has lengthy been a vocal proponent of a brand new Deus Ex recreation, and 2016’s Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has been 10 years within the making. Developed by Eidos Montreal, the sport was launched on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One to optimistic evaluations.
Nevertheless, for the following few years, moderately than creating sequels, Eidos Montreal continued its position as a help studio for the Tomb Raider collection, in addition to engaged on Sq. Enix’s unsuccessful live-service recreation Marvel’s Avengers and its personal tackle Guardians of the Galaxy. Deus Ex was sidelined as these franchises took precedence.
Fan pleasure for the brand new Deus Ex was reignited after Sq. Enix offered the Eidos Montreal and Deus Ex franchises to writer Embracer, and in reality, the brand new installment within the collection was reportedly in growth for 2 years. Sadly, the undertaking was reportedly scrapped in 2024 amid a significant reorganization at Embracer.
“As you all know, Jensen is likely one of the characters I performed that could be very near my coronary heart. It appears to be like like I’ll proceed to be concerned with him, and that is high-quality by me,” Tufexis wrote in a put up on Reddit after information of the sport’s cancellation broke.
“Properly, it appears to be like like his story is over. I am comparatively sure that the canceled recreation is not Adam Jensen’s story, so I am extra upset in regards to the cancellation than the rest as a result of my associates at Eidos had been fired. Online game corporations are in a bizarre place proper now. I hope this will get fastened.”
A 12 months in the past, Insider Gaming reported that Eidos Montreal was once more pitching the thought for a brand new Deus Ex title, however there was no suggestion that the thought was profitable. The following installment within the collection is Aspyr’s not too long ago postponed Deus Ex Remastered. It is a polished port of the unique installment of the franchise, but it surely has been pushed again from its unique February 2026 launch date following fan issues about high quality. There may be presently no new launch interval for this undertaking and pre-orders have been refunded.
Toufexis beforehand claimed that he spent two years creating Far Cry 3 and recording his traces as the sport’s protagonist Jason Brody earlier than Ubisoft changed him. The voice actor claimed that the explanation for this change was due to his work as the principle character in Deus Ex, and since his voice was too “widespread” and recognizable.
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