Hashi wrote:RIP to Dues Ex, at least we still have one of you left.
Honestly Hashi, there’s still reasonable hope for Deus Ex. ^^
For a start, the Cyberpunk genre is trendy again:
Warren Spector said last year that he’d love to work on a new Deus Ex game. Right now the guy is working on a reboot of the first
System Shock, if that's not cyberpunkish then I don't know what it is! \o/:
Warren Spector would make another Deus Ex in a heartbeat – “I screamed in frustration throughout much of Human Revolution” (vg247)
System Shock Reboot (expected release Q1 2020)
Second there are quite a few Cyberpunk games in developement right now:
- CD Project, the developers behind the Witcher games, are working on
Cyberpunk 2077. Even though the game is cyberpunk it seems much more action-oriented and mature-rated (à la Witcher) than the Deus Ex games,
Rain of Reflections: by Lionbite Games (Swedish developers): turn-based,
The Sigma Theory: from Mi-Clos Studio (Frenchies): Strategy spy-game, release date: April 2019,
Synstasis: from Transhumanoid Productions ^^, Strategy,
Living Dark: by RocketWerkz Studios, from New Zealand. This Studio was created by Dean Hall, the guy who worked on the mod "DayZ" which later became a full-fledged game. Living Dark is an upcoming game that is quite hard to classify right now.
Observer: by Bloober Team SA, cyberpunk horror game, already released,
So when I read somewhere -can’t find the link anymore apology- that we won’t see a new Deus Ex up until another 10 years !?! This statement seems so out there. Maybe I’m too optimistic but again I think there’s some sizeable hope for the Deus Ex franchise in the near future.
On a final note let me add:
Now granted being topical is one thing, but does the Cyberpunk genre (games, movies,…) sell well these days? Apparently not enough:
Cyberpunk is getting its biggest push since the late ‘90s, but why don’t audiences seem to care? (gamesradar, Marsh 2018)