The powers that be at Square Enix and Eidos Montreal decided to broadcast a special Deus Ex: Mankind Divided stream on Twitch today, a week ahead of E3. And boy, was it full of weird crap. They announced Deus Ex GO, a turn-based infiltration puzzle game for mobile devices. They announced Breach, an online competitive arcade mode for Mankind Divided with stylized graphics and optional microtransactions. They even announced that they were going to produce a real bionic hand in partnership with Razer (lolwut).

Thankfully, in addition to all of that nonsense, there was also a decent gameplay video of about 18 minutes long, which they uploaded to YouTube before the stream was even over. Narrated by game director Jean-Francois Dugas, it showcases the game's first hub, Prague, which Jensen must traverse to locate a certain augmentation specialist to repair his malfunctioning systems. Along the way, there's plenty of exploration, side quest opportunities, and a neighborhood full of violent gangsters to dispatch in a variety of ways.


Note the larger, more vertical level design. It's clear that Dishonored has been a major influence on this game. Actually, with that Viktor Antonov-esque Eastern European architecture, it almost looks like a Dishonored clone. Not the worst influence you could have, I guess. If you'd like to learn more about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, a bunch of previews were posted on the Internet today concurrent with the stream, but I can't really be bothered to round them all up.