“Deus Ex is not dead. I confirm that.”
Deus Ex studio Eidos Montreal currently have their hands full with Shadow of the Tomb Raider and the upcoming Avengers Project, but once these projects are complete it’s been suggested that
they are likely to return to the cyberpunk series that made them famous.
We talked with Eidos Montreal studio head David Anfossi about
the next Tomb Raider game, and during our time with him we asked about the status of Deus Ex. His reply was adamant - “Deus Ex is not dead, I confirm that.”
Don’t expect Deus Ex 5 any time soon however, as for the moment they have too much on their plate. “Deus Ex, of course, it's the brand of the studio. We are all attached to this franchise, but we cannot do everything, you know? So we have Shadow of the Tomb Raider, we have this co-development with Crystal [Dynamics] on The Avengers, and we have a third game in development, so it's enough at the moment for us.”
This third game previously has been rumoured as another game in Square Enix’s Marvel partnership, based on the
Guardians of the Galaxy. One thing it will not be, however, is a new Thief game. Anfossi has
previously quashed rumours of Thief 5, and made it clear to us again that, currently, the studio has no plan for it.
“So I should be clear with Thief, in the sense that for the moment there is no plans around that franchise. You know we have three productions and developments here. We are a big studio, but we have… we like to focus on things we do and do it correctly. We’ve proven it, I believe. So for Thief there is no plan.”
We also asked Anfossi about the rumours that Eidos Montreal had been working on a Final Fantasy game that got cancelled, and
you can read his response here.