FileShack: Unity of Command, Skyjacker
FileShack for the week of May 26, 2012 features a Unity of Command demo, a...
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Daily Filter: Planetside 2, Deadlight
Today's Filter features an air combat trailer for Planetside 2, a plot trailer for...
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Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
Do you like strategy games? Then you'll love this weekend's sales at digital...
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38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
Join Garnett Lee on this episode of Shacknews Daily. Today’s stories: 38 Studios...
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Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Minecraft XBLA is getting a small update (1.7.3) for pistons, and then developer...
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If Shacknews Game of the Year runner-up Deus Ex: Human Revolution put you in the mood for more cyborg-dystopian RPG action, good news. You'll probably have a chance to play the original Deus Ex on your PlayStation 3 soon. The European board PEGI has issued a rating for "Deus Ex" on the system, most likely as a PS2 classic.
Warren Spector, the industry luminary responsible for overseeing the development of such beloved games as System Shock and Deus Ex, has been revealed as this year's recipient of the twelfth Game Developers Conference Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Virtual vendor of vintage video games Good Old Games has enlisted another big publisher in its missions to stop PC classics from vanishing into obscurity, announcing today that it's signed up Square Enix. The pair are starting slowly, though, with two games available almost everywhere under the Sun--Hitman: Codename 47 and Deus Ex
Read more: More Squeenix games announced "in coming weeks" »
Released in 2000 from developer Ion Storm, Deus Ex has become one of the essential titles to mention when discussing well-crafted stories in video games. If ever there was a list of required reading for RPG titles, Deus Ex would be battling for the top of the list. It's undoubtedly a classic and cult favorite among PC gamers around the world.
If you fancy replaying Deus Ex in preparation for prequel Deus Ex: Human Revolution's launch later this month but are put off by its decade-old texturing, help is at hand. After four years of development, the first full release of HD texture mod New Vision has launched.
Today, the Games for Windows Marketplace is offering the classic first-person shooter, role-playing game Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition for less than the price of a cup of coffee. Unless you love really terrible coffee.
For only 99 cents (or 80MS Points) you can join the rest of the hardcore, cult fans of the Deus Ex series. Is Microsoft a little late to push a game that launched for PC in 2000? Before we answer that, consider this: Read more »
If you fancy yourself a die-hard gamer but don't own Ion Storm's classic Deus Ex or its less-beloved sequel Deus Ex: Invisible War, don't fret. Steam has you covered.
Deus Ex: The Conspiracy and Deus Ex: Invisible War
With Square Enix's $120 million purchase of Eidos now complete, lifetime sales figures of their major franchises have been revealed.
The information was provided as part of Square Enix's "Corporate Strategy Meeting," during which the company discussed "synergies" and presented materials on the "Eidos Integration."
"So Deus Ex and Front Mission aren't "Quality Franchises"? >:( "
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Harvey Smith, lead designer on Deus Ex: Invisible War (PC), is at work on an "immersive first-person RPG" title.
Speaking at the Austin Game Developers Conference, Smith commented that his studio "Arkane ... is very focused on immersive first-person experiences," giving players an idea of what to expect from the Austin, Texas, office's future projects. Read more »
Subscription-based PC gaming service GameTap announced today that Ion Storm's shooter-RPG hybrid Deus Ex (PC, PS2) will be available to play free of charge on the platform beginning next week.
Often regarded as one of the most influential shooters ever developed, Deus Ex blended first-person shooter gameplay with a branching, complicated storyline, upgradable stats and skills and extensive character interaction. A sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War, was released in late 2003. Read more »
Eidos Interactive owner SCi Entertainment has announced that it will be canceling 14 projects and terminating 25% of its staff under a new effort to restructure the company.
No details were provided on the canceled titles, though the company noted they were "unlikely to generate an acceptable return on investment or are not of appropriate quality."
Going forward, SCi will focus on what it described as its "cornerstone products," including Tomb Raider, Hitman, Championship Manager and Deus Ex. Of those franchises, new Tomb Raider and Deus Ex titles are known to be in development. Read more »
The FiringSquad is the latest website with a Deus Ex: Invisible War preview. The article offers hands-on impressions and plenty of screenshots.
Read more »Part two of C&VG's Warren Spector interview is now available. Questions are about balancing difficulty for Deus Ex 2, the freedom in playing the game, the AI, and the future of Deus Ex.
Read more »Over at the Deus Ex Zone you can find a Q&A with Harvey Smith, designer at ION Storm. Harvey is asked about Deus Ex and work on games in general.
Read more »According to GameSpot, Columbia has bought the movie rights to Deus Ex. Though studios usually take an option on these things without ever doing anything with them, a producer and writer have already been attached to this project.
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