Today is the annual celebration of deceit and trickery, and we at Shacknews clearly have no time for such shenanigans. But we respect when someone does it well, so we have to tip our hat to Eidos Montreal for accidentally setting up a prank by letting word of trademarks and domain registrations for Deus Ex: Human Defiance leak so far in advance.
The upcoming "Director's Cut" version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution for Wii U promises to fix one of the weakest aspects of the original game: the boss fights. Responding to fan complaints, producer David Anfossi said that, if he could do it all over again, wouldn't remove the boss sequences, but he would do them correctly. "I'm pretty sure that now we have the knowledge to do it correctly," he said back then.
Well, that's exactly what they're planning on doing.
As expected following a retailer slip, Square Enix is indeed bringing Deus Ex: Human Revolution to Wii U in 'Director's Cut' form. What is unexpected, however, is that it supposedly does actually rework the game a little, including improved AI, "visual improvements", and a reworking of the widely-disliked boss battles.
It appears that Deus Ex: Human Revolution is getting a port to the Wii U. A retail listing shows a "Director's Cut" of the game releasing for the Nintendo platform on May 7.
Read more: 'Improvements, features, and additional content' promised »
Less than a week after an intriguing Deus Ex trademark turned out to be the movie title, Square Enix seems destined to toy with our emotions again. The company has registered another set of Deus Ex domain names, this time subtitled "The Fall."
The other day, we reported on a trademark for Deus Ex: Human Defiance, and noted the possibility that it was simply the film adaptation. We hoped we were instead seeing the first signs of a sequel, but bad news: according to new domain registrations, it's the film title.
A newly filed trademark may be the first we hear of the next Deus Ex game. Square Enix filed for "Deus Ex: Human Defiance," which obviously bears a striking resemblance to 2011's Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The publisher has not officially announced a sequel.
The Deus Ex movie is aiming for a cyberpunk aesthetic, and is looking through the history of sci-fi cinema for inspiration. Director Scott Derrickson and co-writer C. Robert Cargill recently dropped a few movie titles that serve as reference material for their vision of Deus Ex's world.
If you'd like to replay Deus Ex but are put off by the year 2000 graphics, you're a monster. Fortunately, dear monster, help is at hand. While the USA was off giving thanks for something or other last week, the real cause for celebration was that the final version of high-res retexturing mod New Vision was released, giving even the most monstrous of monsters no excuse not to revisit this classic.
The Deus Ex movie is really happening. Based on the recently-released Human Revolution, the upcoming film adaptation has just signed a writer and director.
Scott Derrickson will write and direct the film. Best known for his work on the recently-released Sinister, the director's resume includes The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
CBS Films has secured the movie rights to Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the futuristic steampunk game from Square Enix. According to reports, developer Eidos Montreal will remain closely consulted on the project.
Read more: 'No one knows Human Revolution like the team that created it' »
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.
You can't resurrect a widely-adored classic franchise a decade later, common wisdom goes. The game lives in nostalgia now; you can never come close to matching recollections and expectations. Besides, games have moved on. If you change nothing it will feel dated, but any changes will ruin what fans loved. And if it's being made by different people, well, that really won't work. Somehow, developers Eidos Montreal and Nixxes Software didn't succumb to its doomed fate: Deus Ex: Human Revolution recaptures much of the essence of the original, while updating it for modern audiences.
Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada has reportedly said that Deus Ex has become a core intellectual property (IP) for the company, promising the franchise will continue.
Wada reportedly made the comments during a financial briefing earlier today, where he outlined the company is aiming to establish "ten IPs" that are capable of making "a continuous profit contribution" to the company.
Read more: Two to three new IPs announced in next few years »
Deus Ex: Human Revolution producer David Anfossi has admitted that the boss sequences in the Eidos Montreal-developed title were a misstep, noting: "We knew that would be a weakness for the game."
Eidos Montreal outsourced the boss battles to crowd AI specialist Grip Entertainment; however, Anfossi says blame for the issues surrounding sequences should be put on Eidos Montreal alone.
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