Although it has been 8 years since the last Deus Ex game (9 if you don’t count Deux Ex: Breach) it seems like Eidos-Montreal is actively trying to get a new game in the series made.
That’s according to a new report by Mike Straw of Insider Gaming. While working on getting some details behind the company’s recent layoffs, Mike apparently stumbled across some intriguing information about Deus Ex.
Straw learned that Eidos-Montreal has been “pitching the new game regularly” to external publishers and potential partners. However, nobody seems to be biting.
The reason is that some publishers believe the series is too niche, while others “aren’t willing to take on the financial risk that comes with the Deus Ex franchise at the moment.”
The report also notes that this would be an entirely new Deus Ex game not related to the one that was being worked on under the Embracer group a few years back. That project was officially cancelled in 2024 as part of Embracer’s restructuring.
What the report doesn’t explain is why Eidos-Montreal themselves aren’t making the game, or why another internal Embracer studio is willing to do it. Perhaps Embracer doesn’t see any potential in it, either, and will only agree if some outside publisher is willing to take the financial risk.
Or it could be because one source told Insider Gaming that the pitch did does not meet “expectations or standards typically associated with the Deus Ex brand”. Ouch.