By Alec Meer on February 9th, 2010 at 11:22 pm.
Thanks to a strange person who loves to go through patent filings, the world now knows that Square-Enix (newish overlords of what once was Eidos) have very recently trademarked a new Deus Ex title. You’ll find it beneath the cut… Oh, I’m not that cruel. It’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
LIKE EVOLUTION BUT WITH AN R IN FRONT SO IT’S ANOTHER WORD HAHA. God, did they get Kieron to come up with that one? It’s Not, notably, Deus Ex 3: Human Revolution, but most folk are presuming it will indeed be the full title of the game hitherto assumed to be called DX3. Given it’s a prequel/relaunch, it makes a certain amount of sense to ditch the numbers. How are we about that pun, though? I’m disappointed they didn’t go for Deus Ex: Survival Of The Funkiest instead. Or, could this be a separate game – perhaps a console-specific title so we faithful might be blessed with a true-blooded PC Deus Ex party? Wishful thinking, no doubt – but it’s good to hear even the faintest murmur from this long silent behemoth-in-waiting.
“Human Revolution.” Hum. It’s both growing on me and becoming even more awkward every time I say it.
09/02/2010 at 23:32 Jason Moyer says:
Sounds like the title of a Pet Shop Boys album.
09/02/2010 at 23:32 linfosoma says:
Seriously, if this is a rebbot why not just call it Deus Ex?
Ubisoft did that with the Prince of Persia and many others did the same.
If they release a trailer and it says something in the lines of “The rEvolution begins in (insert date)” Im nit buying this game.
09/02/2010 at 23:44 Mil says:
If they release a trailer and it says something in the lines of “The rEvolution begins in (insert date)” Im nit buying this game.
Minus the weird capitalisation, there must be better than 50% chances that some terminally uninspired marketroid will come up with that exact sentence at some point.
10/02/2010 at 00:01 Oak says:
Quiet! You might be giving them ideas.
10/02/2010 at 02:34 hoff says:
Brought to you by the guys who came up with “Thi4f”.
10/02/2010 at 11:27 Carra says:
Of course. We should call this one Deus Ex. And the original one Deus Ex classic 2000.
09/02/2010 at 23:39 Midnight says:
If they must have a sub-title, why not ‘Deus Ex: Redux’. Coz it has an x in it :-p
09/02/2010 at 23:40 Acosta says:
I’m all for Deus Ex: Classic Exhumation.
09/02/2010 at 23:41 Ian says:
Not “D3us 3x: T3h Pr3qu3l”?
Disappointed.
10/02/2010 at 00:24 Nick says:
Surely it would make more sense as De33 e3: 33e 33e33el?
10/02/2010 at 00:50 tycho says:
Deus Ex: The Threequel?
10/02/2010 at 02:42 hoff says:
“3333 33: 333 3333333″
10/02/2010 at 03:35 Jason Moyer says:
Deus Ex The Phantom Conspiracy
10/02/2010 at 07:17 Muzman says:
Possible plot preview?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQGtEd40OFU
09/02/2010 at 23:41 Ricc says:
Deer Sex. Free! Human Revulsion.
Err… Yeah, it doesn’t ring well at all.
09/02/2010 at 23:43 Half says:
Nothing good will come of this, only tears.
09/02/2010 at 23:47 LewieP says:
I did think it unlikely that it could have a 3 in the title.
More like Human Resources though.
09/02/2010 at 23:48 Flameberge says:
Hmmm. This is still approximately 1342% better than “Thi4f”. When I first read that, everything went black and I woke up beneath a dank underpass wearing nothing but a toga and covered in blood. I think it might have made me angry.
09/02/2010 at 23:59 Quinnbeast says:
Human Revolution announced. Man rolls down hill.
10/02/2010 at 00:05 MacBeth says:
Human R3volution shurely…
10/02/2010 at 07:30 JB says:
Oh Mac, you’ve done it now. Marketing are going to love that, the gits. And we’ve only got you to blame…
10/02/2010 at 00:11 Noc says:
Maybe that’s not the title at all, and they’re just . . . taking us for a spin.
(I’ll get my coat.)
10/02/2010 at 00:26 Quinnbeast says:
What goes around comes around.
Taxi.
10/02/2010 at 00:28 Krondonian says:
Revolution, with the ‘E’ as a Sigma.
*Nods knowingly*.
10/02/2010 at 00:41 Collic says:
I’m not waiting for Deus Ex 3 with any kind of eagerness, simply because after invisible war I’m expecting it to be absolutely terrible. Theres something oddly comforting about that.
10/02/2010 at 00:48 Helm says:
That title is making me dizzy.
10/02/2010 at 00:58 Gabe McGrath says:
Dear PC game makers,
(a) PC titles DO NOT NEED a name longer than 3 words
and
(b) Sequels DO NOT REQUIRE names in the format of “ORIGINAL NAME (colon) WANKY PHRASE”
That is all.
10/02/2010 at 01:03 Shalrath says:
Invisible War was at least passable, and by the same team.
This is going to be fail of hilarious proportions. I can’t wait for things like “We removed weapon augmentation because it was boring,” and “No-one wants to just read text off random computer screens they find.”
10/02/2010 at 02:46 hoff says:
Uhm, that’s pretty much the status quo.
You should listen to their reasoning for adding regenerating health and adding 3rd person cover systems. It’s because “players don’t like to search for medkits, they want to get right into the action” and “3rd person sequences allow the player to see the new augmentations on the character’s body”. And I wish I was just sarcastically joking… that’s their actual reasoning.
10/02/2010 at 08:06 BAReFOOt says:
What I don’t get is: Riddick had both 1st person and 3rd person views, depending on the situation. And it did fit beautifully, because it had the best of both. Why not just implement that?
Like a short 3rd person view when getting a new upgrade. And a new thingie in the HUD.
Also climbing ladders or hanging on pipes/wires etc, and 3rd person, naturally fits.
Will they ever learn to.… learn? ;)
10/02/2010 at 11:23 Masked Dave says:
@Hoff
That’s great reasoning! I *like* to see what I’m doing to my character’s body and med kits are fucking awful design.
10/02/2010 at 23:09 Taillefer says:
Do they really have a third-person cover system?
What always confuses me about that is third person eliminates the disadvantage of taking cover but keeps all the advantages. You shouldn’t be able to see over and around obstacles, observing all the enemy’s movement whilst being invulnerable to fire. It always seems to turn combat into a shooting gallery.
Taking cover naturally has it’s advantages and disadvantages, which would be a great thing to have. The price of not taking damage is to have less information of the enemy positions; they could move around and surprise you, that would be much more intense. But they keep messing it up and I never understand why. Unless they got it right this time, obviously.
16/02/2010 at 10:24 skyturnedred says:
What baffles me, is that I’ve played FPS games since Wolfenstein, and I’ve always known how to take cover without pressing a button to do it. And it did not require third person view.
10/02/2010 at 01:13 Kevbo says:
I’m scared for this game….
well I guess there’s nothing to be scared of but lets just say my expectations/hopes are as low as they get.
10/02/2010 at 01:23 Navagon says:
This game’s going to suck anyway. So they can call it what they like.
10/02/2010 at 01:28 Larington says:
The sense of despair & frustration here is so thick (in density, not intelligence) that you could cut it with a knife. Is this what it has come to? (Don’t answer that)
10/02/2010 at 06:29 Spacewalk says:
Didn’t you hear, we aren’t allowed to like games anymore.
10/02/2010 at 06:51 destroy.all.monsters says:
What else did you expect? A company that can’t even treat their own franchises with respect (Front Mission for example) is in charge of a sequel to a gaming classic. Without Warren or any of the other team from the original this can only be a travesty.
Think DX 3 as Kane and Lynch (on the pc) and I think that’s about what we can expect. Then add some ridiculous drm scheme to be be the bread in a particularly odorous shit sandwich.
10/02/2010 at 01:37 Vincent Avatar says:
Deus Ex: Only Revolutions.
That… that would actually be freakin’ sweet.
10/02/2010 at 01:40 disperse says:
Does everybody know something about this game that I don’t? They could call it “Deus Ex: Goat Sex” for all I care as long as it is good and Deus Ex-like… actually, that title has a nice ring to it.
10/02/2010 at 01:41 Dean says:
Could it not just like, be about a revolution? Of humans against synthetics or what not?
I don’t get why it has to be a pun…
10/02/2010 at 01:58 CalmHorizons says:
That reason for the subtitle would probably require that they ruin the canon though, as DX3 is a prequel.
10/02/2010 at 01:59 AVarotsis says:
Well, this is going to be shit.
10/02/2010 at 02:11 Bowersocks says:
Invisible War was a great name for an okay game.. which without any doubt means DE3 is gonna be amazing because the title is a witless pun.
IN THE YEAR 2010/11, HUMANS ARE REVOLVING!
*You spin me right round baby, right round like a record baby right round, right round!* (the new one)
We see shots of health regenerating, characters hiding behind cover and some moments in third person!
DEUS EX 3: HUMAN IN THE TITLE!
From the people who said what made the source material good was too slow and boring.
10/02/2010 at 02:46 P7uen says:
@ Bowersocks
You’re my new best friend.
10/02/2010 at 02:26 reginald says:
I don’t see the problem. it just reminds me of the Industrial Revolution, only with human beings. Its not a pun unless your really want it to be.
10/02/2010 at 02:36 Gary W says:
Excellent news. As we speak, an aspiring Dan Brown is putting the finishing touches on the ‘sinister’ plot involving Leonardo Da Vinci, nanobots and the golden ratio. All that’s needed is some wallclimbing and a cover system and we’ve got a surefire GOTY.
DLC: “Showdown at the Rucky Mon3y”. £20.
10/02/2010 at 02:38 Swiftasaurus says:
Wait, Square-Enix are doing Deus Ex 3? Or if not, something Deus Ex related? I am weeping blood. I have never seen a game from that company that I liked. (By the way, I love Squaresoft). My anticipation has just crashed.
10/02/2010 at 02:58 hoff says:
It’s not even that easy (but might as well be that bad, indicators suggest a “Halo Ex 3: Gears of Modern Warfare”).
Square-Enix bought Eidos when DX3 was already in development. DX3 is in development at Eidos Montreal an entirely inexperienced (but not the ballsy kind of experimental inexperience, the boring, no-risk, market-aware kind of experienced) studio who has so far released the following games: http://www.eidosmontreal.com/en/games.html … err… none. They are however working on the official sequels to TWO of the most iconic gaming franchises of the golden generation. And their General Manager likes to give interviews in which he bashes Deus Ex for being “kinda slow” and how he wants to make the game “more accessible”. Apparently, the awfully accessible and commercial flop of DX:IW never happened.
Sigh. A Deus Ex sequel in which Warren Spector has no say (while he is working on a FRICKIN MICKEY MOUSE GAME!) just makes a PC gamer cynical…
10/02/2010 at 03:10 Pluvinage says:
The title makes sense if we think about their plot.
It´s going to be a game about the start of human augmentations.
That means that we don´t need to wait for evolution to become more powerful, smart, adaptable.
We have become more powerful tahn evolution itself, it´s now human revolution, where we decide how we are going to evolve.
10/02/2010 at 06:09 Mr.President says:
This is what I’m thinking as well.
If conflict caused by the appearance of the first “mechs” is going to be a theme, it could be interesting, if writers do their job well.
I’m not getting my hopes up yet, but I’m glad to hear it’s a prequel. Distant future setting of IW was kinda too “distant” for me, difficult to connect to.
10/02/2010 at 11:28 Masked Dave says:
I’m with you, it makes sense. I didn’t even realise it was supposed to be a pun.
I don’t get want all the knicker twisting is about.
10/02/2010 at 03:33 dancingcrab says:
I mean, Thief 3 was branded Thief: Deadly Shadows. When resurrecting an older series, I guess chronological demarcation isn’t beneficial from a sales perspective.
10/02/2010 at 04:16 geldonyetich says:
“There’s something wrong with this J.C. Denton character we bought. Tell you what, from hereon in, we’ll call him Vincent Valentine and work from there.”
10/02/2010 at 04:23 BeamSplashX says:
Duh-Threeus Threex: Human Ruh-Threevolution
Cubed. In 3D. Based on 3rd Edition D&D ruleset (for the old-school gamers out there).
10/02/2010 at 05:11 Frank says:
Deadly Shadows was a lame name too
10/02/2010 at 05:21 Isometric says:
We wanted orange, They’re giving us lemon-lime…
10/02/2010 at 18:14 yogSo says:
What a shame.
10/02/2010 at 05:30 bhlaab says:
Deus Ex: The Squeakquel
10/02/2010 at 05:42 jimmy choo sale says:
Jimmy Choo living up to its name with a brilliant shade of electric blue and a clean, sleek design enhanced by an angular flap. If you enjoy carrying clutches during the day, this makes a sharp alternative to the usual oversized choices, but it’s also ideal for a night out when your outfit demands something a truly bold accessory.
10/02/2010 at 05:57 Glove says:
“clean, sleek design” – dumbed-down for consoles, obv.
10/02/2010 at 06:05 Nick says:
I certainly enjoy carrying clutches, who doesn’t? I mean, why would a bag have a handle anyway.. what possible use would that be?
10/02/2010 at 16:18 terry says:
There’s only one bold accessory around here, chummy.
10/02/2010 at 05:54 TeeJay says:
Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Human Revolution.
What’s Human Revolution? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So JC Denton would, were he not JC Denton call’d,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. JC Denton, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.
10/02/2010 at 06:55 destroy.all.monsters says:
They spelled Revulsion wrong.
10/02/2010 at 07:16 Gabbo says:
I think the subtitle is stupid, no doubt, but it won’t ruin the game for me. The game being shit would do that. And it seems (regardless of subtitle) to be heading that way.
10/02/2010 at 07:21 Petethegoat says:
I love you.
10/02/2010 at 07:23 Petethegoat says:
Erm.
That was intended as a reply to bhlaab.
Oh well.
10/02/2010 at 08:18 Pishtaco says:
“Human Revolution” is a less silly name than “Deus Ex”.
10/02/2010 at 08:55 The Sombrero Kid says:
name aside, eidos will flog this horse until it’s a skelington and we’ll all hope and then cry and then hope and then cry like sonic, god rest his soul.
10/02/2010 at 10:20 Taillefer says:
Deus Ex: Ad Infinitum?
10/02/2010 at 10:10 Plagiarism says:
How about stealing from Ghost in the Shell?
Deus Ex: Man-Machine Interface
To me there were similar themes running through both.
10/02/2010 at 10:30 destroy.all.monsters says:
If Production I.G. were involved in this I think most people would consider looking at this in a favorable light. An in depth game with a solid plot featuring the Major would also do well on the PC imo.
10/02/2010 at 12:07 Dominic White says:
Given that the GITS TV series was basically Neuromancer: The Cop Show, I’d be 110% in favour of a Deus Ex style adaptation of it to videogame format. Sadly, all the attempts so far have been straight shooters, which is completely missing the point.
10/02/2010 at 12:27 Springy says:
“Deus Ex: Man-Machine Interface”
WE ARE DAS ROBOTS
*dance*
10/02/2010 at 10:12 TheApologist says:
I guess I am no longer ‘people who play games’.
Oh well.
10/02/2010 at 10:14 TheApologist says:
Sorry – that was in reply to Shalrath and hoff above.
10/02/2010 at 11:16 Lu-Tze says:
All I can think of is http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2006-04/mark-holthusen-knife-thrower.jpg
10/02/2010 at 11:27 Masked Dave says:
*ahem*
WAIT AND SEE!
10/02/2010 at 12:05 Dominic White says:
The amount of Chicken Little paranoia that just a potential title has inspired here is amazing. Don’t get me wrong – I love Deus Ex. I recently reinstalled it to play The Nameless Mod, and I’m digging around the other good fan-made projects now. It really isn’t perfect, the sequel wasn’t the worst thing ever made, and Warren Spector may not actually be a deity.
It’s reality check time.
10/02/2010 at 12:08 Shadram says:
Day o’ Sex: Human Reproduction
10/02/2010 at 12:36 golden_worm says:
Deus nExt: Newname Resolution
Deus VEx: Machina Evolva
Deus HEx: Humane Execution
Dexy’s Midnight Runners
There, that’s the next 4 titles sorted. Now please make sure the games live up to the three minutes of thought I put into those titles.
Deus Ex: Would a game by any other name play so sweet?
10/02/2010 at 20:10 destroy.all.monsters says:
If “Come on Eileen” means cyborg bukkake they just might have a hit on their hands.
10/02/2010 at 12:40 LimeWarrior says:
How about the witchcraft spin-off:
Dais Hex: Human Resurrection
It could be a cult classic!
10/02/2010 at 13:49 Vadermath says:
We could have an adult classic on our hands!
Deu Sex: Human Ass-erection
10/02/2010 at 14:27 Stense says:
Damn, I was hoping they’d go for Deus Ex: Brain Babies of Futures past. Complete with soundtrack from Krafwerk.
11/02/2010 at 01:11 Rive says:
Wir sind die Roboter!
10/02/2010 at 15:13 Dominic W says:
In related news, Eidos Montréal are currently looking for a ‘gameplay programmer’ for DX3.
Tell you what, I’ll ring my French-Canadian friend Stefane; he’s spent the entire year animating spinning cubes in OpenGL for his university project. He graduated with top honours and everything. He’s even written a few in-depth guides for Final Fantasy VII for the French version of Gamefaqs.
Of course, he’s never played Deus Ex in his life, but fuck that: he’s a master of the universe now.
10/02/2010 at 17:12 BeamSplashX says:
Cube-spinning you say? I smell a new hacking interface!
10/02/2010 at 17:43 LionsPhil says:
EVERYTHING IS RUINED FOREVER
10/02/2010 at 20:33 sinister agent says:
I’d have gone for “Deus Ex 3: Yes, You are Ten Years Older since the First one.”
10/02/2010 at 21:06 Poltergeist says:
It’s an okay title
10/02/2010 at 21:28 Pew says:
It could be worse if it was Too Human.
10/02/2010 at 22:29 Sam says:
What’s wrong with a little Nietzsche referencing, eh?
10/02/2010 at 23:24 The Grafflebird says:
It’s so very safe.
Disheartening.
11/02/2010 at 13:05 iQue says:
Goddamnit I giggled.
11/02/2010 at 13:06 iQue says:
Meh reply function failing again.
12/02/2010 at 09:51 Dawngreeter says:
Deuce Ex: I Had a Pair?