Deus Ex Isn't Dead, Says Square Enix CEO

Deus Ex hasn’t been having a great run as of late, huh? I mean, I guess you could say that’s just the way the series goes: the first game shook the foundation of the games industry as a whole, and every subsequent game has either been alright or downright terrible. It’s the definition of lightning in a bottle, and Square Enix has been trying, but failing, to get another bolt in there.

Following the general failure of Mankind Divided (marred as it was by Square Enix’s insistence of adding microtransactions), there have been rumors that the series was going to go the way of Mass Effect and get sent to an early grave. But in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda put those fears to rest:

"We have never said anything about discontinuing that title but for some reason that's the rumor out on the market. What I can say is Eidos Montreal has always developed Deus Ex, and the issue is we do not have limitless resources. We have several big titles that we work with and that's partly a factor in what our line-up looks like. Of course, it would be ideal if we could work on all of them all of the time, but the fact of the matter is some titles have to wait their turn. The reason there isn't a Deus Ex right now is just a product of our development line-up because there are other titles we are working on."

Last we heard of Eidos Montreal, they’d signed up to work on a couple of high-profile Marvel video games for Disney, so it makes sense they wouldn’t be prioritizing Deus Ex: that’s a pretty mammoth task. Still, that means it could be a good many years until we get a new game in the franchise… better get ready for a wait.