It’s unhappy instances for Deus Ex followers following the cancellation of a brand new sport within the sequence and layoffs at its developer, Eidos Montreal. And it’s a tragic time for Elias Toufexis, who famously performed Deus Ex protagonist Adam Jensen in the latest video games within the sequence.
In a heartfelt publish on Reddit, Toufexis stated goodbye to Adam Jensen, saying: “alas, his story appears executed.” Whereas Toufexis confirmed he had not labored on this cancelled Deus Ex sport, and expressed hope that one other firm may choose up the Deus Ex licence, evidently for now, Adam Jensen is finished for.
Right here’s Toufexis’ assertion in full:
Hey all.
Elias Toufexis right here.
I wished to come on right here and say thanks for this web page, your great messages through the years, and your continued, unbelievably robust assist.
As for Jensen, we are saying goodbye, however hopefully not farewell. Perhaps another person will purchase the license. Perhaps we’ll make an animated sequence or end the sport. Elon Musk is an enormous fan, I feel he has some cash. Somebody ask him! 😉
As you guys all know, Jensen is among the characters I’ve performed who’s close to and pricey to my coronary heart. It appears I’ll at all times be related to him and that is simply wonderful with me.
Alas, his story appears executed. I am comparatively sure the sport that was canceled was not an Adam Jensen story, so the cancellation angers me greater than anything as a result of buddies at Eidos acquired laid off. Online game firms proper now are in a bizarre place. I hope it will get straightened out.
Once more, I simply wished to thanks all for the time you have spent sending fan artwork, tales, and normal messages of affection. The quantity of CAMEO appearances I’ve had to make solely for Jensen followers makes my coronary heart smile.
I hope you want the opposite work I am lucky sufficient to put on the market, however I do know that regardless of the character is, he will not imply as a lot as Adam Jensen does to lots of you… and to me.
For the love and assist? I requested for this.
Final month, embattled mum or dad firm Embracer Group reportedly canceled this new Deus Ex sport after two years of growth. 97 members of workers from Eidos Montreal have been let go.
Embracer Group’s high-profile restructure has seen plenty of studio closures, mass layoffs, and different subsidiaries put up on the market. The company’s financial difficulties observe the collapse of a rumoured $2 billion cope with the Saudi-backed Savvy Video games Group. Embracer reviews its Q3 financials for the 2024 fiscal yr on February 15.
Embracer Group purchased Eidos Montreal from Sq. Enix in 2022, together with the rights to franchises resembling Tomb Raider, Legacy of Kain, and Deus Ex. The latest entry within the Deus Ex franchise was 2016’s Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, which adopted 2011’s much-loved entry, Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
As for Toufexis, he went on to tweet {that a} “large” sport he was each performing on and directing was cancelled, and one other sport he was performing on and directing was reworked “and now ranging from scratch” with a “entire new workforce”. Toufexis didn’t disclose the names of the initiatives. “The online game world is a catastrophe zone proper now,” Toufexis stated.
“I’m presently engaged on two or three different video games however I would anticipate all of them to be canceled earlier than the top of the week or one thing,” he added. Then: “I am wonderful guys. I am very fortunate to have many irons within the fireplace. Video games are simply in a bizarre place proper now.”
The online game business has suffered 1000’s of layoffs already in 2024 in what some have described because the hardest interval for the business because the crash of 1983. Most not too long ago, Microsoft let go 1,900 workers from its gaming division following the $69 billion buyout of Name of Responsibility proprietor Activision Blizzard. This week, the Federal Commerce Fee (FTC) complained that these layoffs contradict what was stated within the antitrust trial over Microsoft’s now-complete acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
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