Deus Ex lead actor Elias Toufexis has branded the franchise’s homeowners as “psychopaths,” as the wait continues for a brand new entry in the dormant stealth motion collection.
In a post on X, Toufexis laid out his work schedule for 2026, which he stated included Bungie’s upcoming shooter Marathon and three unannounced tasks. In fact, this tease prompted Deus Ex followers to recommend that at the very least certainly one of these thriller tasks was a long-awaited new Deus Ex sequel — one thing Toufexis was fast to close down.
“…no Deus Ex as a result of the folks in cost are psychopaths,” Toufexis wrote.
Toufexis has been vocal in help of a brand new Deus Ex recreation materializing over time, although it has now been a decade for the reason that arrival of 2016’s Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Developed by Eidos Montreal, the sport arrived on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to optimistic opinions.
However slightly than develop a comply with up, the following few years noticed Eidos Montreal put to work on Sq. Enix’s failed Marvel’s Avengers live-service recreation, as properly as its personal tackle Guardians of the Galaxy, alongside its persevering with position as a help studio for the Tomb Raider franchise. With these franchises taking precedence, Deus Ex fell by the wayside.
Fan pleasure for a brand new Deus Ex was rekindled after Sq. Enix offered Eidos Montreal — and the Deus Ex franchise — to writer Embracer, and certainly, a brand new recreation in the collection was reportedly labored on for two years. Alas, this venture was reported to have been canned in 2024, amid Embracer’s widespread restructuring.
“As you guys all know, Jensen is likely one of the characters I’ve performed who’s close to and pricey to my coronary heart. It appears I’ll all the time be related to him and that’s simply advantageous with me,” Toufexis wrote in a subsequent reddit submit, after phrase of the sport’s cancellation unfold.
“Alas, his story appears accomplished. I’m 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 associates at Eidos acquired laid off. Online game corporations proper now are in a bizarre place. I hope it will get straightened out.”
A yr in the past, Insider Gaming reported that Eidos Montreal was as soon as once more pitching an concept for a brand new Deus Ex title, although there was no suggestion this concept had been profitable. Subsequent up for the collection shall be Aspyr’s recently-delayed Deus Ex Remastered, a sophisticated up port of the franchise’s unique entry, which has been pushed from its unique February 2026 launch date following fan considerations over its high quality. The venture at present lacks a brand new launch window, and pre-orders have been refunded.
Toufexis beforehand claimed he spent two years engaged on Far Cry 3, recording traces as the sport’s protagonist Jason Brody, earlier than Ubisoft changed him in the position. The voice actor claimed the explanation for this swap was his work as the Deus Ex protagonist, whose voice had develop into too “well-liked” and recognizable.
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