Deus Ex Lead Actor Says 'The People in Charge Are Psychopaths,' as Wait for New Game Continues

Deus Ex pb histrion Elias Toufexis has branded the franchise's owners arsenic "psychopaths," arsenic the hold continues for a caller introduction successful the dormant stealth enactment series.

In a station connected X, Toufexis laid retired his enactment docket for 2026, which helium said included Bungie's upcoming shooter Marathon and 3 unannounced projects. Of course, this tease prompted Deus Ex fans to suggest that astatine slightest 1 of these enigma projects was a long-awaited caller Deus Ex sequel — thing Toufexis was speedy to unopen down.

"...no Deus Ex due to the fact that the radical successful complaint are psychopaths," Toufexis wrote.

Toufexis has been vocal successful enactment of a caller Deus Ex crippled materializing implicit the years, though it has present been a decennary since the accomplishment of 2016's Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Developed by Eidos Montreal, the crippled arrived connected PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to affirmative reviews.

But alternatively than make a travel up, the adjacent fewer years saw Eidos Montreal enactment to enactment connected Square Enix's failed Marvel's Avengers live-service game, arsenic good arsenic its ain instrumentality connected Guardians of the Galaxy, alongside its continuing relation arsenic a enactment workplace for the Tomb Raider franchise. With these franchises taking priority, Deus Ex fell by the wayside.

Fan excitement for a caller Deus Ex was rekindled aft Square Enix sold Eidos Montreal — and the Deus Ex franchise — to steadfast Embracer, and indeed, a caller crippled successful the bid was reportedly worked connected for 2 years. Alas, this task was reported to person been canned successful 2024, amid Embracer's wide restructuring.

"As you guys each know, Jensen is 1 of the characters I’ve played who is adjacent and beloved to my heart. It seems I volition ever beryllium associated with him and that’s conscionable good with me," Toufexis wrote successful a consequent reddit post, aft connection of the game's cancellation spread.

"Alas, his communicative seems done. I’m comparatively definite the crippled that was canceled was not an Adam Jensen story, truthful the cancellation angers maine much than thing other due to the fact that friends astatine Eidos got laid off. Video crippled companies close present are successful a weird place. I anticipation it gets straightened out."

A twelvemonth ago, Insider Gaming reported that Eidos Montreal was erstwhile again pitching an thought for a caller Deus Ex title, though determination was nary proposition this thought had been successful. Next up for the bid volition beryllium Aspyr's recently-delayed Deus Ex Remastered, a polished up larboard of the franchise's archetypal entry, which has been pushed from its archetypal February 2026 motorboat day pursuing instrumentality concerns implicit its quality. The task presently lacks a caller motorboat window, and pre-orders person been refunded.

Toufexis antecedently claimed helium spent 2 years moving connected Far Cry 3, signaling lines arsenic the game's protagonist Jason Brody, earlier Ubisoft replaced him successful the role. The dependable histrion claimed the crushed for this power was his enactment arsenic the Deus Ex protagonist, whose dependable had go excessively "popular" and recognizable.

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