Deus Ex fans have been begging for a new game for some time now, and while they finally received a Deus Ex Remastered announcement scheduled for 2026, rumors hinted that a new mainline game in the immersive cyberpunk RPG franchise was possibly in the works.
However, according to a leak (via Reddit) of newly discovered documents from former developers for Deus Ex studio Eidos-Montreal, a new Deus Ex game was reportedly in development at some point but was quietly canceled. The information comes from CV details posted online by a former Lead Game Designer for Eidos-Montreal, as well as the Design Director.
The Lead Game Designer's CV includes an entry for work on an "old protagonist in a Sci-Fi Stealth Adventure Game," which fans have interpreted as most likely being a canceled Deus Ex title. The designer was let go as part of a round of layoffs at Eidos-Montreal, with more possibly to come.
Eidos-Montreal has a long and tumultuous history of trying to get a new Deus Ex title up and running, with corporate restructuring after an acquisition by Embracer Group in 2022. Executives reportedly viewed the series as too niche to justify the financial...
