Embracer Group hit dire times in 2023 after an investment deal fell through. In the aftermath, some of the studios that have been acquired by Embracer Group in recent years have undergone layoffs, project cancellations and others have been completely shut down. The latest casualty in this saga seems to be an unannounced Deus Ex game.
Embracer Group acquired both Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal, along with the Tomb Raider and Deus EX IPs from Square Enix in 2022. At the time, Eidos was said to be working on a new Deus Ex game, while Crystal Dynamics is moving forward with a new Tomb Raider game, which is being published by Amazon Games in collaboration with Embracer.
Now, according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, the new Deus Ex game that Eidos had been working on has now been cancelled. The game had not yet been announced and was set to go into full production this year.
Unfortunately, it looks like this game will no longer be coming out, likely due to projected costs and the number of years it would take to reach release. This unfortunately means that Deus Ex fans will have to wait even longer to return to the series. At this rate, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a Deus Ex Remake in lieu of a brand new game to test the waters for the franchise moving forward.
KitGuru Says: I loved both Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided but unfortunately, the latter did feel incomplete. Now, we may not see a new Deus Ex game until the end of the decade if Embracer does decide to invest properly into the Deus Ex IP.
