Deus Ex

On Story Mode and RPG Difficulties

Richard Cobbett used the inclusion of a Story Mode in the Enhanced Editions of the Infinity Engine game as a starting point to talk about difficulty and player preferences in RPGs, on his RPG Scrollbars column over at Rock, Paper,…

The 50 Most Important PC Games of All Time

Starting in 1962 and running the gamut all the way to present day, the editors at PC Gamer have cranked out a list of what they feel are “the 50 most important PC games” to ever grace the platform. The…

Deus Ex Could Have Been a Totally Different Game

Freelance writer Joe Martin has studied the development history of the original Deus Ex extensively and recently wrote of the original pitch for the game for Trusted Reviews. As it turns out, the game he originally envisioned and pitched to…

15 Years of Deus Ex with Warren Spector

At this point in his career, you would think that Warren Spector has said everything that he would ever need to say about the development of the original Deus Ex title and how the FPS/RPG series has evolved since. That…

Deus Ex Franchise Documentary Video Series, Part Three

We have the third installment to Square Enix and Eidos Montreal’s documentary video series for the Deus Ex franchise to take in this evening, with this latest entry focusing on the blood, sweat, and tears that went into “reinventing the…

Ion Storm Developers Play Deus Ex

The official Deus Ex YouTube channel has published a very interesting video today. It’s an abridged “Let’s Play” video of the original Deus Ex, with commentary from three members of the original team: Warren Spector, Sheldon Pacotti and Chris Norden,…

Deus Ex Franchise Documentary Video Series, Part Two

The second of four installments to Square Enix and Eidos Montreal’s 15th anniversary Deus Ex franchise documentary series is now available on IGN, and this time we hear from original team members Warren Spector, Chris Norden, and Sheldon Pacotti on…

Deus Ex Franchise Documentary Video Series, Part One

Square Enix has put together a set of Deus Ex “franchise documentary” videos, with the initial “The Legacy of Deus Ex” installment being exclusively hosted by IGN for the time being. I’ll let you head over there for nearly seven…

Developing Deus Ex: An Oral History

Gamasutra managed to corner some of the original Ion Storm team members – including project director Warren Spector, lead programmer and assistant director Chris Norden, composer Alexander Brandon, and lead writer Sheldon Pacotti – for a series-of-interviews-combined-into-one about their original…