Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Announced

It looks like we might be able to slip into Adam Jensen’s cyberpunk leather trenchcoat again in the near future. The latest Game Informer cover revealed Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the Deus Ex: Human Revolution sequel that Square Enix has been teasing for a long while. The plot is set two years after the events of the prequel, and will again see Adam Jensen, who this time is helping an Interpol-funded task force devoted to capturing augmented terrorists with the help of a host of even more futuristic augmentations, as the protagonist.

Game Informer’s blurb mentions that the game should be as open ended as the first one, though obviously we will have to wait until the issue is out and the PR campaign starts firing all cylinders before we learn details concerning the game’s approach to character building and level design. For now, here’s a quote from the cover announcement page:

The original Deus Ex is one of the most critically acclaimed shooter/RPG hybrids of all-time. In 2011, Eidos-Montreal resurrected the dormant franchise with Human Revolution, giving the series an updated look while remaining true to the player choice-driven gameplay. Eidos-Montreal knew its game wasn’t perfect, and has worked to improve the series’ combat systems and boss encounters for the latest entry in the series Mankind Divided.

Set in 2029, two years after the events of Human Revolution, Adam Jensen returns and joins forces with an Interpol-funded task force aiming to hunt down and capture augmented terrorists in a world that now hates and fears transhumans. Jensen has a new suite of augmentations that allow him to cleverly navigate stealth, combat, and social interactions, but how Jensen chooses to solve every problem is entirely up to you.

At the end of Human Revolution, the Illuminati caused every transhuman to go into a fight-or-flight response and attack anyone near them. In the next issue of Game Informer, you can find out how this event caused humanity to hate and fear those with augmentations.