Six Things You Didn’t Know About Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Eidos Montreal producer David Anfossi has provided USA Today with a list of “six things we didn’t know about Deus Ex: Human Revolution”, with the majority of them covering some pretty interesting trivia about the game and its development. Three of the six:

— In our first teaser ever released, the cyber-fetus had the name “Emile” written on his skin. The fans thought it had to be directly connected to the story, so they started digging for info and researching the name. They came up with all sorts of very cool theories and possible in-game conspiracies related to it. For example, they found a 19th century French sociologist named Émile Durkheim and came up with some pretty nifty concepts based on their find. The funny thing is though, that the name Emile is nothing more than an inside joke created by the Digital Dimension guys, the studio who produced the teaser for us. During the long nights of overtime working on the teaser, they simply decided to name the cyber-baby and went ahead with Emile. One afternoon, when I walked into their studio for a review session, they asked me if they could leave the name on him. I said yes.

— Picus Communications is the global leader in telecommunications in 2027 — everyone who’s anyone gets their daily news from Picus. Most don’t realize the origin of its name, however: the company was named after the minor Roman god Picus, an agricultural deity associated with both the god of war and the fertilization of soil with manure.

— Adam Jensen, the game’s hero, lives in a luxury apartment complex in downtown Detroit named the Chiron Building. This may turn out to be strangely prophetic: in Greek mythology, Chiron was considered to be the superlative centaur — intelligent, civilized, and kind. He had a unique lineage and, as a child, was taught by the sun god, Apollo.