Unconfirmed: Square Enix Files Trademark for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

A NeoGAF user spotted a “Deus Ex: Mankind Divided” trademark being filed by Square Enix in the United Kingdom, and after a quick check on trademark search tool TMView I confirmed it exists and matches Square Enix’s past filed trademarks. On top of that, the subtitle “Mankind Divided” meshes well with the information Square released about the as of yet unannounced upcoming Deus Ex title for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One:

I want to leave you with a piece of concept art from our next-gen Deus Ex game that shows trans-humanism segregation, which is a backdrop to our vision for the next Deus Ex. It represents a “ghetto-city’ voluntarily built in order to separate the classes. The people in this segregated class have reshaped their environment, nostalgic for their ideal of Cyber Renaissance. This dark and dystopian vision sets the tone for things to come in Deus Ex.

We’ve seen fake trademarks popping up with disturbing regularity at the end of last year, so you should probably take this with a grain of salt, but going from what I noted above I’d say it looks genuine. If it is, I’d expect an official announcement at E3, if not earlier. I personally hope that the title improves on Deus Ex: Human Revolution and moves it a bit closer to the systems-driven, more interactive and interconnected design of the original, but even just something on the same level would make me very happy.