Fool that I am, I actually got my hopes up when Embracer Group acquired the rights to Deus Ex. Not because I'm a massive mark for the consolidation of capital, but because it talked a big game about wanting to make a whole bunch of Deus Ex stuff, in contrast to previous owner Square Enix. Perhaps we'd finally get a conclusion to the Adam Jensen trilogy? Maybe a Deus Ex 1 remaster? Dare I say it, could we even see something done with my beloved Invisible War?
No. As we're all well-aware, Embracer promptly shot its kneecaps off with a dead-in-the-water $2 billion deal that saw it laying off staff, shuttering projects, and flogging intellectual property left and right. The future of Deus Ex winked out, leaving us here, alone, bereft.
