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In 1997, Warren Spector told us the upcoming PC classic Deus Ex was inspired by Final Fantasy, Miyamoto, and 'the console guys'

Before it was a classic.

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Legendary Deus Ex and Thief director Warren Spector is back with a new game — it’s a stealth-heist-em-up called Thick as Thieves, and even the price is a steal at just five bucks on Steam

Thick as Thieves will launch at a steal of a price.

TechRadar

Immersive sim pioneer Warren Spector's new stealth game Thick as Thieves makes the blessed pivot, dropping PvPvE in favor of single-player and co-op

"This sharpened focus has allowed us to double down on what makes Thick as Thieves truly special – dynamic stealth gameplay"

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Warren Spector's multiplayer Thief successor changes direction: Instead of PvPvE, it's now focusing on 2-player co-op and singleplayer

Otherside says that as development has progressed, it's become clear that singleplayer and co-op is just more fun.

PC Gamer

Doom designer John Romero could have been "System Shock designer John Romero," but the FPS legend got the offer to set up id Software "the week before" another offer to set up what would become Looking Glass

He did later work with LookingGlass dev Warren Spector at Ion Storm

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You can thank John Romero's hard-partying ways for the suits giving Deus Ex the extra dev time it needed: 'These British guys would just get hammered with the Dallas team for three days straight'

"John lived up to every promise he made."

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Warren Spector was so desperate to make Deus Ex that it almost became a Command & Conquer RPG: 'I was going to find a way to make it one way or another, even if it meant making another damn sci-fi game!'

PC gaming history could have been very different.

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Deus Ex devs say they weren't trying to make a statement when they made one of the most political games of all time: 'What I think is the right future for humanity is irrelevant. It's all about what each player thinks'

A cabal of billionaires unleashing an artificial plague to further immiserate and exploit the underclass, but not in a political way.

PC Gamer

Deus Ex was a hard sell because, among other things, the Thief devs thought 'if you give players a gun, they won't sneak'

Give someone a gun, and everything starts to look like a nail you can shoot with a gun.

PC Gamer

Deus Ex lead Warren Spector pops up to remind everyone he didn't make the game alone in a cave, wish you a happy 25th anniversary, and get me wondering if something Deus Ex-related is happening behind the scenes

I said 'lead,' it's fine.

PC Gamer

Warren Spector celebrates 25 years of Deus Ex, reiterates he wasn't some sole creator: "The Deus Ex concept may have been mine, but the game itself and all kudos aimed at it belong to the great, great team"

"Ideas are easy, shipping is hard"

GamesRadar

"Deus Ex" just turned 25 years old and it's still the best PC game of all time — you only need $2 to play it on practically anything

Ex-Ion Storm game Director Warren Spector has celebrated the 25th anniversary of Deus Ex with a touching video message, and I can't help but play it again.

Windows Central

25 Years Ago, One Cyberpunk Masterpiece Changed Video Games Forever

'Deus Ex' is a masterpiece of cyberpunk storytelling, but equally shifted how video games at large approach world design and player choice.

Inverse

Day of the Devs Summer Game Fest Edition 2025 brought us 7 new reveals - here's what they were

SGF | Every game announced at Day of the Devs Summer Game Fest Edition 2025

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To be a master heister in Thick as Thieves, Warren Spector's 'player-powered' multiplayer Thief successor, the devs say you'll have to 'play with your ears'

If your heist is about to go loud, make sure there's something louder nearby.

PC Gamer

'I've spent my entire career trying to recreate the feeling I had when I played D&D for the first time,' says immersive sim godfather Warren Spector, with new game Thick as Thieves going multiplayer because 'you don't play D&D alone'

Spector described wanting to push the genre in new and interesting directions.

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Thick as Thieves is instantly one of my most-anticipated games, and every Thief fan should be backstabbing that wishlist button

If you love multiplayer games but couldn't care less about your kill-death ratio, Thick as Thieves might be your game.

GamesRadar

Deus Ex lead Warren Spector looked at immersive sims and "thought we could do better" – enter Thick as Thieves, a PvPvE "stealth action game, with a capital S and a capital A"

OtherSide Entertainment and Megabit's multiplayer heist game was shown at The Game Awards

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Inverse

'Valorant' Meets 'Thief' in a Massive Game Teased for 2026

OtherSide Entertainment studio co-founder and chief creative officer Warren Spector and his co-founder Paul Neurath are asking with the announcement of their new game Thick As Thieves, slated for 2026.

PC Gamer

Deus Ex director Warren Spector thinks that 'if someone made Deus Ex today it might be perceived as a documentary,' so if he made a new one it would be pretty different

Please make a new one.

PC Gamer

Warren Spector found working on his cancelled Half-Life episode 'a little frustrating', but he'll be 'forever grateful' to Valve for keeping his studio alive

Junction Point's project was the first of two attempts to set an episode in Ravenholm.

PC Gamer

Warren Spector's Disney platformer finally came to PC, so where's the Deus Ex in Epic Mickey?

The moody, magic-soaked adaptation had a PC sensibility even when it was Wii exclusive.

PC Gamer

The PC Gaming Show turns 10: Looking back at the biggest moments from each show

Head back in time to the year 2015 as we celebrate the history of the PC Gaming Show.

PC Gamer

Can you guess which 2 mysterious games Deus Ex director Warren Spector secretly worked on, but decided not to be credited for?

The Epic Mickey director worked on a pair of games he decided to take his name off of, and he's been keeping them secret.

PC Gamer

24 years later, Warren Spector offers more details about Deus Ex's cut 'Denver airport conspiracy' mission that was 'so crazy no one would believe it'

Underground tunnels, baby holding pens, and, of course, lizard people.

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