The Latest Breaking News from Warren Spector

Industry legend Warren Spector is retiring: 'I'm feeling like I've done what I set out to do'

The man who helped give us Ultima Underworld, System Shock, Deus Ex, and Epic Mickey is riding off into the sunset.

PC Gamer · Aug 18

Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector is 'a little bitter' that his studio isn't getting props for sparking Oswald the Lucky Rabbit's big comeback

Oswald, who featured in both Epic Mickey games, is getting an animated miniseries in 2027, and Spector rightly thinks his team should get credit for helping make it happen.

PC Gamer · Aug 18

After 44 years, legendary Deus Ex and System Shock developer Warren Spector announces his retirement from game development: "Wouldn't change a thing even if I could"

He's hanging up his keyboard and mouse

GamesRadar · Aug 18

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 · Apr 2

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

GamesRadar · Aug 11, 2025

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."

PC Gamer · Jul 9, 2025

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.

PC Gamer · Jul 6, 2025

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 · Jul 2, 2025

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 · Jul 1, 2025

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 · Jun 27, 2025