Eidos Montreal Moves Forward with Marvel Project, While Deus Ex Takes a Backseat

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided released on August 23^rd and was well-regarded by many videogame outlets, that might be the only Deus Ex game you can experience for a while. Kotaku and Eurogamer reported that Eidos Montreal is shifting focus on the Marvel Project and cancelled a planned sequel to Deus Ex.

Eidos Montreal is known for developing the Deus Ex franchise and recently with a leak, actively developing the next Tomb Raider title called Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

In terms of reviews Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was great, but Square Enix thought it would be a good if this franchise took a backseat as the game didn’t do as well as expected from them. It was an investment that took five years to take place.

Eidos Montreal has been supporting the game ever since release, adding some free DLC, two standalone story DLCs called, “System Rift” which is available now and another one called, “A Criminal Past” – this will be release on February 23^rd.

Last week Square Enix announced that they will be collaborating with Marvel Entertainment in a multi-project deal. Square Enix’s Crystal Dynamics is taking the lead in this project, with the first title being The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy being the next entry. Eidos Montreal is taking a backseat with Deus Ex to help with the Marvel Project.

It’s clear that Square Enix wants to focus on the Marvel Project, this being the first videogame Marvel Entertainment collaboration it can bring in new and excited fans of videogames and Marvel. The well-known publisher has said that we won’t hear more about these games until 2018.