In an article read on Variety's game blog, Junction Point Studio's Warren Spector talks about how he tried acquire the Deus Ex license from Eidos, but ultimately failed to do so. The piece notes that before Junction Point collided with Disney, Spector was working on two different projects, one of which could have been a spiritual successor to Deus Ex.
"There were and still are 'Deus Ex' stories I would like to tell. That story is not done for me," he says. "[For the sci-fi game] I sort of filed the serial numbers off. 'Deus Ex' was very much a game of the millennium." Spector says he actually tried to reacquire the rights to "Deus Ex" from Eidos, but was unsuccessful.

Neither of the two games is dead. When it bought Junction Point in 2007, Disney also acquired the rights to the titles.
Eidos is currently plugging away on Deus Ex 3 which is scheduled to release sometime next year.




Bryn says: It's sad to think that Spector's experience and passion for the Deus Ex franchise won't factor into the next game in the series, but however, I'm still excited to see exactly how these other two projects aside from Disney Epic Mickey will pan out. Are you confident that Eidos will be able to make Deus Ex 3 a worthy entry? I suppose we'll just have to wait it out.