Invisible War, Deus Ex 3, Snowblind

Deus Ex Invisible War or Deus Ex 2 is a sequel, released in 2004. The protagonist of the game is "Alex D", a 21-year-old male or female (players can pick both Alex's gender and skin color). Some of the characters from the original game reprise their roles in this sequel, including Paul & JC Denton, Tracer Tong, Nicolette DuClare, and Chad Dumier. As in the original, the action takes place in a number of real-world locations, including Seattle, an arcology and a surrounding Medina in Cairo, the Black Gate and its environment in Trier in Germany, Antarctica, and concluding on an ice-bound Liberty Island, the starting point of the first game.

Like its predecessor, the game features non-linear gameplay, while still retaining a largely linear central plot. Similarly, nanotechnology and conspiracy theories again play a major role in the action. The plot once more concerns the conflict between different secretive organizations, such as the WTO, The Order (both of which are later shown to be branches of The Illuminati) and The Knights Templar. However, some players feel that an in-depth story line took a back seat for more action. This is possibly due to the removal of some items from the original Deus Ex, such as computers that allow the player to read e-mail, as well as less character development.
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Is there a multiplayer for Deus Ex 2?

No. The fact that multiplayer would not present in the game was announced already during early stages of development.

Is there a SDK (editor) for Deus Ex 2?

No. Ion Storm announced that it would be too hard to understand. However, they released a SDK for Thief 3, which uses the same engine.

Is there going to be Deus Ex 3?

The following is speculation, as there is no current proof that Deus Ex 3 will ever be made - 

No.

When Deus Ex 2 was in development, Ion Storm (the developer) announced that Deus Ex 3 was in early stage of development. However Deus Ex 2 was a failure and Ion Storm was ceased as a company by Eidos Interactive (the publisher). There was no news about Deus Ex 3 afterwards and doubtfully Eidos is going to continue the series, after Warren Spector (the director of Deus Ex and Ion Storm) left to his own game design studio, and the rest of developers were assigned between other studios owned by Eidos. The IP (Intellectual Property) for Deus Ex is owned by Eidos.

Update 03/12/07 - Although, recent activity from Eidos Montreal may be the introducing to Deus Ex 3, see the Forums, catagory Deus Ex 3 for details.

Is Snowblind Deus Ex 3?

Project: Snowblind was originally conceived as a multiplayer-focused third game in the Deus Ex series, Deus Ex: Clan Wars, but after the less than expected commercial performance of Deus Ex: Invisible War, it was decided to set the game in its own universe. It remains a spiritual sequel to Deus Ex and retains many visible links to its progenitors, although it's a completely different game and doesn't have a lot in common with Deus Ex Multiplayer.

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