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Deus Ex Clan Wars Morphs Into Snowblind

Posted by simoniker on from the lost-in-the-rush dept.

Thanks to Edge Magazine for confirmation, in its July issue, that the Eidos console FPS Snowblind, shown at E3, "was originally designed to be a spin-off from [Deus Ex], but has since gone its own way." The IGN PS2 product page for Snowblind also backs up this little-reported fact, following previous Slashdot Games news discussing the cyberpunk-influenced PS2/Xbox title, then called Deus Ex: Clan Wars. Additionally, the IGN PS2 E3 preview mentions "Crystal Dynamics looked to Warren Spector and Ion Storm for inspiration and advice on this game", further confirming info on the "Winter 2004"-due title whose E3-dated preview at 1UP explains: "The city environment was dark, neon-lit and vaguely Deus Ex-like, but the feel of the action was closer to something like Call of Duty."

2 of 14 comments (clear)

  1. Rumor On The Street by Slyght · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard a crazy rumor that Deus Ex: Invisible War was also a spinoff of Deus Ex. Lies, all lies.

  2. Inspiration and Advice by superultra · · Score: 3, Funny

    Crystal Dynamics looked to Warren Spector and Ion Storm for inspiration and advice on this game

    Crystal Dynamics: Mr. Spector, can we make a Deus Ex inspired game? If so, do you have any advice?
    Warren Spector: Sure, what the hell, I'm out of here in a month anyway. Um, advice? Make it dark. Yeah, dark but with nanites.