Ion Storm's Austin office has officialy closed it's doors now. Many of the more high-profile staff members have left, so I guess we can kiss our dreams of Deus Ex 3 a firm goodbye...

Farewell Ion Storm!

Yeah, this was announced a while ago :'(

Still, we've got Project Snowblind to keep us going for a bit.

That sucks. At least we still have the first Deus Ex to console us.

This is a real shame.
But, isn't this what happened to Looking Glass? and thief 3 was still released. it's a longshot but don't give up hope. too many people love that game just to let it die...

what does deus ex mean anyway?

It comes from the phrase "Deus Ex Machina" meaning god from machine. According to Wikipedia: Deus ex machina is a Latin phrase that is used to describe an unexpected, artificial, or improbable character, device, or event introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot.

Deus Ex Machina literally meant when in a roman play, they dropped an actor playing a god out of the sky on a crane, onto the stage. The crane was the machine in question.

In the game Deus Ex, you end up creating a god from Helios (the machine) and JC Denton (also part machine kinda). Hence, "God from the Machine".

My interpretation of it was that J.C. Denton was essentially the Deus Ex Machina. He essentially was dropped into the game and untangles the plot. I don't think Helios would count since it can be destroyed in one of the endings.