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!
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Jan 23, 07 04:58PMMaster of the VG
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.
Jan 21, 07 12:47PMDG
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".
Jan 19, 07 08:23PMMaster of the VG
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.
Jan 19, 07 08:01PMFableWarrior13
what does deus ex mean anyway?
Mar 19, 05 03:08PMewanlaing
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...
Feb 27, 05 04:33PMMaster of the VG
That sucks. At least we still have the first Deus Ex to console us.
Feb 26, 05 01:48PMZephron
Yeah, this was announced a while ago :'(
Still, we've got Project Snowblind to keep us going for a bit.
Feb 24, 05 05:32PMOrrah
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!
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