At Sony's State of Play today, Eidos-Montréal and developer Aspyr announced that a remaster of classic immersive sim Deus Ex is coming to PlayStation 5 next year.
There's no mention of a PC version in the trailer, and the official website, deusexremastered.com, currently doesn't work, but a representative for the game has separately confirmed to PC Gamer that Deus Ex Remastered will get a PC version, too.
I'm thinking it may be a bigger deal to the console crowd anyway, though. Deus Ex is a PC classic through and through, and as such, fans have kept the original fresh themselves with mods. GOG will supply you with fan overhaul Deus Ex: Revision, for instance, and what we see in this trailer doesn't necessarily look better to me.
The official remaster will feature "new lighting, dynamic shadows, particle systems, and upscaled textures," according to a post from Aspyr on the PlayStation Blog. They've also rebuilt the character models, added lip-syncing to the dialogue, and thrown ragdolls into the mix. (Well, I'll basically never say no to ragdolls, so maybe I'm back on board.)
It's hard not to feel like this would've been an ideal job for the classic PC immersive sim fiends over at Nightdive, who did great work with System Shock 2. But I wonder if a full remake wouldn't make the most sense here: You can get the original Deus Ex for 97 cents on Steam at the moment and then mod it, so this remaster might be a tough sell.
Then again, it is a little easier to recommend a game to friends when it comes optimized for modern PCs in one package. Deus Ex Remastered is expected to release early next year: February 5, 2026.
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