Deus Ex: Human Revolution [from Eidos Montreal] may be a long ways off, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the first two games in the series right now. In fact, if you’ve never dabbled in the series before, now is the perfect time, as Steam has both Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition and its sequel Deus Ex: Invisible War on sale. Normally $9.99 each, both games have been lowered to a ridiculously low $2.50. According to Joystiq sister site Big Download, the sale is on until Thursday, so get your cheap cyber-action while it’s hot.

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We haven’t heard from Deus Ex in some time, but now that Square-Enix has acquired Eidos, maybe they’re putting the pedal to the metal for Deus Ex 3.

Or perhaps the new installment will be called "Deus Ex: Human Revolution," a title that has just been trademarked by Square-Enix in Europe. We’re assuming this is the new project; S-E is producing the cinematics for the game and will publish it as well, and hopefully, more information will come down the pike soon. Originally, Deus Ex 3 was only announced for the PC but we’re hoping it will be confirmed for consoles as well; the franchise did arrive on the Xbox and PS2 last generation in the form of Deus Ex: The Conspiracy and Deus Ex: Invisible War. This is a series that really needs to make its impact felt in this generation, and most who enjoy the blend of FPS and RPG mechanics will certainly agree. Actually, if you’ve never played any Deus Ex, you might compare it to Bioshock; both games have the depth and accomplished storylines of a role-playing adventure with the fluid, seamless first-person controls of a shooter. We can always use more titles like these, right?

Ceux qui, parmi vous, se souviennent de l’intro formidable de Thief : The Dark Project mais aussi – et surtout – de la gestion du son hallucinante (EAX à l’appui) proposée par le jeu, savent quelle importance revêt cet élément depuis le début de la série. Ceux-là seront enchantés de savoir qu’Eidos Montréal vient de nommer un responsable audio expérimenté pour Thief IV, un vétéran conscient de la lourde tâche qui lui incombe. Paul Weir, c’est son nom, a travaillé sur des séries aussi diverses que Discworld ou les jeux Lego. Et que les fans ne se chagrinent pas trop de l’absence d’Eric Brosius (qui occupait les mêmes fonctions sur les trois premiers Thief). Paul Weir a en effet déclaré : "la musique de Eric est exactement le genre de musique que j’aime". Thief IV est à ce jour prévu sur PC ainsi que sur d’autres supports non spécifiés.

Square Enix’s Tokyo developers are to work on the cinematics for Eidos Montreal’s upcoming Deus Ex sequel, the studio’s general manager Stephane D’Astous told us.

"Deus Ex 3 is going to be the first project which will be a concrete product of joint effort between Square Enix and Eidos," said D’Astous. "The cinematics—by which I mean any CGI pre-rendered cinematics — are going to be done in Tokyo by Square Enix, and that’s going to be amazing."

Explaining the background for this announcement, D’Astous said, "It was in April when Square Enix acquired us, and by June, July I was trying to think of a project we could do together. One morning I woke up and I said, we’ll, they’re known for their cinematics, so why not get them involved with those?"

Eidos-Montreal are in the early development stages for Thief 4, the developer confirmed this morning.

Last week we heard that an announcement was coming, but there’s not much grist in the news that hit today.

Eidos-Montreal, which is currently producing Deus Ex 3, has recruited the "very best core team" for Thief 4, we’re told.

"We’re in the early development stages for Thief 4, but this is an incredibly ambitious and exciting project for Eidos," said Stéphane D’Astous, General Manager at Eidos-Montréal. "While it’s too early for us to offer any specific game details, right now we are focused on recruiting the very best talent to join the core team at the studio and help us make what we believe will be one of the most exciting games on the market."

Fresh-faced development studio Eidos Montreal is currently hard at work on its inaugural project, Deus Ex 3, but that doesn’t mean it’s incapable of multitasking — according to an ad in the upcoming issue of Edge Magazine, the studio is set to reveal its second project on May 11, which just happens to be the day before GDC Canada kicks off. The project’s identity is difficult to … well, it’s unclear — yeah, it’s Thief. It’s going to be a Thief game, guys.

From Gamasutra:

A court has approved Square Enix’s takeover of U.K.-headquartered Tomb Raider house Eidos, according to an announcement today by Eidos’ board of directors.

Square Enix hopes that the acquisition of a major Western game publisher will give the Tokyo, Japan-based firm a greater foothold in Europe and North America.

The takeover is on track to become effective on April 22, when Eidos franchises such as Tomb Raider and Deus Ex will come under the same roof as Square Enix’s revered Final Fantasy series and other properties.

Kovasys Inc. an IT recruitment agency in Montreal, has been witnessing a large influx of American and foreign IT companies coming to Canada – especially Montreal – to do their technology projects. Due to the unstable economy in the US and Europe and massive layoffs, more and more companies are deciding to save money and near-shore their IT operations to a cheaper yet stable and proximate location like Montreal.

Morgan Stanley, a global financial services provider from New York City, and Eidos, a publisher of video and computer games from London, has recently decided to take advantage of the savings and settled their offices in Montreal.