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• Chatting immersive sims, Underworld Ascendant, and communicating options with Warren Spector and Otherside Entertainment

  When Warren Spector was creating the original Deus Ex, Arkane’s studio head Harvey Smith – who was a lead designer on Deus Ex at Ion Storm at the time – had to convince Spector to cut large portions from his vision.

  2 years ago

• Citadel Station will take a “very different form” in System Shock 3

  We recently got a chance to chat with Otherside Entertainment about Underworld Ascendant, a new RPG dungeon crawler releasing this week.

  2 years ago

• Some details on Warren Spector's first-person Command and Conquer RPG

  At one point, Deus Ex creator Warren Spector was going to make an RPG set in the Command and Conquer universe.

  2 years ago

• Warren Spector would make another Deus Ex in a heartbeat - "I screamed in frustration throughout much of Human Revolution"

  Warren Spector is one of the minds behind the immersive sim genre – a collection of games that value simulated worlds, consistent rules, and the first-person perspective over all else.

  2 years ago

• Underworld Ascendant's trailer takes us to some deep, dark places

  Underworld Ascendant’s Stygian Abyss is looking better than ever.

  3 years ago

• Warren Spector to lead the team developing System Shock 3

  System Shock 3 developer OtherSide Entertainment has announced Warren Spector is joining the team.

  5 years ago

• Deus Ex & Epic Mickey designer calls out Uncharted and Heavy Rain for being more movies than games

  According to one veteran designer, games like Uncharted, Telltale’s The Walking Dead, and Heavy Rain are all not doing what video game stories should do; collaborative storytelling.

  5 years ago

• Deus Ex: take a look at original game 15 years later in this Let's Play video

  The creators of the original Deus Ex title have decided to take a trip down memory lane and give the game a go 15 years after release.

  6 years ago

• Warren Spector feels VR gaming is a fad, but "bring on" Augmented Reality

  Warren Spector has said he’s consistent in the belief that VR is a fad for consumers other than some hardcore gamers.

  6 years ago

• Spector puts down rumours of troubled Epic Mickey development

  Epic Mickey seemed like a surprising follow-up project from the man who made Deus Ex, but Warren Spector has put down rumours of a difficult relationship with Disney.

  6 years ago

• Half-life episode from Junction Point would have featured a magnet gun

  Half-life seems to be on near permanent hold, but at least we can glean some insight into what might once have been.

  6 years ago

• Deus Ex 3 was in development at some point - plot and development details

  Deus Ex 3 was in development at one point after Invisible War came out, and before Human Revolution was even a thing.

  6 years ago

• Tomb Raider, Dishonored & Warren Spector to lead BAF Game 2013

  Tomb Raider & Dishonored and an appearance from Warren Spector will lead BAF Game 2013, an event that celebrates the artistry of videogames as part of the Bradford Animation Festival in November.

  7 years ago

• Junction Point worked on some "Half-Life stuff" at some point

  In the book “Gamers at Work: Stories Behind the Games People Play” which was released in 2012, Junction Point’s Warren Spector states that at one point before Disney bought the firm, it was “working on some Half-Life stuff.

  8 years ago

• Next-gen systems as entertainment devices is "a perilous idea," - Spector

  Warren Spector feels the idea of next-gen systems being entertainment devices rather than gaming consoles is “a perilous idea.”

  8 years ago

• Warren Spector wants to make small, detailed worlds

  Deus Ex creator Warren Spector would rather make a game world “an inch wide and a mile deep” than “a mile wide and an inch deep”.

  8 years ago

• Warren Spector and Blizzard COO to create gaming academic academy

  Warren Spector and Blizzard COO Paul Sams are collaborating with The University of Texas at Austin to found the school’s first academic video game program led by industry veterans. The Denius-Sams Gaming Academy will open its doors Fall 2014.

  8 years ago

• Spector: journalists and players may be "just mediocre" at assessing success

  In a lengthy musing on how we should measure success, Deus Ex and Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector has cast aspersions on the ability of critics and gamers to judge whether games are any good or not.

  8 years ago

• Wolfenstein: The New Order - Warren Spector apologizes over comments

  Bethesda has released the debut video for Wolfenstein: The New Order to the masses, now that the exclusivity period has ended on it. Get it below. Meanwhile, Warren Spector has apologized to fans over comments he made regarding the game yesterday.

  8 years ago