Currently in development, RedSun2020 promises new characters, story changes and will be set in Japan. Take a look at those screenshots. I have no idea when we can expect to see this released, but I'm ready to download it now.

Congrats to both Chris and the team!

Good luck to them, the mod looks very promising!

"But the excitement is only a passing thing. That intangible Idea must be actualized and made palpable: levels, weapons, fiction, et cetera all must be conceptualized and implemented. Dear me, this is more than we had bargained for! Progress slows down as the team loses motivation, which leads to discouragement, and even less progress, more discouragement, and less motivation. Eventually, progress is at a standstill, and there is an indefinite period of stagnation, until someone is merciful enough to quietly kill the project."

A traditional computer game can take anything up to four years to create and that's with a large team who are being paid to work day in, day out on the project. Most mod teams are handful of people who are devoting what little spare time they have to creating something for everyone to enjoy. We here at Vampire could quite easily pump out a half-assed mod as others have done before (no names) but that would defeat the purpose. What we want to create a piece of excellent, high quality work that people will enjoy playing...

Despot, perhaps next time you should conduct a little more research before writing editorials that could easily damage an already endangered community. You can't possibly understand the time and effort it takes to create a professional quality mod unless you head up/co-lead a large mod yourself... you should know better than to slander the community on the way you have. As the webbie for PDX we except a little more decorum from you.

Actually, the intent was more along the lines of a kick in the a$$. In addition, I fail to see how what I said would cause discouragement...what is there to indicate that I consider what effort has been put forth to be meaningless? Did I not praise several Mods for their talent and/or ingenuity?

I have hereby executed the mod. Due to lack of members, time and (on my part) enthusiasm, DX Tempus is hereby dead. I don't regret beginning the mod, 'cause I learned a lot on the way, and made a few friends. It was going quite well, but I realised that I was not ready to spend all my time on the mod, and that was needed. The four of us cannot make a mod alone! Goodbye, it's been fun and useful. Jonas

Congrats guys and good luck!

On the plus side the guys have a new music man and a new skinner on board, they also have a whole bunch of new content ready to be released in the future and say that work is still progressing well. There wont be much news just yet though and KGB finishes the update with: "We will take our work back underground to stop it from falling into the wrong hands."

Jonric: In terms of what's actually in the game, is there anything with which you're not completely satisfied? And conversely, are there parts of the game that actually turned out better than you had expected?

Warren Spector: I personally was disappointed that, for all the work we did to offer alternatives to combat, the game ended up being very, very combat-intensive for most people - I wish our stealth model had been a bit more robust, for one thing and for all our character interaction, most people seem to have played the game like a straightforward shooter. That was not our intent! But, I'll tell you, one of the biggest challenges for the future is to find ways to make non-combat interactions as compelling as combat ones - that's way easier said than done in a real-time 3D environment!

Did anything go better than expected? I'd have to say the conversations were far richer and more compelling than I expected them to be - Sheldon Pacotti and the other writers, Austin Grossman and Chris Todd, just did an excellent, excellent job.

Show them your support and add your thoughts about the mod's story so far.

Looks good, keep it up guys!

First they put up some nice concept material (both artwork and fiction) for The Police in the world of Preachers. Then there is also an update to their Making of a Map feature which contains a screenshot of a very impressive looking building from the mod! Check it out and see for yourself!

In addition the team now has their own IRC channel. So if you want to chat with the team and have any questions or suggestions related to the mod, you can find them in #Warzone on the irc.enterthegame.com server.

But wait, theres more. The story and gameplay mechanics have been scrapped and in its place we are developing an advanced RPG in the vein of Deus Ex and System Shock. Your actions actually affect you and the world around you. You can be a force for good or you can be a force for evil. It is your hands as you play on in the game.

Voodoo Extreme's ASK column is now ready to go for Thief 3 AI programmer Paul Tozour. You can ask him any kind of tech question you want, just no Thief 3 or UW Engine specifics. Gotcha? Right. ;) So get over to that news post and make yourself busy. Ask some good ones for us!

Musician also gives word of a new forum he will be putting up on the site sometime in the next few days.

In more regular news the guys have released a new concept model of a Baseball Bat and announced that updates will be a little slower as they concentrate on the mapping in Unreal ED.

Many things are changing around here. First of all we may be getting another concept artist. And secondly, more relevant to the Deus Ex Community, we are moving on to another engine. This may be Deus Ex 2 but most likely it won't. There is even a chance that we might license technology.

But wait, theres more. The story and gameplay mechanics have been scrapped and in its place we are developing an advanced RPG in the vein of Deus Ex and System Shock. Your actions actually affect you and the world around you. You can be a force for good or you can be a force for evil. It is your hands as you play on in the game.

Many concepts and features are being developed even as you read this. When we are done, Delusive will be almost an entirely different mod... a much deeper mod.

You can find the map in the files section of his site.

I started work at Looking Glass after graduating from college, and was primarily responsible for the physics and sound propagation systems for the Dark Engine, used in Thief, Thief 2, and System Shock 2. I then did a particle system for Jane's Attack Squadron and worked on the multiplayer patch for Shock 2. During the last year of LG, I was on the team working on the engine for our next-gen games, mostly doing editor and physics work.

After LG closed, I moved to Austin and began work as Lead Programmer for Deus Ex 2. I'm mostly responsible for architechtural issues and knowing a little about everything and how it fits together.

Questions in virtually all areas are welcome, including technical questions and questions on design (particularly immersive sim design), as well as questions on how to build software for good game development.

This is the location of Harvey Smith's lecture on the Future of Game Design: Moving Beyond Deus Ex and Other Dated Paradigms. I read the whole thing. it's a real page turner. :) While it doesn't say anything specific about T3 or DX2, it does give you a pretty good idea of what's on the mind of DX2's lead, and what his idea of good game design is. I think it's a good indication that we're in great hands - but then, we already knew that, didn't we? :)

-Dan

Speaking of screenshots; More Deus Ex PS2 shots can be found over on Games Radar. Enjoy!

- First up is a bit of bad news over at Counterfeit. Mappers KaMiKaZe and BiV have both quit the team for reasons not stated. While this is bound to slow down work on the mod quite dramatically, KGB assures us that this is definitely not an end to the project.

- As usual the Klystron Project site has had several updates. The information section was updated with more of the mod's background story, while a new animation for the 2000 Glock 20C joins the preview section and last but not least a new poll asks you what you think of the mod's story so far - So let the guys know your opinion!

- Redsun 2020 is now being hosted over on PDX. To celebrate this move the team have updated their site with 20 great looking screenshots. Check them out!

- SchizoSlayer over at the Preachers mod has put up concept artwork for the map he is currently working on, along with some progress shots to compare with the art. Find the goodness here!

- Jonas has updated the Tempus site with an apology for lack of recent updates. Having lost their concept artist, Jonas will now be working on the art himself. The good news is that their medieval map is now about 57% complete and pictures will be coming soon.

Good luck to them.

The man walked. The man walked through rain, snow, sleet, and hail. He walked through temperatures upwards of one hundred and forty degrees, and below negative ninety degrees. He walked through plague, corruption, suffering, and apathy. He walked through all of this, but he walked through with honor. He walked with courage, bravery, righteousness, conscience, clarity, justice, and wisdom. The man walked into his fate without fear.

You'll get the same feeling from this info bit written by Warren Spector about Thief 3 (er, I mean Deus Ex PS2 ... hehe). Games are games, console or PC, and Deus Ex is a game either way. :) Thanks Warren, and Godspeed!