Eidos renamed Deus Ex: Clan Wars to Snowblind

By Kristan Reed Published 17 June, 2004

Mystery of the mooted Deus Ex action game becomes clear at last.

Eidos' briefly mentioned Deus Ex 'action game', subtitled 'Clan Wars' is the Crystal Dynamics-developed tactical shooter Snowblind, it emerged today.

The Internet rumour-mill went into overdrive a few months back when Warren Spector was linked with Crystal Dynamics, leading many to jump to the conclusion that he was involved with the next Tomb Raider title - also in development at the company.

But the more likely scenario, it seems, is that Spector was involved in the initial stages of Deus Ex: Clan Wars, the title Eidos mentioned in passing in an April financial report. Since then, according to a source close to the developer, Eidos changed the project's name to Snowblind in time for E3, where it premiered the game for the first time.

The lead character of Snowblind features a high tech special-ops commando, tooled up with various bio-mod super powers and improbable weapons. In a setting not a million miles away from Deus Ex, he fights Cyborgs and robots in an urban wasteland - a crumbled version of China, in fact.

The promising sounding game is coming out on PS2 and Xbox, features 11 sprawling missions with an all-new physics-based engine, with the player tasked with leading a squad of AI commandos into battle, while also looking after them. On top of that expect futuristic offensive and defensive weapons, vehicles aplenty and even Mechs. Oh, and not forgetting online multiplayer combat for up to 16 players over 16 maps.

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About Kristan Reed

Kristan is a former editor of Eurogamer, dad, Stone Roses bore and Norwich City supporter who sometimes mutters optimistically about Team Silent getting back together.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 8 years ago

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  • Thamuhacha #1 8 years ago

    So, Starcraft Ghost then. But with an even sillier name?

    Don't get me wrong ... both could be good. Or not. Let's wait and see.

    However, there seems to be an "all our eggs in one basket" strategy to Eidos at the moment. A dynamic basket, made of crystal.

    Where's Mike D? :-)

    Edit: Oooh. First. Ha.
    Edited by 1 at 17/06/04 @ 14:45

  • RedboX #2 8 years ago

    no motorbikes?

  • MikeD #3 8 years ago

    I'm here AND could have made first post :-)

    But I didn't really have anything to say about it. Well, maybe that I'd rather have seen a blood omen 3, and that the whole bandwagon jumping on console online games is going a bit far, and seems slightly chanceless if they have to compete with Halo 2. But this can still be a good game.

    (oh and of course glad that the deus ex name was removed, because it wouldn't have been a deus ex game really. No matter how good it turns out to be).

  • Tiger_Walts #4 8 years ago

    Sounds like a better pitch than DE:IW was!

  • Armitage Tubbs #5 8 years ago


    It's a FPS. It's shiny and it's got lasers. It doesn't really look like anything you'd expect from the Deus Ex universe.

    It's going to take something special to make it stand out from the console FPSers due for releases. Don't know what, mind. I don't understand why Eidos are trying to jump onto any trends going (Get on Da Mic being a Singstar variation, Crash N' Burn being a Destruction Derby variation etc...)

  • Syrette #6 8 years ago

    only 11 missions? thats not going to be enough.

  • Blerk #7 8 years ago

    What if those missions last three hours each?

  • pjmaybe #8 8 years ago

    Have you seen the Snowblind coverage in OXBM this month? I'm surprised they renamed it. It looks bloody awful and the only way they'll sell it is to trade it off an already existing franchise.

    Peej