Eidos Montréal today announced their new homemade "Dawn Engine", the new game engine that will form the foundation when developing upcoming games in the Deus Ex franchise.
"Dawn Engine" is based on a largely modified version of the Glacier 2 Engine from Danish studio IO Interactive, and it offers better rendering, real-time-physics and advanced AI programming.
They also published a single screenshot which could very well be the first image taken from the upcoming - but yet to be officially announced - Deus Ex for PS4, Xbox One and PC.
In the post where they announced the engine, they also discussed the Deus Ex franchise. Among other things they assured gamers that the "Universe" projects connected to the franchise were not actually a Deus Ex MMO. This is what they had to say:
As you can imagine, the Dawn Engine will form the cornerstone for all Deus Ex Universe projects at Eidos-Montréal. Some of you have had concerns that "Universe" meant "MMO". Rest assured, it does not.
Deus Ex Universe is the name we are giving to the fictional world and the rich lore we are creating for it, which will of course include core games, as well as any other projects that will help bring the world of Deus Ex to life. We won't go into too much detail for now, but what we envision is for our projects to have meaningful ties to one another, in order for them to strengthen and deepen your experience within this Universe.
So, a post with a new screen for the new "Dawn Engine", at the same time as a bit of chatter about the Deus Ex franchise. Take a look at the picture below and make of it what you will.