Deus Ex 'Missing Link' DLC gets a trailer, more details

by Richard Mitchell on Sep 8th 2011 12:50PM

Square Enix has shed some more light on Adam Jensen's retroactively mysterious disappearance covered in the upcoming "The Missing Link" downloadable content for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. As previously revealed, the DLC fills in a three-day chunk of Deus Ex, during which Jensen loses the use of his cybernetic augmentations.

We assumed the DLC would include new characters and story, but today Square officially revealed a much more interesting tidbit: The ability to "rebuild Adam's augmentation set." In other words, players will be able to reapply those wasted Praxis points on more useful augmentations. We're guessing Jensen is still stuck with his most useless augmentation, however, that being his permanent sunglasses.

"The Missing Link" will arrive next month.

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SQUARE ENIX ANNOUNCES DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION
THE MISSING LINK DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT
The Missing Link Available in October 2011

LOS ANGELES (September 8, 2011) – Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in the Americas, today announces DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION™- The Missing Link downloadable content (DLC), which will be available in October 2011 for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC platforms via Steam®, OnLive® and other participating online retailers.

The DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION conspiracy grows deeper in The Missing Link. During lead character Adam Jensen's quest for the truth in DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION, he mysteriously vanishes for three days. Where was he? What did he find out? The Missing Link reveals it all.

"We are very excited for DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION fans to be able to further develop Adam's journey in the game with The Missing Link DLC," said David Anfossi, producer of DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION at Eidos-Montreal. "Gamers will be able to experience a vulnerable side of Adam like never before, which gives the overall game a whole new dimension. The Missing Link propels players into compelling gameplay, beginning with Adam being temporarily stripped of his use of augmentations; new, visually stunning environments; and the continuation of DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION's conspiracy-rich story."

After being tortured by Belltower agents and having his augmentations disabled, Adam Jensen must rely solely on his basic capabilities to escape from a freighter, destined for an unknown location. While fighting for his survival on the ship, he uncovers another layer to the conspiracy that he never would have suspected. As Adam, gamers will befriend new, mysterious allies and fight ruthless enemies to discover what was happening in the shadows during the events of DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION!

FEATURES:
· New layers of conspiracy unveiled

· Sprawling new environments

· Brand-new characters

· Rebuild Adam's augmentation set

The critically acclaimed DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION offers players multiple and vastly different ways to play. Challenging the foundations of gaming, this video game provides an immersive experience where every choice has a lasting consequence. DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION weaves a deeply emotive and captivating story, taking place in the year 2027 – a time of great innovation in neuroprosthetics, but also a time of chaos, conspiracy and a new social divide. Gamers play as Adam Jensen, a man cybernetically augmented against his own choice, who finds himself in the middle of a mysterious, global plot to which he holds the key.

For more information about DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION – The Missing Link visit www.deusex.com/themissinglink and join the human revolution at: http://www.facebook.com/DeusEx. DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION is rated M (Mature). Please visit the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) website at www.esrb.org for more information about ratings.

About Square Enix, Inc.
Square Enix, Inc. develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX®, EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content throughout the Americas as part of the Square Enix Group. The Square Enix Group operates a global network of leading development studios and boasts a valuable portfolio of intellectual property, including: FINAL FANTASY®, which has sold over 100 million units worldwide; DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold over 58 million units worldwide; TOMB RAIDER®, which has sold over 35 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix, Inc. is a U.S.-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.

More information on Square Enix, Inc. can be found at http://www.square-enix.com/na/.

DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION © 2011 SQUARE ENIX, LTD. DEUS EX, DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION. DRAGON QUEST, EIDOS, FINAL FANTASY, SPACE INVADERS, SQUARE ENIX, the SQUARE ENIX logo, TAITO and TOMB RAIDER are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Square Enix Group. "PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. STEAM is a registered trademark of Valve Corporation. OnLive is a registered trademark of OnLive, Inc.

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Reader Comments (33)

Ok uhh... disappearance? I haven't finished the game yet, is that a spoiler right on the front page? Please tell me it isn't.

@bm111 It's not a spoiler for the main game. It's just that the DLC is about.

@bm111
It's not really portrayed as a "disappearance" in the main game, the screen just cuts to black and continues with "A few days later..."
I assumed he was in stasis or something, apparantly not.

@bm111 It's not really a spoiler, and that part the DLC fills has been largely incosequential for the story so far. Besides, they don't say how Jensen ends up like that.

And the glasses are not useless. They give him the augmented reality stuff we see as the in-game HUD.

@Joey Ravn Doesn't he have cybernetic eyeballs and neural augmentations? Where does it say that the HUD is projected on his "sunglasses," and the imagery isn't just inserted into the optical data stream between his eyes and his brain?

@bm111

This DLC still makes no sense to me.

Is this supposed to be explaining the time he's being transported in a stasis pod for three days?

If so why was that needing explanation? He's in transport. He's asleep and in stasis. He's hiding in a pod.

No mystery there.

@End User

If anything, the cyber-shades are there to draw some sort of visual parity between Adam Jensen and JC Denton (who also sported shades day and night).

It's pretty silly how they show that Jensen's shades are capable of retracting, but never put that feature to use.

For more on the matter, I'll direct you to an expert in the field: Corey Hart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LTL8KgKv8

The sunglasses are more of a reference to the original Deus Ex than anything else, which in turn was a reference to characters seen in the likes of the Matrix (the glasses, trench coat, attitude, etc).

That look soon become a stereotype for practically all characters designed to look "badass".

Jensen's glasses also retract in-game (not in cinematic cutscenes) in the last area when you finally catch up with Reed.

The video's link is missing... ha ha... ha....

@Fugaku

Yeah I definitely can't see the video either

This looks awesome, can't flipping wait. :D

the video link says "unsupported video format" while i am on my android phone trying to see the video through the joystiq android app...uhhh......

@CNOLA85
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzE4ILFgHzo&NR=1

Video not available. Did they take it down or something? I'm using my laptop.

Is that martin sheen doing that guys voice?

@Doctalen
No, but Sheen is in Mass Effect 2.

His "useless" sunglasses are what gives him the HUD and everything else we see in the game. The radar, the energy readings, the calls, some menus...

So I wouldn't call them useless. If he uses sunglasses at night, it's because his vision is augmented.

His vision is augmented, he doesn't need the sunglasses.

It was the same with the original Deus Ex. The sunglasses were never some source of his "power", they were merely for aesthetics. Jensen's eyes are clearly augmented, this is shown in a cinematic cutscene showing him being "reborn", as such. There's also eBooks (as the creators call them) that specify what parts of him were augmented, his eyes were one of them.

The glasses do not see walls, they do not display information on ranged targets or show how long until an enemy is off an alerted status. His eyes do this. Just like Paul and JC's eyes did.

The glasses are both a reference to the style of the first game, and the style of movies such as The Matrix series. Nobody needs the glasses, they just want to look badass.

Don't dis the sunglasses, that's a nod to the original DX!

Totally unrelated to the DLC but..... did anyone else notice that the voice actor changed during the game when you are trying to access the Police station early on? Its only for one line when you are trying to convince the whining ex cop behind a desk.....

Btw....game of the year contender for me and a defo buy for the DLC :)

@bwiancohen
Are you sure the voice actor changed and not just his voice?

There's no credit acknowledgement for two voice actors for Adam Jensen, and I highly doubt Eidos Montreal or Square Enix would bother to pay someone to speak one line of a character only to go back to the original actor again.

Should be fun , i'll be doing a second playthrough of this so..Maybe they'll have it so you can go right into the DLC as your playing .. I need to unlock all the endings .. I only unlocked the explosion and the ending for Darrows which I must say was amazing :c

@ChainSmoker

I've beaten the game, but even vague spoilers are unappreciated dude. That said, SPOILERS:

If you save right before the end you can just run through all the endings and get the trophy/achievement.

Wait, the 3 days on his way to Shanghai? Asleep in the pod? What?

@FunguyThefun
Your not missing much.
Seems like its nostalgia like MGS is.

Seriously dont get why people are freaking out about this game, Currently at the Harvesters Car park level.

Why do peoPle think if something is posted here, it would be spoiler? Anyway, story in DLC is that Jensen disappeared three days, and terribly acumentation is dismembered. He caught in ship. So he must get out of that ship, back to sarif industries to get augmentation back. Story is very simple.

The DLC seems less about the overall storyline and more about character development.

If the DLC is set in the location most people think it is, then it's not exactly needed for story continuity, because it can be simply argued that the pod hid his GPL tracking frequency, possibly so nobody knew he was coming.

The DLC isn't necessary for the overall storyline but character development isn't necessarily a bad thing.

DLC already.. what the hell! but im not surprised, im just going to have to wait a few years for them to come out with game of the year edition so i can buy the game and all DLCs for a cheaper price

DLC. This seems to be a side story that has nothing to do with the main story (which is why it wasn't in the game) and it sounds like Adam fails and feels bad about so it makes sense not to mention this to Pritchard when he wakes up.

@KingParappa Pretty sure when he says he fails in the trailer he is referring to the opening of the game before he gets his augments. That said, I am not discounting that he fails at something in the DLC as there is very little known about it right now.

I just.. let me buy this..I will pay you whatever you want.

The glasses are for protection during combat, according to the game creators. It is also a possibility that they were added to correlate DX1 with DX:HR, but I really don't think so. If that were the case they would have just put regular glasses on him, not visors embedded in his eyes. Also, they are suppose to only come out when fighting, but to do that in game would be a huge hassle. Just constantly retracting and covering every time there was a hint of danger.

@McPo You must not be a fan of RPGs then. Or to paraphrase a tired meme "Your playing it wrong."

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