Eidos Montreal GM Stephane D'Astous has let Thief fans in on some of the studio's plans for Thief 4. The studio is apparently looking for that magic middle ground between giving the core fans what they want and making the series more profitable. More in the full article.

Not exactly coming in like a thief in the night, Thief 4 - err, or Thi4f, rather, if you want to go by the naming convention established by the teaser logo - is now official, notched as Eidos Montreal's not-so-mysterious second mystery game. Despite the title, this fourth installment has been rumored about of late, giving away its position before it could pounce on an unsuspecting fan base.

Things haven't quite stopped rolling down the Thief rumor mill just yet, and now another tidbit makes the news. This time, an Eidos Montreal ad is spotted in the latest issue of Edge Magazine, saying the their "second project will be revealed on May 11th. So what does this have to do with Thief? Hit the link and find out.

Eidos-Montreal is currently working on a new title in the Deus Ex series. That's no secret, but are they also developing a new Thief game? That's what some people are thinking, based purely on one little image found on the studio's website.

 

In an effort to revive the franchise that originated on the PC, 40-man strong Eidos Montreal studio will go straight to work on a new title for Deus Ex  by September as speculated by blog Le Nirvana Du Joueur. Unfortunately, this information only came from Eidos France's general manager Patrick Melchior, who spilled this revelation in an interview on MusiquePlus.

Combining elements of the age-old action and RPG in the early years of the PC, Deus Ex was one of the games that Ion Storm actually did right - in the most significant way. The original Deus Ex was succeeded by equally great Deus Ex: Invisible War, but its creator Warren Spector and Ion Storm never added a new installment to the franchise due to less than stellar sales.

After Ion Storm left and Warren Spector jumped ship to Junction Point, the feeling that Deus Ex was laid to rest finally sunk in and Eidos kept quiet about it. The last news about Deus Ex was when both titles became available on Valve's Steam. But now Melchior claims that fans of the franchise will be able to learn more about the new title in the coming months.

Apparently there were no other details spilled on the new installment, so we are unsure as to which platform the game will be targeted for. We've flagged this game on the next-generation consoles and the granddaddy PC, but this is subject to change in the coming months as more details are revealed.