Deus Ex: Insurrection

Deus Ex: Insurrection was a proposed third game for the Deus Ex series following Deus Ex: Invisible War. The game was in preproduction at Ion Storm before the release of Invisible War, but was cancelled in 2004 when Warren Spector left the studio. The game was proposed to be a prequel to the original Deus Ex, and would have featured Blake Denton, father of Paul and JC Denton, as the protagonist.

Development history
Development of Deus Ex: Insurrection was led by Art Min. A design document dated November 2003 details several early plot concepts under the working name Deus Ex 3. By February 2004, a revised plot concept was included as part of a game proposal under the title Deus Ex: Insurrection (in other documents, the proposed game was also known by the name "Deus Ex 3: Insurrection" ). According to the game proposal, preproduction for Insurrection began January 2004, and the intended RTM (release to manufacturing) date at the time was September 1, 2005.

The game was later cancelled because Warren Spector left Ion Storm (Spector left Ion Storm in late 2004 ). Art Min also departed from Ion Storm shortly afterwards. Deus Ex: Insurrection was never publicly announced, and was generally unknown to the public until it was revealed in a November 2014 Eurogamer article.

While the project was cancelled, development of the third game of the series continued under a separate project, also known as Deus Ex 3, until Ion Storm was shut down in 2005. Two years later, in 2007, Eidos Montréal announced its own "Deus Ex 3" project, which eventually became Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Plot concept

 * This section describes the contents of the February 2004 proposal for Deus Ex: Insurrection. For the earlier, November 2003 plot concepts, please see the article on Deus Ex: Insurrection early plot concepts.

Setting
In the year 2026, the United States is sinking into bankruptcy while "patriots" and globalists are vying for power. Other superpowers, namely Russia, China, the European Union, and Africa, have emerged and are placing pressure on the U.S.

Story
The player is Blake Denton, a Delta Force commando who will one day be the father of Paul and JC Denton. Blake is the sole survivor of a mysterious explosion in Colombia that left his body exposed to a nanotechnological germ of uncertain origins. Blake is then recruited by CIA and is tasked with recovering extraterrestrial debris from the explosion site.

The Americans' attempt to seize the debris, which has been captured by Chinese forces, escalates into war between the U.S. and China in Latin America. Additional debris streaks through the earth's atmosphere, landing in Russia, Africa, and the EU and resulting in a scramble to secure the technological artifacts. As a result, Blake must infiltrate many locations, including the impact sites, to gradually piece together the mystery.

Behind the scenes, the Illuminati has been playing the world's powers for its own gain. However, the young Illuminatus Bob Page intends to expose the entire organization in order to neutralize the Council of Five, and to bring Majestic 12 to power. Page has infected Blake's fiancé, who is carrying a clone of Blake (Paul Denton) in her womb, as well as most world leaders with an early version of the Gray Death virus, which only he can cure.

During the game, the Blake has the option of siding with either the U.S. patriots or the EU globalists. If the player sides with the patriots, UNATCO becomes an arm of the U.S. military; otherwise, it becomes an international coalition as seen in Deus Ex. Blake must also choose between empowering Page or neutralizing him. According to the game concept proposal, the game would include four possible endgames, including one that would mesh perfectly with the world of Deus Ex and lead directly to the events of that game.