Deus Ex: Mankind Divided delayed to mid-2016

Grab your tissues, people, as Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has been delayed.

Eidos Montreal has announced that the highly-anticipated follow-up to Deus Ex: Human Revolution, originally scheduled to release in February, 2016, will now arrive in August, 2016.

The six month delay is so the studio has time to fine-tune the game in order to not only meet, but exceed expectations of hungry fans.

“As you may have already seen by reading and watching the many previews for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, our aim is for it to be a worthy successor to Human Revolution, and to improve upon that game in every way possible,” studio head David Anfossi said. “I know that expectations are extremely high, and we not only want to meet those expectations, but exceed them.

“We’re confident and proud of the game so far. However, as we are now playing through the game in full we can see that it will require more time in post-production for tuning, iterations, and refinement to meet our high standards. In order to achieve this, we need to move the release of the game to August 23rd, 2016.”

Rossi then apologised to fans, and called for them to be “patient with us a little longer, and thanks as always for your passion and support – through thick and thin. It’s a huge responsibility to work on Deus Ex Mankind Divided – we know, but also a huge privilege. We’re determined to deliver the best game we can.”