Deus Ex: Human Revolution DLC To Feature New Boss Battle

And no, this one won’t be outsourced.

When it hit the internet earlier this week that the boss fights in Deus Ex: Human Revolution were not created by developer Edios Monetreal but rather by virtually unknown studio Grip Entertainment, gamers cried afoul. The boss battles were already noted in reviews as a weak point in the title, and as a result this uncovering wasn’t exactly surprising, but it did send shockwaves of anger throughout the gaming community.

That is likely why in the upcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution DLC titled ‘Missing Link’– a five hour package that will have protagonist Adam Jensen stripped of his augmentations while stranded on a boat– Edios Montreal has guaranteed that they will create an in-house boss battle created specifically for the package.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Eidos Montreal production coordinator Marc-Andre Dufort assured gamers that the boss battle in ‘Missing Link’ will be “different,” and assured that it will be created in-house.

This is definitely a good way for Edios Montreal to save some face, although if you really think about it, this case does beg a larger question: How much in-game content is outsourced by developers, and if so, to what end?

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