Having recently secured the development rights to Thief 4 (okay 'Thi4f') Eidos Montreal is now actually making noises about a possible release date for Deus Ex 3.

The studio secured the work for DEx3 back in 2007, and as studio general manager Stephane D'Astous tells a local journal, "It's going to be our first project. There's a lot of expectations, very high expectations. Good pressure, as I call it, and the team is working hard. We'll be announcing that type of (release date) information maybe later in the year."

As for Thi4f, the news is even more vague, ""These games are so dense, so huge in their content, it's very very premature at this point to announce even a vague seasonal window for its launch", says D'Astous to The Daily Gleaner.

More solid is the fact that - recession or no recession - the studio is actually taking on new staff. Things are looking good since the Eidos/Squenix marriage.