Developer-publisher Eidos has revealed that its new studio in Montreal, Québec, first announced earlier this year, has opened its doors to the public, and the company is inaugurating the facility with the announcement of its first project: a third installment of the futuristic first person-shooter/RPG Deus Ex.
"We’re pretty much on track on our business plan if not ahead," D'Astous said. "Right now we're almost 80 people. Our business plan is over three years – we have three phases of expansion. The ultimate goal is, by 2009 we should be 350 people."
According to D'Astous, Eidos Montreal currently has two groups -- a Q&A group that is responsible for testing all of the developer's games from anywhere in the world, and an in-house development team that D'Astous says has just passed proof of concept for Deus Ex 3.
"This game was very highly rated at its release in 2000, and we have this great huge mandate to do the third one, and everybody is very excited," added D'Astous.
So how many developers will be working on the game? According to D'Astous, teams will stay small and dev cycles will be lengthier. He stressed, "We’re only working on AAA, major titles. We’re going to be developing only major AAA games, using only next-gen technology."
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简译：
Eidos 蒙特利尔工作室日前正式启动运作。目前员工80人左右，计划2009年达到350人规模。目前公司内部分为两部分。一支负责全球QA的小组和一只内部研发团队。研发团队日前刚刚通过Deus Ex 3的概念验证，开发已启动。（平台、新特性及发售日未知）工作室总经理Stéphane D’Astous表示蒙特利尔分部将用次世代技术开发AAA级别的大作。
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Deux Ex 《突出重围》系列是业界最早融合FPS与RPG元素的科幻题材射击作品，由著名的Ion Storm开发。
