Can't keep Warren Spector down. Man gets knocked off his feet, he signs with Vivendi, gets cashed up then takes a crack at those who have been hassling him these past few years:

You don't want to know how many projects I've been told to 'just go make a shooter'. I had one publisher tell me 'you're not allowed to say 'story' any more.

Ouch. Speaking vaguely about his new project, he doesn't offer much other than the fact it's a "creative deal" and that the project is top secret.

I expect and hope it'll confound people who insist on plugging games into neat genres - I want people wondering if it's an action and combat game, a stealth game or a role-playing game!

So it's exactly like Deus Ex, then. Nothing wrong with that, mind you - more Deus Ex-type games would be fab. Especially if they're made by you, Mr. Spector. Luke Plunkett

Spector: "You're not allowed to say 'story' any more" [CVG]