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If this trailer is any indication, we should all be augmented. While it doesn't actually show any in-game footage of Human Revolution, this video does give us a glimpse into Sarif Industries and their vision of the future. There is, however, a conspicuous lack of robotic legs. We suppose paraplegics are simply too uncouth for Sarif. Kidding aside, this trailer has plenty of style and is one of the few live action game trailers we've seen, so it's worth watching at least once.

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While Deus Ex Human Revolution is still several months away from its late August release date, the viral marketing campaign for the cyberpunk themed RPG is in full swing. A fictional TV commercial for the game's fictional multi-corporation Sarif Industries has just popped up on the net.

The commercial shows the "benefits" of getting cyber implants for your body including turning you into a piano master, taking pictures with your eyes and ... playing football with your son? Somehow we don't think most people would have issues with the last part but who knows? We suspected more of these TV spots might show up before the game is released.

[Via PC Gamer]

Much like the previous Deus Ex: Human Revolution trailer, this one shows off multiple paths to the same ending. To be specific, it shows the player approaching a facility in three different ways: aggressive, stealth, and a mix of the two. There's no developer commentary, but the amount of variation is stronger thanks to the trailer showing off the entire complex instead of one specific section. In each case, the player ends up face to face with an enemy with a hostage, and it's left ambiguous what happens. Once again, the developers seem to know exactly what Deus Ex fans want!

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution is due out in August but the PC port of the next game in the acclaimed cyberpunk-themed RPG series from publisher Square Enix won't be handled by the game's primary developer at Eidos Montreal. Shacknews is reporting that the PC version is being handled by little known developer Nixxes Software from the Netherlands.

According to the story, Eidos Montreal doesn't have enough people to handle all three versions of the game at once. However Nixxes Software is no stranger to this kind of work. It also handled the PC port for other previous Square Enix games such as Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. Eidos Montreal's game director Jean-François Dugas states that the main team is still involved in the PC port, saying, "We review the builds. We review and then give comments about what works and what doesn't."

Fans of the Deus Ex sci-fi action-RPG series have been waiting patiently for the third installment Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Today retail web sites like GameStop changed their release dates for the game to show a August 23 ship date for the title. Publisher Square Enix previously announced a few months ago that the game would not make its planned first quarter 2011 release date.

While Square Enix has yet to officially announce a new specific release date this would seem to correlate with other release dates announced for Australia (August 25) and the UK (August 26). We have emailed Square Enix for an official comment.

Update: Eidos Montreal's Twitter page has now confirmed the US and UK released dates.

[Via Joystiq]

PAX East 2011 is turning out to be as big, if not bigger, than PAX Prime.

• Bethesda Softworks reveales its PAX Prime 2011 plans including a Brink party on Saturday.
• id Software is moving its offices and 250 team members from Mesquite, Texas to Richardson, Texas this spring.
• A release date for Deus Ex: Human Revolution could be revealed later this week.
• Cities in Motion has a new automatic patch available for download on Steam.
• GoG.com has lowered the price for the UK edition of The Witcher 2.
• Rumors about Grand Theft Auto 5 are hitting the interwebs.

It seems that Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a little deeper than we thought at first glance. While there's still plenty of shoting and elbow blades in this trailer, it delves more into the protagonists history than all his fancy new gadgets. During an assault on the labs at the biotech firm Adam Jensen was working for, he was severely injured and had to get cybernetics. Interestingly enough, this isn't the focus of the trailer either, but rather Adam's connection to a love interest. One who, we might add, is conspicuously absent after the shift in time frame. There's very little gameplay, but the lore this trailer gives us is certainly excellent.

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Publisher Square Enix announced its latest financial numbers for the company's nine month period that ended on December 31, 2010. Revenues came in at 98.1 billion yen for the period which was down 28 percent compared to the same period a year ago. Profits came in at 1.8 billion yen, a whopping 77 percent reduction from the same period a year ago.

The bug-filled launch of the fantasy MMO Final Fantasy XIV was perhaps a big reason for the shortfall as Square Enix has delayed taking monthly subscriptions for the game indefinitely until the development team can fix and improve the game. In 2011, Square Enix plans to release at least two PC games; the action-RPG Dungeon Siege III and the long awaited Deus Ex Human Revolution.

Our apologies for the somewhat scattered news postings today. Things should be back to normal tomorrow.

• Steam has a new automatic update for the beta of Monday Night Combat as well as Star Ruler.
• PC gamers are not happy that they won't get a demo of Bulletstorm. Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski feels their pain.
• Spoiler Alert! Playing Deus Ex Human Revolution will apparently take about 25 hours or so to complete.
• Here are more "Kinect PC drivers are in the works" rumors for you.
• Everquest II Destiny of Velious pre-orders are scheduled to begin on Tuesday.
• Four words: Paper Half-Life 2.

PC gamers love role playing games in many different forms. Some prefer the huge sprawling single player RPGs while others like the fast pace of action-RPG titles. Still others like to gather with lots of friends and players in massively multiplayer RPGs. As Big Download continues our look into 2011's most anticipated PC games we give our picks for the top 10 RPG and related MMO games that we want most to play in the the next 12 months.

There are tons of sequels to previously released RPGs on this list. One developer, BioWare, has a whopping three games on this list. That includes perhaps the most anticipated MMO game launch in the post World of Warcraft world. Check out our top 10 list in order of their planned release date, plus two games that may or may not actually make it out in 2011, after the jump. You can also go back and check out our most anticipated 2011 games in the FPS and action categories.