User:RMCD bot/subject notice(This article is about the 2000 video game. For the series, see Deus Ex (series). For other uses, see Deus ex machina (disambiguation).) Deus Ex ([ˈde.ʊs ɛks] ) is a 2000 action role-playing video game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive. Set in a cyberpunk-themed dystopian world in the year 2052, the story follows JC Denton, an anti-terrorist agent given superhuman abilities by nanotechnology, as he sets out to combat hostile forces in a world ravaged by inequality and a deadly plague. His missions entangle him in a conspiracy that brings him into conflict with the Triad, Majestic 12, and the Illuminati.