Terwijl Ion Storm Austin druk bezig is met het maken van Deus Ex 2 heeft MODmaker Mark Welch samen met zijn team de eerste beta van Deus Ex Co-op vrijgegeven.

Deze MOD is verder gebouwd op de multiplayer-patch die Ion Storm enkele maanden na de release van Deus Ex vrijgaf. Want al mocht de deathmatch van het spel een leuke extra zijn, de meeste fans vroegen zich af hoe spectaculair het spel zou worden in co-op mode.

HomeLAN had een interview met projectleider van DE Co-OP: Mark Welch.HomeLAN - The folks at Ion Storm Austin later released a multiplayer patch for Deus Ex. What did you think of that modification? Mark Welch - It was a smart move - the gaming pre slated it because they say the standard DXMP is not very good, and was just Ion Storm Austin jumping on the multiplayer bandwagon. As someone who was in the DX mod community before the patch, I can say the reason they released it was because the mod teams wanted MP, and we were willing to do it by ourselves if we had to. Ion Storm were kind enough (or ha led enough ;) ) to do the basics for the community so we all had a common starting point for our MP ideas. The actual Deathmatch game was very much a basic test-bed to show that DXMP worked, and now the mod teams are picking up where they left off and taking it further. The fact that the original DXMP still has a cult following online is a bonus. Het volledige (helaas weinig onthullende interview) is te lezen op HomeLAN. Mocht je de co-op beta willen downloaden dan surf je best naar de officiele site.