"We did the boss battles" announces the president of G.R.I.P. proudly in the Deus Ex: Human Revolution behind the scenes video above. The footage, highlighted by Gameranx, reveals that Human Revolution's awful boss encounters weren't made by Eidos Montreal, but instead outsourced to a different company headed by a chap who admits "I'm a shooter guy, coming into this not knowing a lot about the Deus Ex world." The video gives a pretty good indication as to why Human Revolution's boss battles were such a horrible flop.

Thankfully, almost everything else was fantastic. Discover what we thought of Deus Ex: Human Revolution in our Deus Ex: Human Revolution review.

It really sucks when vital items drop through a solid table and disappear from reality, which is why the first major patch for Deus Ex: Human Revolution is good news for Adam Jensen. "The TYM medical card should no longer fall through the table if an NPC's body comes into contact with the card," reads an entry in the new patch notes spotted on DSO gaming. The patch will be applied automatically when you restart Steam.

Also, if your Adam Jensen has been jumping around the map like a staccato assassin then you'll be pleased to hear that the new patch that aims to fix the stuttering associated with certain video card shader problems. A windowed mode has been added and "intro logos can now be skipped on all but the first run of the game." Yes! Read the full notes below.

Fixes:

We have addressed various issues that can occur for players that would result in 'stuttering'.

Stutters that are the result of graphics driver shader processing are now removed or significantly reduced.
Stutters that are the result of data streaming have been removed or significantly reduced.
Performance has been improved and made more stable on dual-core systems. This could previously also result in stuttering.

Fixed issue where some players couldn't complete the Motherly Ties side quest.
Fixed an issue where doors in Omega Ranch sometimes wouldn't open.
The TYM medical card should no longer fall through the table if an NPC's body comes into contact with the card. Players already stuck in this area will need to revert to a previous save before the card fell through.
Occasional hangs for some players during video-playback have been fixed.
A crash on startup when running DX11 on a single-core CPU has been fixed.
An issue causing Eyefinity setups to not be correctly detected for some players has been fixed.
Fixed an issue where the HUD would get permanently disabled for some players.
Fixed certain issues that caused the mouse cursor to be able to leave the game-screen on multi-monitor setups.
Fixed an issue that caused the mouse cursor to not be visible in-game when the user has mouse trails enabled in Windows. We still recommend disabling mouse trails for a smoother in-game mouse cursor.
Fixed issue where ammo count for collected guns is incorrect when Adams weapon is augmented.
In DX9 mode:

Fixed error message for some users when trying to use FXAA Medium or FXAA Low anti aliasing modes.
Fixed shadow-mapping 'lines' on some graphics hardware when using anisotropic filtering.

 
Feature Additions:

The Enter and Numpad-Enter keys can now be bound to game actions in the keyboard control menu.
Intro logos can now be skipped on all but the first run of the game.
Added windowed mode.
Selectable in the menu, and can be toggled between windowed, fullscreen, and fullscreen windowed using ALT-ENTER.
Added an option to change the text language of the game. This setting only changes the text language, the audio is controlled by the language option in Steam.

 

 
A Q&A session on the Eidos Montreal tumblr has turned up a few new details about the upcoming Missing Link DLC for Deus Ex Human Revolution. The new missions will be accessible through a separate shortcut on the main menu, meaning you'll be able to play it whenever you like. You won't have to revisit an earlier save to revisit the point in the story at which the missions take place.

The Missing Link follows Adam's attempt to escape from the Belltower organisation. Kidnapped, augs disabled and shirt stolen, he has to fight his way off the ship he's imprisoned on. The premise is designed to wipe Adam's skill sheet clean, letting players try out the augs they might otherwise avoid.

"The Missing Link is about a fresh start for Adam. New augs, new weapons, new situation as the underdog. Since it is shorter than the main game, THIS is the time to experiment!" writes Eidos Montreal marketing man, David Bedard.

The voices that can be heard in the teaser trailer above also get names. Netanya Keitner and Pieter Burke. They're both Belltower operatives, and most likely Adam's chief captors. Burke is a high ranking member of the organisation, and is described as "one mean son of a bitch."

You won't have to stare at Adam's chest the whole time either. “You do regain your combat garb at some point in the DLC," writes Bedard, "so enjoy those sweet abs while you can!"

The Missing Link will also add "new layers of conspiracy" and feature "sprawling new environments. It's due out before the end of the year. There's no price yet.

Square Enix have sent over word that their bank accounts have been suddenly augmented by huge sales of the excellent Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Two million "units" have been shipped worldwide. Thanks to a controversy involving Gamestop and some OnLive vouchers inside those copies, many will have been sent straight back, but for the most part that is a large and impressive number. Are you one of the two million? Will you be picking up the Missing Link DLC? If you had the choice, would you replace your regular arms with bionic ones? Let us know in the comments below.