Not really a major secret anymore but today Eidos Interactive announced that the next instalment in the Thief series is currently in development for Xbox and PC. The game is being developed by Ion Storm, creators of the award-winning Deus Ex franchise, and is due for release winter 2003. Read more for some new screens ...

IONSTORM.COM today updated their site with following news... Thief III is Coming!! At least that is what the news on the site say.. Take a look.

Havok has signed a deal with Eidos Interactive's Ion Storm Austin studio (ISA) to provide real time physics. Ion Storm will be building on the go-anywhere, do-anything theme of Deus Ex and Thief in their next releases to allow even greater interactivity with all objects in a scene. Havok physics will work alongside the ISA-modified Unreal engine in both titles. The freedom to engage the game in an unpredetermined way will be a hallmark of using the Havok physics engine.

Now there is an official statement about Thief 3 will be for the X-Box first instead for PC. Words of Reassurance from Emil Pagliarulo. Read the full story here.