Dishonored and Prey Developer Arkane is Working on an Unreal-Powered Fantasy Game

Arkane Studios has shown a knack for tackling unlike settings and genres, billowy from steampunk with Dishonored, to pure sci-fi with Prey, to stylish spy activeness with their upcoming game, Deathloop. Well, it seems Arkane may be tackling something all-new with their next game.

Co-ordinate to the LinkedIn page for Lisa Charriere, a senior VFX artist at Arkane Austin, she'south currently working on an unannounced Unreal-Engine-4-powered fantasy game. Hither'due south a screenshot of the key line, just in case Charriere decides to edit information technology out of her profile…

Charriere has patently been working at Arkane since October of 2018, and this unannounced fantasy game is the only project she lists on her resume, and then the game may have been in some course of development for a while. Based on chore ads, Arkane has been staffing upwards for a new AAA projection for the past few months, and then it seems the project may be kicking into high gear.

As well interesting is the fact that Arkane will be switching to Unreal Engine for this next project. Arkane has used CryEngine in the past, and while their games like Dishonored and Prey boast a nice sense of style, they aren't that exciting from a technical perspective. Unreal Engine is probably the ameliorate selection for a fantasy-style game, as information technology seems to be the choice of well-nigh RPG developers.

Arkane Studios currently splits the development of their games between ii locations in Austin, Texas and Lyon, France. As mentioned, their next game is Deathloop, which is substantially Hitman meets Majora'south Mask, as players have to electrocute eight targets within an in-game day to escape a timeloop while other players try to stop them.

Deathloop launches on PC and PS5 on May 21. What are your thoughts on a potential fantasy Arkane game? Kind of seems out of their wheelhouse, but and so once more, they oasis't let me downwards yet!