Arkane Co-Founder Says Dishonored and Prey Fans 'Will Be Happy' With His Next Game

WolfEye Studios president and co-founder of Arkane Studios Raphaël Colantonio has said Dishonored and Prey fans “will be happy” with his new studio's next game.

Colantonio, who left Arkane in 2017 after co-creating Dishonored and directing Prey, teased WolfEye Studios' next game on X/Twitter by saying “fans of the previous first person games I was involved with (Dishonored and Prey) will be happy” with it. “We’ll reveal a bit more about our next game in a few days,” he added.

Colantonio's WolfEye Studios was formed in 2019 following his departure from Arkane Austin. The studio's first game, a third person dark fantasy adventure called Weird West, got a positive reception following its 2022 release on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation.

We’ll reveal a bit more about our next game in a few days… Fans of the previous 1st person games I was involved with (Dishonored and Prey) will be happy.

— Raphael Colantonio (@rafcolantonio) August 6, 2024

In IGN’s 8/10 review we said Weird West “more than lives up to its name in all the right ways,” while boasting some of the immersive sim elements that Arkane Studios was known for.

The studio appears set to lean even more heavily on its Arkane heritage for the next game, which seems to be shaping up as a retro, first person, sci-fi role-playing game. “We're showing to the industry partners (publishers, etc), but not to the press or the public yet. Can't wait though,” wrote Colantonio in a subsequent post.

A continuation of actual Dishonored could make an appearance in the coming years too, as Dishonored 3 appeared on an outdated list of upcoming Bethesda titles that surfaced during Microsoft’s protracted legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission in 2023. It's unclear how concrete those plans still are, however, following the mass lay-offs at Xbox which included the complete shutting down of Arkane Austin.

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