But if I'm not mistaken, Arkane Studios (Lyon-based) are not dead yet, only Arkane Austin. Since Raphaël Colantonio left after Prey, I really don't have much hope for any good Prey or Dishonored-sequels coming from them though.
It's a bit confusing but according to the webs: Austin was mostly behind Prey, Prey: Mooncrash, Dishonored 1 and RedFall, while Arx Fatalis, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Dishonored 2 and Deathloop were mostly created by Arkane Studios in Lyon. I actually found Dishonored 2 siginficantly improved on the first game.
Many important people have abandoned Arkane altogether since Prey anyway.
Jason Schreier:
Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio ClosingsBooty added that the shutdown of subsidiary Arkane Austin, the longtime developer of games such as Prey, was not connected to the performance of its new multiplayer game, Redfall, a critical and commercial flop.
I doubt it.
Before its closure, Arkane had been looking to return to its roots by pitching a new single-player “immersive sim” game, such as a new entry in the Dishonored series, according to the people familiar.
Hard to say, if that would have been a good thing at this point. Maybe RedFall could have acted as their wake up-call, maybe they simply ran low on vision without Colantonio.
Btw: Arkane Lyon's next game was announced to be "
Marvel's Blade".
Marvel's Blade is a narrative-driven, third-person action-adventure title, representing a departure from previous games developed by Arkane Lyon which were usually played from a first-person perspective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=basLDO2bj2k
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