{"id":465426,"date":"2025-04-05T09:23:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T09:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techforbrains.com\/?p=465426"},"modified":"2025-04-05T09:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T09:23:22","slug":"dishonored-3-a-sequel-that-exists-only-in-echoes-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/gaming\/dishonored-3-a-sequel-that-exists-only-in-echoes-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Dishonored 3: A Sequel That Exists Only in Echoes\u2014for Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rumors surrounding Dishonored 3 continue to resurface like a boomerang, yet concrete signs of the game\u2019s development remain elusive. While hope flickered briefly in 2023\u2014thanks to leaked Bethesda documents referencing the next Dishonored title alongside new Indiana Jones and Doom projects\u2014those expectations quickly dimmed when The Game Awards came and went without a whisper of confirmation. And as things stand, the sequel seems to remain just out of reach.<\/p>\n

Still, fans and creators alike haven\u2019t stopped imagining what a third installment could look like. In a recent episode of the Quad Damage podcast, Raphael Colantonio, founder of Arkane Studios and co-creator of Dishonored, reflected on his hypothetical return to the series. The conversation came up as Colantonio discussed his disinterest in working on projects like Prey 2, which was being developed by another studio before it was shelved.<\/p>\n

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Arkane Studios Founder Would Like to Make Dishonored 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI would love to [work on Dishonored 3],\u201d Colantonio admitted. \u201cI mean, we’re talking hypothetically right now. But I can see myself working on Dishonored 3 now. It’s been so long\u2014so why not? …After the first Dishonored, the last thing I wanted was to spend another four years of my life on Dishonored 2. I like to come up with new things.\u201d<\/p>\n

That sentiment reveals a deeper tension: the push and pull between creative freedom and returning to a beloved franchise. The challenge, however, is not just philosophical. There are real-world barriers too. For one, Arkane Studios is currently focused on the upcoming Marvel\u2019s Blade. And more crucially, Colantonio left Arkane in 2017. Since then, he\u2019s carved out a path on his own terms, founding WolfEye Studios, releasing the well-received Weird West, and now working on a retro-futuristic RPG.<\/p>\n

But Colantonio isn\u2019t the only key voice with ideas for Dishonored 3. Harvey Smith, another major contributor to the series, and Dinga Bakaba, director of Deathloop and current head of Arkane Lyon, are also believed to have their own visions for a possible sequel.<\/p>\n

Which of these visions\u2014if any\u2014might one day materialize is still anyone\u2019s guess. As Colantonio noted, \u201cRight now, we’re talking about science fiction. Most of the people who developed the series are now scattered elsewhere. Harvey is no longer at Arkane. Neither am I. And Dinga is busy working on Blade.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, Dishonored 3 remains a tantalizing \u201cwhat if\u201d\u2014a sequel suspended between nostalgia, ambition, and the ever-shifting priorities of the game industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rumors surrounding Dishonored 3 continue to resurface like a boomerang, yet concrete signs of the game\u2019s development remain elusive. While hope flickered briefly in 2023\u2014thanks to leaked Bethesda documents referencing the next Dishonored title alongside new Indiana Jones and Doom projects\u2014those expectations quickly dimmed when The Game Awards came and went without a whisper of […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":465428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[777],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-465426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gaming","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465467,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465426\/revisions\/465467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}