Developer Arkane has confirmed what followers have suspected for an extended whereas now, that the superb time-bending shooter Deathloop is ready within the wildly imaginative universe of the Dishonored collection.

The studio’s artistic director Dinga Bakaba confirmed the connection between the 2 on the most recent episode of the Xbox Podcast, which involves us through PC Gamer. In the video, Bakaba states that Deathloop is “one of many futures of the Dishonored world.”

Fans have lengthy theorised a connection between the 2, on condition that each video games share functionally related powers like Shift and Blink or Nexus and Domino (though that would have been fairly denied as recycling concepts between the 2 collection). Bakaba stated that he has loved watching followers share theories on-line and goes additional, stating, “we envisioned Deathloop to be occurring sooner or later, after Death of the Outsider.” Death of the Outsider was a standalone piece of DLC for Dishonored 2, the ultimate act within the Dunwall saga.

Bakaba goes on to explain his favorite tease, which was underneath our noses the entire time, emblazoned on the Heritage shotgun: “On the aspect, there’s a little emblem that you may barely see,” Bakaba stated. “But now that we have added idle breaks the place the character performs along with his weapons, you possibly can really see that the emblem is Dunwall Tower.”

So there you might have it, official affirmation of the hyperlink between the 2 collection. It’s cool to see the idea confirmed, and bittersweet, figuring out that it is nonetheless up within the air as as to if we see one other Arkane studio sport on Playstation, contemplating guardian firm Bethesda’s acquisition by Microsoft. What do you consider the hyperlink between the 2? Let us know within the feedback part under.