IO Interactive just lately rebranded their newest Hitman recreation and followers speculated their subsequent launch can be extra Hitman – that’s not the case, apparently.
The firm stated their subsequent Hitman mission is mainly on “hiatus” whereas they’re truly shifting to different initiatives of their present lineup.
“Right now a serious, main new Hitman recreation: that’s somewhat bit on hiatus, as we’re constructing one other agent fantasy that’s additionally taking on loads of our time,” IO co-owner and CCO Christian Elverdam stated to Eurogamer.
He added, “But clearly we’ll come again to beloved Agent 47. He’s nonetheless very a lot within the coronary heart of this firm.” IO is shifting their focus to their beforehand teased James Bond recreation and probably their newly revealed fantasy RPG.
The IO boss then teased no matter is in retailer for Agent 47 will doubtless convey with it some experimentation of some sort.
“We have such a beautiful platform the place we are able to preserve experimenting with what the system can do and what individuals count on of it”, Elverdam stated.
“[…] At some level, clearly, as any inventive, it could be good to then go in and say, ‘Okay, effectively, with all the things we’ve realized, what would that be if we needed to re-articulate a sandbox – what would that appear to be?’,” he stated.
