The Dishonored series is taking a break

Dishonored 2 was easily one of the standout titles of the current generation of consoles, but it seems developer Arkane Studios is in no rush to pump out a new entry in the acclaimed stealth-action franchise.

Speaking with VG247 at QuakeCon about the future of Dishonored, lead designer Ricardo Bare made it clear that the series is taking a break for the time being. 

'I can't say definitively what might happen down the road, anything could happen, but [Dishonored] is resting for now,' commented Bare.

'The things that are important to us as a studio are coherent, deep world building and environmental storytelling–we're always going to craft spaces that you feel like you're visiting, whether it's Dunwall or Talos 1,' he continued.

'It's just as important a character as the player or the people you meet. Then it's improvisational gameplay–giving players a bunch of cool abilities and tools, then saying, "You figure it out, you be creative, you own the experience."'

Dishonored 2 was followed by a standalone expansion called Death of the Outsider in 2017, which seemingly wrapped up the series' Kaldwin era in a neat bow. 

The only disappointing thing you can really say about Dishonored 2 is that it released during a very busy schedule, and perhaps did not receive the attention it deserved from Joe Public. 

Still, fingers crossed for Dishonored 3 in a few years, eh?