They were approached by Bethesda Softworks, who had an idea of a stealth-based game set in feudal Japan which they wanted to name Dishonored, and felt Arkane's talents were ideal for the job and wanted to contract them for the title. But what's next for Dishonored co-creator Harvey Smith since he's not attached to Arkane's upcoming Deathloop title? [1] According to Colantonio, Bethesda's vice-president of development Todd Vaughn had seen Arkane's work in Arx Fatalis and its sequel, and while Bethesda had been interested in these, they did not react fast enough before Arkane had taken another route. While the game was well received, it was considered a commercial failure. Some have assumed it would be a sequel, while rumours have pointed towards something brand new. 26 talking about this. [12], While trying to grow the Austin studio, Colantonio met with Harvey Smith, a game developer that he had met earlier in his career and kept in contact with. Even from the outside looking in, game development is a rollercoaster ride. While all focus is on Arkane Studios' upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive Deathloop, the developer rose to success with its Dishonored titles. Prey is a first-person shooter video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. In the late 1990s, Colantonio noted there had been a change in EA as with the release of the PlayStation, the company had shown more interest in sports titles and eschewing non-sports titles from companies like Origin. However, despite being a critically-acclaimed series, … Smith formally came on board Arkane in 2008.[3]. This happened nearly 4 years ago and Arkane is still doing more than fine, they started a new IP with Deathloop and they are working on something else at Austin. The studio was founded in 1999 by Raphael Colantonio, its first CEO and creative director, and its first game, Arx Fatalis, was released three years later.Arkane Studios opened an office in Austin, Texas on July 2006. Thanks for joining us for the recent Reddit AMA featuring developers from both Arkane Austin and Arkane Lyon, including Studio/Creative Director Harvey Smith (Austin), Co-Creative Director Ricardo Bare (Austin), Game Director Dinga Bakaba (Lyon), Art Director Sebastien Mitton (Lyon) and Business Director Susan Kath (Austin). Harvey Smith, creative director of the Dishonored series, has revealed that he is working on an as-yet-unannounced new game at Arkane's Austin studio.. It features two assassins hunting each other while stuck in a time loop. Arkane Studios is a French video game developer based in Lyon, France, responsible for developing Prey (2017).. History [edit | edit source]. DEATHLOOP is coming to console exclusively on PlayStation 5 on May 21, 2021, and will launch on PC on the same day. [1] Dishonored was released in 2012. There are ups – when something a developer has been working on for ages finally comes together – and downs – when sometimes all that hard work falls apart. Arkane Studios released Prey®, the highly-anticipated first-person sci-fi action game, on May 5, 2017. [20], On September 21, 2020, Microsoft announced that it had agreed to acquire ZeniMax for US$7.5 billion, with the deal to close by the first half of 2021. In the early 2000s Arkane Studios worked with the legendary Stephen Spielberg to produce a video game. You worked at Dishonored at Arkane Lyon and now you're at Arkane Austin, so you're not working at Deathloop. For the 2006 video game, see Prey (2006 video game). The original 2006 Prey was praised for its gameplay and graphics, enough so that a sequel was confirmed.After Prey 2 fell apart and the rights to the series passed to Bethesda, a full reboot released in 2017 under the watchful eye of Dishonored developer Arkane Studios. Recently, Arkane Austin’s Harvey Smith, who created the Dishonored series, said that the studio is working on a new unannounced project, and now we might have some new tidbits on what that game … Or, more accurately, he’s not having an easy day. It was founded in 1999, and released its first game, Arx Fatalis, in 2002. 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