Arkane's next game isn't Dishonored 3, but Marvel fans will want to take note

Arkane — the studio behind the Dishonored series, as well as Prey, Deathloop, and (somewhat more regrettably) this year's underwhelming multiplayer vampire hunting sim Redfall — have announced their next game as part of this year's The Game Awards ceremony. Fans who were holding out hope for Dishonored 3 are unfortunately going to have to wait at least a little longer, but this next project is intriguing nonetheless, as it's an officially licensed tie-in centred on Marvel's Blade.Rumours of a Blade game began circulating over a year ago, when Ubisoft had to hastily clarify that, despite the appearance of some leaks suggesting it, they weren't attached to the project (thanks to our pals at Eurogamer for that one!). That might have sounded like half-hearted corpo-speak for "we're not allowed to talk about it yet", but it turns out that in this case the rumour mill was half right: everybody's favourite vampire-hunting dhampir really is getting his first stand-alone game since 2002, but it's Arkane behind the wheel. In fairness, the rumours weren't far off: after all, Ubi and Arkane are both best-known for their stealth-based franchises, so Blade feels right at home either way.Although Arkane have previously picked up existing video game IPs like Prey and Wolfenstein, this will be their first outing working with a licence that originated in other media. Despite the disappointing release of Redfall earlier this year, Arkane have an excellent historic pedigree, especially when it comes to their stealth-based single-player games. Read more