Arkane Studios' most recent award-winning outing, Deathloop, was a huge hit and a critically acclaimed game when it came out last year. However, fans couldn't help but notice it had a lot of similarities with Arkane's magnum opus, Dishonored. Many theorized that the two games shared more than just a development team, believing that Deathloop took place in the Dishonored universe.
Fast forward to a year later and it appears all of those conspiracists were right.
According to creative director, Dinga Bakaba, Deathloop takes place in "one of the futures of the Dishonored world."
One of the main guys behind Deathloop said this during a new Xbox podcast, explaining that he's enjoyed watching the community put everything together. Bakaba added that the studio "envisioned Deathloop to be happening in the future, after Death of the Outsider." However, Arkane also wanted to give Deathloop enough room to establish its own identity outside of the Dishonored franchise. As a result, Arkane didn't market Deathloop as a spin-off to Dishonored even though it takes place in the same universe.