During the interview for Eurogamer, Christian Elverdam and Hakan Abrak, heads of IO Interactive, shared development plans for the Hitman series, as well as other studio brands. During the conversation, which lasted over an hour, one of the topics discussed was that of a new game set in the cold assassin universe:
“At the moment, a great Hitman game is kind of in limbo. We’re working on another agent’s adventures, which also consumes a lot of our time,” said Christian Elverdam, co-owner and creative director of IO Interactive.
Elverdam’s statement refers to a James Bond game currently in development. By comparing the previous words with the company’s financial report published last year, one can conjecture that the vast majority of the team’s human resources are focused on playing with Agent 007. The studio is also working on a fantasy network RPG.
However, this does not mean the complete abandonment of Agent 47. As a reminder: in January this year, Hitman 3 (originally released in 2021) underwent a major rebranding: the game was transformed into a platform game called murder world. It gave players access to content from the previous two installments of the game, as well as brand new gameplay. Commenting on the future of the brand within WoA, Christian Elverdam mentions:
“(…) we have a fantastic platform where we can experiment more with the formula and what people expect from it,” said Christian Elverdam.
The statement may bring some comfort to fans of the series. Well, that implies they won’t be completely deprived of new content featuring Agent 47 while they wait for the new installment.