News Ledge
Search
News Ledge
  • Home
  • Games
  • Gear
  • Movies + TV
    • Netflix New Releases
    • Movies on Netflix
    • Best TV Shows on Netflix
  • Contact
News Ledge Gaming The Makers of Hitman Next Game is a Fantasy Online RPG
  • Gaming

The Makers of Hitman Next Game is a Fantasy Online RPG

  • February 28, 2023
  • Alex Chavers
IO Interactive Project Fantasy

Guns and gadgets are giving way to hammers and magic. For the better part of seven years, IO Interactive took its classic Hitman franchise from an episodic release of the first game to a fantastic trilogy. Now work is underway on the next adventure from the talented studio. This time, it’ll be an online fantasy RPG.

Besides a piece of concept art that checks all the fantasy RPG boxes, we don’t know much. IO Interactive isn’t even naming it yet. Right now, the studio is dubbing it simply “Project Fantasy.”

The developers touched on their inspiration for the game and how it will influence their work on it in a blog post:

“For many, this journey is also a deeply personal one that began long before we started making games for a living – and it started with the fantasy genre. From the “Fighting Fantasy” books compelling you to choose your path, alone, against wizards, lizards, and thief kings. To the togetherness, camaraderie, agony, and delight found around the tabletop. For some it meant taking the role of a game master: Part storyteller, part AI opponent, part guide, part villain. For everyone around that table it meant creativity, imagination, building a world together, and a shared goal in creating a great game experience.”

“This idea – that a diverse group of individuals with different skills and strengths can work together and become more than the sum of their parts – is what inspires us. It inspires the fantasy world we are building – and it inspires how we build it.”

IO Interactive’s CEO Hakan Abrak has previously mentioned a “third universe” the studio was tinkering with. In a 2021 GI Live talk, Abrak described it as “a bit different and absolutely a love child. It is something our core people, our veteran staff, have been dreaming about for some time.” 

IO Interactive’s trio of studios (Copenhagen, Malmö, and Barcelona) will lend a hand in developing this new title. The studio is also using this announcement to recruit experienced developers to help out. Several job listings for Project Fantasy include, Animators, Network Programmers, Encounter Design, Producers, and more.

IO Interactive will also be sending some of its team to GDC as they look to bolster their development ranks for Project Fantasy and Project 007. 

Right now, their two new projects are Project 007 (a James Bond game) and Project Fantasy (an online RPG). 

It’s good to see IO Interactive branch off from the Hitman franchise. I love it, but I’m curious to see what the team can do with the new IP/genre. The fantasy genre is one of the biggest out there, and it’ll be interesting to see what the studio can bring to it. 

Related Topics
  • IO Interactive
  • IO Interactive new game
  • online RPG
  • Project Fantasy
Alex Chavers

When I’m not playing Rocket League (best game ever), you can find me writing about all things games, space and more. You can reach me at alex@newsledge.com

Previous Article
Halo Infinite Season 3
  • Gaming

Four New Maps Coming in Halo Infinite Season 3

  • February 24, 2023
  • Alex Chavers
View Post
Next Article
Gears of War 5
  • Gaming

Job Listings Show New Gears of War Game Is Being Worked On

  • March 1, 2023
  • Alex Chavers
View Post
You May Also Like
PUBG Erangel
View Post
  • Gaming

New PUBG Erangel Update Coming In October

  • Alex Chavers
  • September 21, 2023
Starfield launch numbers
View Post
  • Gaming

Starfield Is Bethesda’s Biggest Launch Ever As It Soars Past Ten Million Players

  • Alex Chavers
  • September 21, 2023
Criterion Games joins Battlefield
View Post
  • Gaming

Next Battlefield Gets Fourth Developer

  • Alex Chavers
  • September 20, 2023
new Xbox Series X
View Post
  • Gaming

Xbox Series X Redesign Coming Next Year, Ditches The Box

  • Alex Chavers
  • September 19, 2023
The Elder Scrolls 6
View Post
  • Gaming

The Elder Scrolls 6 Likely Won’t Release Until 2026, Or Later

  • Alex Chavers
  • September 18, 2023
Link in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
View Post
  • Gaming

Nintendo Switch 2’s Power Is Close to Xbox One / PS4 According to Activision Emails

  • Alex Chavers
  • September 18, 2023
Forza Motorsport game pass
View Post
  • Gaming

Starfield Is Out, What’s Next For Game Pass?

  • Alex Chavers
  • September 15, 2023
modern warfare 3 remastered favela
View Post
  • Gaming

Here’s A Look At Nearly All Of Modern Warfare 3 Remastered Maps

  • Alex Chavers
  • September 13, 2023

© News Ledge 2023. All Rights Reserved

Input your search keywords and press Enter.