A brand new fantasy IP from the ground-up

IO Interactive solid a reputation for itself by way of its Hitman collection, however as we speak it’s introduced a special form of venture altogether. The studio making a web-based fantasy RPG.

Introduced in a weblog submit as we speak, IO Interactive is constructing a brand new world and IP for a web-based fantasy RPG. It’s constructed “from the core” to be round for years to return. And as IO describes it, it feels acquainted, but is not like something the corporate’s completed prior to now.

There are some touchstones talked about within the weblog submit, starting from Preventing Fantasy books that provided choose-your-journey alternatives to gathering round a tabletop. Heck, even being a recreation grasp.

“This concept – {that a} numerous group of people with totally different expertise and strengths can work collectively and turn into greater than the sum of their elements – is what evokes us,” IO mentioned in its announcement. “It evokes the fantasy world we’re constructing – and it evokes how we construct it. IOI now spans a number of distinct studios, from Copenhagen and Malmö within the north to heat Barcelona within the south. All studios participate in making all our video games, together with this new endeavor. Individuals from everywhere in the world with numerous personalities and skillsets are coming collectively to forge a brand new starting.”

Beginning off on a brand new journey

Not many extra particulars have been shared, past the lone artwork teaser and weblog submit. It’s presently code-named Mission Fantasy, and IO is actively hiring for it.

IO Interactive has been constructing out the World of Assassination they began with the Hitman reboot, and are additionally engaged on a James Bond recreation, too. This on-line fantasy RPG provides one other to the docket for the corporate, however I’m fairly eager on seeing what it seems to be. IO’s breakaway with the Hitman collection turned out extremely effectively, and I’d like to see what the crew does with an RPG setting. And, in fact, whether or not Agent 47 is quietly lurking within the background. You by no means know!