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Arkane Studios says the Dishonored series is "resting right now"

Dunwall it can for the moment.

Arkane Studios has confirmed that its superb first-person assassination series Dishonored is "resting right now", with no further instalments seemingly currently planned.

Arkane co-founder Raphael Colantonio: "Imagine not having a vacation for 18 years"

Planning a life after the "long non-stop run" of triple-A development.

Arkane co-founder Raphael Colantonio has expanded on his shock decision to leave the Dishonored and Prey developer, suggesting he's burnt out by years of triple-A development.

Arkane founder and Prey director Raphael Colantonio departs studio

"It is time for me to step out to spend some time with my son."

Arkane Studios founder Raphael Colantonio has departed the company he created back in 1999.

Watch new Dishonored 2 gameplay in latest Gamescom trailer

Off with their heads!

Bethesda has released an all new Dishonored 2 gameplay video demonstrating just some of the ways you can get the drop on your enemies.

As seen above, you can transform into a shadowy monster and rip your opponents limb from limb like Jackie in The Darkness. You can parry a sword strike to behead an attacking guard. You can slide around robots and warp about until you get the right angle to mount them from above before snapping their shiny metallic necks.

Dishonored 2 lets players play as returning protagonist Corvo Attano or his surrogate daughter Empress Emily Kaldwin, whose life Corvo saved in the opening moments of the first Dishonored after the two enjoyed a playful game of hide-and-seek before all the parent-slaying and murder-framing kicked off the plot.