Studio is now working on Hitman for mobile
Square Enix Montreal was working on anewHitmangamethat was said to be a re-imagining, though we never saw much of anything about the title. It’s since been discovered that the project was canceled last year, according to the LinkenIn profile of senior game designer Richard Knight which was noticed byVideo Gamer. Okay then.
The plan, previously, was to have both Square Enix Montreal and IO Interactive work on the property in a sort of back-and-forth, Treyarch/Infinity Ward fashion. It seems that now Montreal is handling an unannouncedHitmangame for iOS and Android, while IO will —last we heard, anyway— “focus resolutely on the future vision for theHitmanfranchise and is in pre-production on a new AAAHitmanproject.”
As curious as I was to see what Square Enix Montreal could come up with for the IP, I can’t say I felt particularly hopeful about the quality of the game. It was a big unknown. Suppose it’ll stay that way.
Square Enix Montreal’s next-gen Hitman title confirmed cancelled[VideoGamer]
