Dishonored was a last-ditch effort by Arkane Studios after years of fruitless contract work, according to the game’s co-creator: ‘I think we had four months of money left’

Arkane Studios nearly collapsed financially in the mid-2000s whilst fulfilling contract obligations for publishers, including work on titles like Boom Blox and a cancelled Half-Life 2 episode. Facing dwindling resources and unsustainable business practices, the studio pivoted to an original project:…