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[Draugoth]

A financial report from Hitman studio IO Interactive suggests its James Bond game, Project 007, may not be released before March 2025

 

[R6Rider]

Hadn't even heard of this Project Dragon.

I'm hoping they do an updated Hitman VR for PSVR2.

 

[balls of snow]

Well I hope they have more hitman 3 content then for the next 2 years.

 

[R6Rider]

Well I hope they have more hitman 3 content then for the next 2 years.

They still have that Freelancer mode coming out. It sounds awesome.

 

[MOTM]

Incredible how long games take to make now .. Project Dragon got leaked last year so that means minimum 4 years dev time by the time it's out.

 

[GhostOfTsu]

And they have no big game coming out before that? Hitman 4?

 

[DenchDeckard]

game pass making them that much money...holy shit MS throwing the cash around.

 

[crackajack]

That's longer away than I hoped. I would have expected at least one of them to be further along development. Almost sounds like both could still be in a early design phase and not full steam ahead mode. How many teams do they even have? It's basically Hitman 3 DLCs which should carry the studio through the next couple of years, especially with delays maybe not even 2025. Sounds excessively long since Hitman3 launched a while ago and all three new Hitman were incremental updates, so less heavy lifting in the last years I suppose.

 

[R6Rider]

And they have no big game coming out before that? Hitman 4?

Hitman 3 will be the last entry in the series for awhile.

Still has some content coming out though.

 

[Sentenza]

I knew they were working on a 007 game but I have no idea what Project Dragon is even supposed to be.

 

[TintoConCasera]

It'll probably get delayed into 2026.

 

[Nankatsu]

See you in 2025 folks.

 

[Robb]

Would have expected the 007 game earlier so this kinda sucks. But they should take all the time they need.

 

[AJUMP23]

Games take a long time to make, I mean look at Star Citizen.

 

[EverydayBeast]

If you can afford a n64 and goldeneye you're guaranteed fun.

 

[Umbasaborne]

Pathetic, games shouldnt take 5 years to make

 

[RAIDEN1]

When was the last good Bond game? Bloodstone! And it isn't even a B.C title anywhere..

 

[Thirty7ven]

Development hell.

 

[Hendrick's]

Seems about right. Hitman 3 was last year I think.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

The real news here is Gamepass proving to be making bigger devs money again, the OP got the wrong scoop.

 

[Ozriel]

Development hell.

Pathetic, games shouldnt take 5 years to make

How the hell is this 'development' hell or 'pathetic' for a new IP AAA game to take minimum 4 years to make?

These are truly ignorant takes for an enthusiast gaming forum.

 

[Umbasaborne]

How the hell is this 'development' hell or 'pathetic' for a new IP AAA game to take minimum 4 years to make?

These are truly ignorant takes for an enthusiast gaming forum.

Thats the problem, it shouldnt take this long. How are studios like insomniac able to make Get out new triple a games every year or two, and other studios struggle so much? There is a work flow issue

 

[Ozriel]

Thats the problem, it shouldnt take this long. How are studios like insomniac able to make Get out new triple a games every year or two, and other studios struggle so much? There is a work flow issue

Insomniac isn't able to make their games in a year or two. They've got parallel teams. They're certainly not making Spiderman 2 in under 3 years. Ditto for Ratchet.

Sucker Punch made Ghost of Tsushima in 6 years. It's taken Sony Santa Monica 4.5 years to make a sequel to God of War. 4+ years for Guerilla to make Horizon Forbidden West, a sequel too.

Are you going to accuse these studios of mismanagement too?

Game development isn't just turning a knob.

Honorable mentions:
Elden Ring - 4 years of development
Final Fantasy XVI - in development since 2016. So 6 years from start to release.

 

[El Pistolero]

So 2025/2026? I'd say that's about right. Curious about the James Bond project myself...

 

[SmokedMeat]

2025??! I wish I didn't know it was in development.

 

[Punished Miku]

Good thing I'm GP subbed up to 2025 I guess ...

 

[AlteredForms]

And they have no big game coming out before that? Hitman 4?

People are still hungry for Hitman games? Holy shit, there's been like 2-3 in the last couple of years. Greedy bastards!

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Isn't this "Project Dragon" game supposed to be a Microsoft funded exclusive?

 

[vpance]

Fack this gen.

Well at least it will probably look amazing. By that time a lot of engines will have their UE5 type tech ready.

 

[Moses85]

 

[Hendrick's]

Thats the problem, it shouldnt take this long. How are studios like insomniac able to make Get out new triple a games every year or two, and other studios struggle so much? There is a work flow issue

They make the same game over and over.

 

[xrnzaaas]

As long as they're secured financially and won't have to make big cuts to their ongoing projects I don't mind waiting. Developing bigger games takes years, but it's just more noticeable when you announce them early.

 

[3liteDragon]

Isn't this "Project Dragon" game supposed to be a Microsoft funded exclusive?

Yea, fantasy RPG.

IO Interactive may be working with Xbox on an exclusive fantasy RPG, codenamed 'Project Dragon'

More games for the Xbox.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[Fools idol]

Incredible how long games take to make now .. Project Dragon got leaked last year so that means minimum 4 years dev time by the time it's out.

Incredible that few developers actually take the time to make games properly like IOI does.

Games come out a year early in most cases riddle with bugs. Not to say Hitman trilogy was bug free, but it's an immense trilogy.

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Yea, fantasy RPG.

http://[URL]https://www.windowscentral.com/io-interactive-may-be-working-xbox-exclusive-fantasy-rpg

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Damn, between this, Fable, Avowed, and Elder Scrolls, Microsoft has got the fantasy RPG genre on lockdown.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Incredible how long games take to make now .. Project Dragon got leaked last year so that means minimum 4 years dev time by the time it's out.

Yeah, like 5 GTA mainline games in 8 years and only 1 in the last 12 years. Current Gen sucks.

 

[pasterpl]

Damn, between this, Fable, Avowed, and Elder Scrolls, Microsoft has got the fantasy RPG genre on lockdown.

With blizzard acquisition they will be releasing 1-2 each year

 

[SenjutsuSage]

So many things to look forward to.