During his AGDC keynote, Arkane Studios' Harvey Smith has
revealed that the company's Austin studio is working on an "immersive first-person RPG." You may remember Harvey from his Looking Glass Studios and Ion Storm days, where he worked on a little title called Deus Ex.
The Austin studio is the U.S. division of French developer Arkane, founded in 1999 and is particularly known for Dark Messiah Of Might & Magic and Arx Fatalis. Its only announced upcoming game is The Crossing, in association with Valve.
As part of the talk, which Gamasutra will write up in full at a later date, Smith noted that "Arkane as a company is very focused on immersive first-person experiences," and specifically commented on his core design tenets: “My focus is very much around games like Deus Ex," Smith noted.
Arkane Austin Developing New First-Person RPG 
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