Bethesda has confirmed a longstanding fan theory for two of its game franchises: Dishonored and Deathloop are set in the same universe. Deathloop director Dinga Bakaba confirmed this on the Xbox Podcast, stating that Deathloop takes place in the same universe as Dishonored, but far into the future.

"Yes, we envisioned Deathloop to be happening in the future after Death of the Outsider," he said of Dishonored standalone expansion for Dishonored 2.

Bakaba said developer Arkane intentionally didn't make a big deal out of the connected universe because the studio wanted Deathloop to stand on its own.