A couple of developers at Arcane Studios, the group behind Dishonored, were caught rehearsing their lines and strategy for discussing their stage presence for Bethesda’s conference at this year’s E3 when a hot mic picked up the conversation. The conversation was being broadcast to Bethesda’s Twitch stream while they were configuring and testing the live-stream setup. Two minutes of conversation was captured before one of the producers notified them that a mic was live and that they were being broadcast.

PS Gamer picked up the news from one of the many YouTube outlets that had posted the information before ZeniMax swooped in with their copyright claims.

Hardcore Gamer also picked up the news and posted one of the YouTube videos that haven’t been hit with a copyright claim… yet.

https://youtu.be/8IRsdy0WLQU

The conversation alone doesn’t necessarily mention Dishonored 2 by name and we don’t actually get any details about it, it’s just a short conversational snippet about how the game would be presented on stage and how one of the presenters would start off talking in French and how Harvey Smith from the studio would step in and interrupt.

Bethesda played off the goof by tweeting out that the test had gone successful.

Twitch test a success. Tune in tomorrow night at 6:45 pm PT for more surprises. #BE3 — Bethesda Softworks (@Bethblog) June 13, 2015

At the moment it’s just more like pre-E3 hype than any actual confirmation. Basically with Arkane Studios being present, Bethesda having their very first E3 press conference and ZeniMax going over and beyond to shutdown YouTube videos that captured more of the conversation, it’s not surprising that it leans very heavily to the side that Dishonored 2 may be happening more likely than not.

Of course, we’ll have to wait and see if Bethesda follows through with an actual announcement of Dishonored 2 or if it’s actually a spin-off set within the universe of the original Dishonored. Regardless, we at least know for sure that Bethesda is announcing a new game in collaboration with Arkane Studios, the same folks who brought us the original Dishonored.

[Update: VG 24/7 managed to get their hands on what they claim is the fact sheet for Dishonored 2, which you can check out below.]