Arkanen perustaja Raphaël Colantonio on kertonut Rock Paper Shotgunin haastattelussa, että Deathloop saatiin tehtyä siksi, ettei Bethesda Softworks uskaltanut panostaa peliin Dishonored 3.
"That was the funny thing: 'Nah, we don't wanna do Dishonored 3, but if you can pitch us a small game, something that maybe has multiplayer so we can learn multiplayer, something that maybe has microtransactions, maybe something with a lot of recycling, like a roguelike.'"
Arkanelta lähtönsä jälkeen Colantonio perusti firman WolfEye Studios, jonka ensimmäinen peli oli Weird West.