Earlier this year it was revealed that video game publisher Square Enix had decided to part ways with developer IO-Interactive. This left the future of the popular Hitman game series, created by IO, with a large question mark next to it.

Yesterday the Hitman Game of the Year Edition, which was announced last month, was released. To mark the occasion, IO-Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak released a statement. And in this statement, he made Hitman fans very happy by confirming that the developer, now operating independently, is working on the next game in the series.

See what he had to say below.