User blog comment:Essie Essex/Arkane Studios Announces Dishonored 2/@comment-26396097-20150807160551/@comment-26396097-20150808135842

I know it is a possibility, but personally I believe they did have it in mind. Judging by the amount of detail they put into the entire world that these events take place in, I'd hazard a guess that they have an entire franchise in mind.