Recently Square Enix made headlines when it sold its western studios responsible for the likes of Tomb Raider and Deus Ex, but as per a new financial report it looks like one of the franchises missing from that sale will continue. As part of a push to create more "online titles" the publisher confirms that a new Just Cause is in development.

Here's the statement.

We especially revisited our studio and title portfolios from the perspective of stepping up our offering of online titles that we develop for the North American and the European market. We want to focus on creating new titles that align with our strategy, including ones that leverage new IP. The JUST CAUSE franchise will remain our IP, and we are at work developing a new title in the franchise.

It remains to be seen if Just Cause studio Avalanche will be the ones in charge of this new online installment, the studio is also working on online co-op title Contraband for Xbox Game Studios. In terms of the shift to online titles, Square Enix adds, "We will not necessarily be focusing exclusively on online titles, but they do represent a key area of interest for us going forward, and we intend to develop titles that offer greater scalability and flexibility."