IO Interactive Now Independent, Retain Hitman IP Rights
Wipe the sweat from your brow as developer IO Interactive is once again going it alone as an independent developer, and they're keeping Hitman.
This means the future of the Hitman franchise rests solely once more in the hands of those who started it all. The most recent Hitman game revisits Agent 47's earlier days working for the Agency with each assignment highly replayable to work out all the ways to get your targets.
"Therefore I am proud to announce today that IOI is now officially an independent studio. We have successfully concluded our negotiations with Square Enix and have agreed to a management buyout. Crucially, we will keep all of the rights to the Hitman IP," blogged IO CEO Hakan Abrak. "This is a watershed moment for IOI. As of today, we have complete control over the direction for our studio and the Hitman IP – we’re about to forge our own future and it’s incredibly exciting. We are now open to opportunities with future collaborators and partners to help strengthen us as a studio and ensure that we can produce the best games possible for our community."
"We are counting on the continued support of all our players; simply by having fun with everything we’ve released so far for HITMAN – and we want to encourage more of you to try our game. We have more details to come on our plans for that next week."
Hitman's latest instalment has been episodic as missions played out over a season of content, so could we be getting ready for season two?
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