IO Interactive "Can't Wait" to Return to Hitman Series

IO Interactive has assured fans that determination volition beryllium much Hitman adventures, and the squad is anxious to instrumentality to the franchise.

IO Interactive's full past is built connected the backmost of Agent 47 and the Hitman franchise. The workplace has explored different games similar Freedom Fighters and Kane and Lynch, but Hitman has been ol' reliable for the Danish developer. By the extremity of this month, IO Interactive volition person developed and released 13 games implicit the people of 26 years, with 007 First Light being the latest. Hitman makes up much than fractional of the studio's released games. Many person wondered whether oregon not the studio's newfound fascination with James Bond volition pb to Hitman's demise, but that's not the case.

IO Interactive has noted galore times implicit the years that Hitman remains an important portion of the studio's future, but it volition beryllium a portion earlier a marque caller crippled is released. In a caller interrogation with The Game Business, IOI CEO Hakan Abrak revealed that helium is excited to instrumentality to the franchise successful the future.

Abrak noted that though it has been 5 years since the past Hitman game, it is not due to the fact that they are trying to neglect it, but much truthful due to the fact that they person been gathering 2 marque caller games from the crushed up. 007 First Light is precise antithetic from Hitman successful galore ways, requiring them to walk other clip laying the foundation. IOI is besides processing a phantasy game, which is "very, precise far" along, and connected the other extremity of the spectrum for IOI's mean skillset.

"We are looking guardant to getting into the weeds connected Hitman again," said Abrak. "There hasn't been aerial for that, for going in, gathering successful systems from the crushed up. But remainder assured, we cannot hold to get into the motor country and upgrade, invent, and innovate Hitman for you guys again."

It's unclear what the aboriginal of Hitman whitethorn look like, but IOI is evidently highly experienced successful refining and expanding upon that formula. The added acquisition with 007 First Light whitethorn besides let IOI to get a spot much ambitious and fine-tune immoderate weaker areas of the Hitman experience, specified arsenic combat. Although combat isn't the absorption of Hitman, it would beryllium large to spot it punched up successful a aboriginal crippled conscionable to marque it a much viable strategy.

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