Hitman Developer IO Interactive Announces New Fantasy RPG
Hitman developer IO Interactive is working on a new fantasy RPG, the studio revealed on February 28. This announcement arrives mere weeks after the company celebrated its biggest Hitman: World of Assassination update to date.
IO Interactive has been on quite a roll since performing a management buyout and gaining independence from its former parent Square Enix in 2017. The company secured rights to the Freedom Fighters and Hitman IPs as part of that acquisition, and while it has yet to do anything with the former, the latter proved to be quite a cash cow for the Copenhagen, Denmark-based studio. This is most obviously reflected in the fact that Hitman 3 became the most successful series entry within months of releasing in early 2021.
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As for what's next for IO Interactive, this still-untitled fantasy RPG will be its first new IP since Mini Ninjas, an action-adventure game released for the seventh generation of consoles and PC back in 2009. While the company is describing it as an online game, that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be an MMORPG, similar to how the World of Assassination trilogy of Hitman games consists of inherently online experiences that don't offer traditional multiplayer functionality. Either way, the vagueness of today's announcement indicates it's targeting the job market instead of consumers, much like CD Projekt Red confirmed Cyberpunk 2077 in order to draw in prospective hires nearly eight years before releasing the actual game.
The developer's last annual financial report for the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2022, already suggested as much, stating that IO Interactive's next games are still years away from hitting the market. This newly
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