News Apr 29th, 2021

IO only had three months' cash flow when it went independent

CEO Abrak admits that it was a "huge risk"

• hitman
• hitman 2
• hitman 3
• world of assassination
• independent developer

News Nov 7th, 2019

Work on next Hitman game is "well underway"

November update for Hitman 2 will be the last major patch apparently

• hitman
• game development
• hitman 2

News Oct 18th, 2018

Sean Bean will die in Hitman 2

“The Undying” actor will be the stealthy sequel’s first elusive target

• hitman 2

Interviews & Opinion Oct 2nd, 2018

IO: "Hitman 2 is a chance for us to have a fresh start as an independent studio"

Senior community manager Travis Barbour tells us why a service-based game like Hitman 2016 needed a sequel and why the studio has dropped the episodic model

• hitman 2
• hitman 2016
• episodic games
• business model

News Sep 7th, 2018

Here's why IO ditched Hitman's episodic structure for the Warner-published sequel

"We wanted to break up the sequel chain a little, and it's also important for us to serve our players instead of following this trendy bubble of games-as-a-service"

• hitman
• hitman 2
• episodic

News Jun 14th, 2018

Hitman 2 dropping episodic business model means more live content

"We can offer much more varied live content, simply because we have all the locations in Hitman 2 available"

• business models
• hitman 2

News Jun 8th, 2018

IO ditches episodic model for Hitman 2

Set to launch this November

• hitman
• business models
• hitman 2
• episodic

News Jun 5th, 2018

Warner Bros website outs Hitman 2

Logo appears on the publisher's site

• hitman
• e3 2018
• hitman 2