Square Enix ends business with Hitman developer IO Interactive
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[quote]But in a statement released today, the Japanese publisher says “to maximize player satisfaction as well as market potential going forward”[/quote]
Hum, how does that work, for both points?
I don't think cutting off a whole company is good for both gamer satisfaction AND market potential. Were you seated next to Konami at school?
Update: Square apparently willing to sell Hitman rights along with IO.
[url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-05-30-square-enix-willing-to-give-up-hitman-rights-to-ensure-series-future[/url]
Well that's nice of Square, Hopefully they find a good company to cloth over with Hitman
[quote]the Japanese publisher says “to maximize player satisfaction as well as market potential going forward”, they have “regrettably decided to withdraw from the business of IO INTERACTIVE”.[/quote]
"We want to extinguish this fire which we had perfectly under control lately so we have decided to let a helicopter drop some propane tanks into it."
Selling the rights might end up in a disaster like RollerCoaster Tycoon World or Dead Rising 4 - you know, inexperienced devs who feel confident about being true to the original while fucking everything up.
[URL="http://www.ioi.dk/the-future-of-ioi/\"]It's now time to breathe again..[/URL]
Most importantly of course Hitman is still an IO ip.
[QUOTE]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. [/QUOTE]
[quote]Thank you.
Hakan,
[B]Io-Independent[/B] [/quote]
Well played
[quote]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 [b]next week.[/b][/quote]
stay tuned
