This is a shame - and just as Hitman had recovered from the rubbo Hitman: Absolution! The combination of Hitman being an episodic release and having time-limited live events may have backfired. The publishers are declaring an extraordinary loss - a business term, not an astonished declaration - of about £33 million as a result of all this, though obviously they think it's for the (business) best in the long term. I do still wish we'd seen more of those stumbling murderuncles. In 2013, they laid off half the studio and cancelled all its non-Hitmens - which rumour said included a follow-up to the underrated Kane & Lynch 2. This isn't Squeenix's first problem with IO. In short, no one knows what will happen to IO Interactive, its employees, or its games. Whilst there can be no guarantees that the negotiations will be concluded successfully, they are being explored since this is in the best interests of our shareholders, the studio and the industry as a whole." "As a result of this the Company started discussions with potential new investors and is currently in negotiations to secure this investment. Oh, they'll sell IO Interactive to maximise my satisfaction but not nip down the shops to grab me an Irn-Bru? I guess I know where this relationship stands. "As a result, the Company has regrettably decided to withdraw from the business of IO Interactive. "To maximize player satisfaction as well as market potential going forward, we are focusing our resources and energies on key franchises and studios," Square Enix declared in a financial announcement today. It's a bit of a bummer, not least of all because the first season of the episodic new Hitman was great once it got rolling. Squeenix bought IO in 2009 and, only eight years later, want rid of them for reasons of both business and pleasure - "to maximize player satisfaction", in their words.
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Square Enix are pulling out of IO Interactive, leaving the future of the Danish studio (and their sandbox murder simulator series Hitman) uncertain as they try to find new investors.
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