Hitman games on hold after Square Enix drops developer IO Interactive
Square Enix has announced that it’s withdrawing its investment in Hitman developer IO Interactive, taking a loss of $43 million in the process, as noted by Gametsu. While this move might not mark the end of the Hitman video game series — Square Enix is reportedly negotiating with potential new investors who might pick up the studio — it definitely isn’t good news for the future of the franchise.
The most recent game in the series was the episodically released Hitman, an experiment in releasing a major blockbuster title in smaller chunks of DLC content instead of as a single game. The seven episodes that comprised the game trickled out over the course of 2016, and while they were well received critically, the strange release schedule and…
