Interview with Hakan Abrak - How IO landed Project 007 deal, success of Hitman 3, reason and decision of opening a studio in Malmö, and more

I’m happy to see that IOI has been through that incredible rollercoaster since 2016 and they’re still here, releasing the final chapter of the trilogy despite all the challenges that appeared in their route, it’s an amazing completion and they should be rewarded for that.

However lots of things happened since 2016 and some of their decisions about this game franchise development have been very odd or questioning their interest into this game anymore (like the huge backlog from H2).

Now the covid appeared and it made it even more difficult to being able to complete the game without damages (i’ve read that interview with Forest, what a thrill!).

However HITMAN 3 launched and it gave them more money than expected in a short time period, which should make them happy about being able to deliver this final chapter despite the problems that happened.

But it seems that they don’t care that much anymore, as most of the team went away to develop the next 007 game and i’ve seen that they have a limited staff to work on this last sequel.

It’s very cool for them to have Barbara’s trust and greenlight to develop such a huge movie franchise into another game. But i think that HITMAN III deserves a better treatment with more people working on it, as it will be the last game for the next years to come.

Before focusing on another game i think they should come back onto HITMAN III and finish the job properly, by addressing all those backlog issues who made that game challenged by bugs, crashes, and few things here and there who ruins the general experience.

I’ve seen interviews from different staff members, including Mattias who felt so passionated about bringing something greater into this game. Make it happen guys!

HITMAN III deserves a better treatment and should get the quality it deserves before starting to focus on the next James Bond game, or else i cannot imagine what this game will be if they cannot even polish this last HITMAN game properly :confused:

Here’s my two cents about the new DLC pack, “Seven Deadly Sins”: HITMAN 3: Seven Deadly Sins (NEW DLC) - #1157 by PatteDeFruit

Wishing them the best for the next anyway, cheers!

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