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AGRESSIVE EXPANSION.
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Good news I guess.
I just wonder why exactly Barcelona
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Dang, IO is starting to be more and more like Paradoxā¦ Questionable paid DLC, opening a studio in Barcelonaā¦ Guess they caught some kind of Swedish syndrome after expanding to Malmƶ 
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Because Danmark and Sweden are close together and Barcelona is all acrooss the continent.
Norway or Finland wouldāve not stand out of this principle.
Nothing special, just curious
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Geographically itās quite interesting because Barcelona (and Spain in general) is quite off to the side of Europe. So if they wanted a more āaccessibleā studio itās an interesting choice. Somewhere like Austria or Germany would have been more central (but also if someoneās moving country then it doesnāt really matter the distance too much)
A more interesting point to raise is that IO have commented in the past that Copenhagen has a rather small game studio community so itās hard to foster great talent there. I wonder if Barcelona has a better ecosystem of game developers (all I know is Ubisoft has a location there)
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I donāt think the geography is really important for such decisions. Unless it is across the bridge of the city of your main studio. 
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As I semi-joke above, theyāre the second prominent (Scandinavian) developer to open up a studio there recently, so I guess there is some kind of reason for itā¦
The route Hakan Abrak can take with his helicopter is just beautiful towards Barcelona.
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Not to mention itās basically a stone throw away from Mallorcaā¦
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Probably because Big Bangs per Second Studio is located in Barcelona (founded by a former IOI employee).
https://bigbangspersecond.com/
They work on Hitman 3 and Project 007 with IOI.
Happy for them anyway.
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Im happy as long as they do some H3 related stuff over there. 
Interesting article on the matter.
Itās from a few years back, but I think the trend only strengthened. Thereās a lot of video game talent in Spain.
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Not a problem when Hakan has a bunch of golden helicopters.
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Exactly, since the city attracted a lot of people. Smilegate Barcelona, THQ Nordic with Alkimia Interactive, Paradox Interactive, you can find Ubisoft Barcelona too, and Social Point acquired by Take-Two.
@Travis_IOI Out of curiosity: IOI Copenhagen remains the head office or with new studio there will be no head office? I.e. āone studio, in multiple locationsā?
And if you please, any word on this?
Looks like the 7DS Expansion is selling well.
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IO-Interactives future seems brighter and brighter, just to think a few years back and the majority of the fanbase was on the edge of their seats, wondering if it was the end of IO and Hitman. Here in the year 2021 the dark clouds have all but disappeared from the horizon and the sun is rising anew, knowing that IO has opened two new studios in the last few years. I wonder if this expansion will continue and IO as brand will grow, itās an intriguing future as a fan of IO and Hitman.
I hope to see IO develop new I.P as well as revisiting older classics.
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Exactly. I mean they have 3 Studios now, one will be working on Bond and one probably on Children of Planet Whatever. But the third one?
It would be a shame if dont at least port the HD Trilogy to the new Consolesā¦and hopefully my beloved Codename 47 too 
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Itās probably like that more then one studio will work on major projects, if not all three. Itās rare in the industry that a single studio is doing all of the development.
That said regarding their Sci-fi game, Iām beginning to doubt if it is ever happening, itās been a while since we have heard anything. It happens often that projects gets cancelled and to be honest I would not be surprised if that was the case.
I donāt think we should expect to see a HD remake of C47, well at least not for consoles. That said I find it more likely if they where to tackle C47 they would do it through a complete remake, like we have seen a rising trend with. Itās something I wouldnāt mind, especially in the light of RE2 remake.
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