IO Interactive

Also known as IOI, Io-Interactive A/S

Danish video game developer

Key facts

Formerly: IO Interactive ApS (1998–2000)
Company type: Private
Industry: Video games
Founded: 16 September 1998 ; 27 years ago ( 1998-09-16 )
Founders: Jesper Vorsholt Jørgensen Rasmus Guldberg-Kjær Martin Munk Pollas Karsten Lemann Hvidberg Jacob Andersen Janos Flösser David Guldbrandsen
Headquarters: Copenhagen , Denmark
Key people: Hakan B. Abrak ( CEO )
Products: Hitman series Kane & Lynch series Freedom Fighters Mini Ninjas 007 First Light
Revenue: 281.5 million kr. (40.8 million USD) (2023)
Operating income: 47.1 million kr. (6.8 million USD) (2023)
Net income: 55.6 million kr. (8.1 million USD) (2023)

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IO Interactive A/S (IOI) is a Danish video game developer and publisher based in Copenhagen, best known for creating and developing the Hitman and Kane and Lynch franchises. IO Interactive's most recent game is 007 First Light, released in 2026.

The company was founded in September 1998 as a joint venture between the seven-man development team of Reto-Moto and film studio Nordisk Film. IO Interactive was acquired by publisher Eidos Interactive for £23 million in March 2004, which saw itself acquired by Square Enix and renamed as Square Enix Europe in 2009. In May 2017, Square Enix ceased funding for IO Interactive and started seeking a buyer for the studio. IO Interactive performed a management buyout in June 2017, becoming independent and regaining the rights to its Hitman and Freedom Fighters franchises. IO Interactive employs over 500 people as of June 2025 and operates four subsidiary studios: IOI Malmö in Malmö, Sweden; IOI Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, IOI Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey, and IOI Brighton in Brighton, England.