Eidos Acquires IO Interactive
 March 4th, 2004 (12:00am) - Eidos Interactive has announced that it has reached agreement to acquire IO Interactive, the Danish based studio responsible for the hugely successful Hitman franchise.
The acquisition of IO secures the future rights of the Hitman series and significantly strengthens Eidos’ European creative base and development resource. In addition, the deal will facilitate the use of IO’s leading edge technology platform across the Group, which will play a key role in the development of next generation titles. Hitman: Contracts, the third installment in the multi-million unit selling series, will be released on April 30th for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC.
Reported by Elias Dounis on March 4th, 2004 (12:00am) [From: Press Release - Eidos Interactive]
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