IO Interactive

IO Interactive A/S

Formerly	IO Interactive ApS (1998–2000)
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	16 September 1998; 26 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
Number of employees	>500[1] (2025)
Parent	Square Enix Europe (2004–2017)
Divisions	IOI Partners
Subsidiaries	IOI Barcelona IOI Brighton IOI Istanbul IOI Malmö
Website	ioi.dk

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 Hitman 3, which was released in January 2021. Their next game will be 007 First Light, to be 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 their 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.