These days, we indelibly associate IO Interactive with the Hitman series, but back when the studio was young we… well, we associated it with the Hitman series. It’s been making Hitman for a while, starting with its first game, Hitman: Codename 47, all the way back in 2000. But after releasing Hitman 2: Silent Assassin…
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