2024 Recap
A Year of Milestones, and Looking Ahead to 2025
As we have taken our first steps into 2025, we at IOI would like to take a moment to reflect on our eventful journey of 2024 and share our excitement for the future of IOI:
The ever-expanding World of Assassination
2024 has seen a surge in the appearance of new Elusive Targets with The Undying featuring Sean Bean coming back to WOA, followed by Alexios Laskaridis, AKA Dimitri Vegas in The Drop, and the one and only Jean-Claude Van Damme taking a new role as The Splitter. These new missions marked a thrilling addition to our Elusive Target lineup and challenged players with unique settings crafted to fit our guest stars. We also added content throughout the year with challenges, timed events, featured contracts. With more than 1 million active players across the month of December 2024, we are grateful to see many players continuously helping the game to thrive.
A new reality: HITMAN on PlayStation VR2
In September 2024, we announced the upcoming release of HITMAN World of Assassination for PlayStation VR2. We are very much looking forward to delivering an immersive experience to our PS VR2 players on the 27th of March 2025, and have put to good use the additional time to polish the game and add some extras we felt were necessary for this version. We anticipate this release with excitement and are eager to see players immersing themselves in WOA again and again.
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Celebrating 75 million HITMAN players
Just a few weeks ago, we proudly announced that HITMAN World of Assassination had surpassed 75 million players worldwide, solidifying its position as the most successful game in the franchise’s history. Since the launch of HITMAN in 2016, our vision had always been to be able to offer a single platform for all players to join the World of Assassination, and being able to see it flourish and grow is a true delight.
This incredible milestone is a testament to the work accomplished by the teams at IOI, the dedicated support community and the enduring appeal of Agent 47's story.
IOI Partners and MindsEye, our new publishing venture
In 2024, we had the honor of announcing the creation of our new publishing branch, IOI Partners, as well as our first publishing and distribution agreement with Build A Rocket Boy for the game MindsEye. We are incredibly excited to be the global publishing partner working with Build A Rocket Boy and are eager to deliver a new franchise to players worldwide. This represents another significant milestone for IOI, as our first ever publishing deal for a game developed by another studio, and we will be using our 25 years of experience to bring forth a quality-focused collaboration.
An impactful year
Abiding by our values and our motto, we continued our mission of creating impactful games but also, sharing our success and knowledge with others. For example, we will be continuing our Women's Mentorship Program in partnership with Copenhagen’s ITU for a second year running. We also launched a new program in Istanbul, the IOI Future Devs Program, which saw ten students join IOI. For two years, they will be working on our different projects and will then be offered interviews, depending on their interests, to empower the next generation of talents.
We also continued our support of organizations which impact our world, especially in times of need, and were honored to host a team from Doctors Without Borders. They shared powerful testimonies of their work on the ground in Gaza, and how our donations could help them in their mission.
Growing the IOI team
IOI is in full throttle, working on three different games across five different studios. As such, we continued our growth in 2024, with more than 130 newcomers joining us, taking the number of Ionians to more than 410, reaching our expected targets. With over 48 nationalities represented at IOI, there have never been as many representatives of IOI from around the world. As we make sure to welcome them with open arms, we continue to unleash our creativity during our IOI Week, our yearly event celebrating creativity, community and innovation where 102 different projects were created and shared with the entire studio.
Looking Ahead to 2025
2025, of course, brings new opportunities for HITMAN and we will keep on looking at new content to be added to the game, as well as working with our community to keep the HITMAN experience as fresh and engaging as possible throughout the year. Alongside HITMAN, we continue our progress on both Project 007 and Project Fantasy.
As we move into 2025, we remain committed to delivering exceptional experiences and are excited about the journey ahead. Thank you for your support and stay tuned for more updates!