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Episode 57: IO Interactive CEO and Co-Owner Hakan Abrak

Update: 2021-04-06

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IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak talks very openly and honestly about running a AAA independent game studio in the modern era. In this 75-minute interview he discusses leaving Square Enix to go it alone and how the studio almost ran out of money at one point, how the studio landed the James Bond game deal and how the team is thinking about it, the future of Hitman, and much more!

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Episode 57: IO Interactive CEO and Co-Owner Hakan Abrak

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