IO points out that they have had good revenue and profits over the past two years thanks to Hitman 3. But it also warned that there is a risk that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and earnings could decline over the next two years. This is because there is a long development period before a new game is launched, “more precisely, there may be a major decline in fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2025.”
This means that no new games, including 007 games, will be released until March 31, 2025.
IO Interactive announced the 007 game through a brief CG preview in November 2020, and soon published a large number of recruitment advertisements on the studio’s official website, looking for top talents to join the development team.
In January 2021, studio president Hakan Abrak stated that the 007 game would not rely on previous films or actors, and would instead build the 007 universe from scratch.
In addition to 007, IO Interactive is also developing aXboxAn exclusive game with a dragon theme.