IO Interactive elaborates on Hitman as a platform

We met up with IO Interactive studio head Hannes Seifert to clarify once and for all exactly how the shift to a digital service works among other things.

When asked about leading the charge on the idea of having a game as a platform or service, rather than a single product, Seifert told us about where the idea came from:

"So I'm really glad seeing this trend, because this idea came after we looked at Absolution, and we looked at our lives as developers," said Seifert. "{Hitman} has been around for 15 years, but we're not the kind of company that ships a game every year, because we want to make something new and original. But on the flipside, it means that the time between products are often very long. Between {Hitman: Blood Money} and {Hitman: Absolution} it took us 6 years. We look at what the players do, and then take a few years to react to that. After Absolution we thought: 'there is got to be a better way of doing that', and that's where the idea of the game being a platform came from."

You can watch the full Gamescom interview below.