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Hitman Devs Reveal How The Series' Most Hated Game Secretly Saved The Franchise

The Hitman series, and its developer IO Interactive, celebrate its 25 anniversary this month. We look back on the iconic franchise with two veteran developers on the series.

Inverse

Sam Altman says OpenAI’s first device is iPhone-level revolutionary but brings ‘peace and calm’ instead of ‘unsettling’ flashing lights and notifications

Altman said the AI-first hardware will be released in less than two years.

Fortune

007: First Light's developers "don't really think about" the hype around the 13-year wait since the last James Bond game

IO Interactive is "head down" as it prepares for First Light

GamesRadar

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Hitman and 007 First Light studio admits there were "many, many mistakes" made with Agent 47, but that Telltale veterans' new game is teaching them some lessons

IO Interactive is paying attention to AdHoc Studios

GamesRadar

Apple Faces Another Design Exit as iPhone Air Innovator Joins Unnamed AI Startup

Abidur Chowdhury, the industrial designer behind the iPhone Air, leaves Apple for an unnamed AI startup. This just fueled concerns over the company's talent retention.

International Business Times

Apple is ramping up succession plans for CEO Tim Cook and may tap this hardware exec to take over, report says

John Ternus, Apple's senior VP of hardware engineering, could take control of the company as soon as next year, sources told the Financial Times.

Fortune

"There's level design, and then there's Hitman level design": IO Interactive leads reflect on 25 years with Agent 47, the "ramifications" of the World of Assassination, and "actually realizing we were about to do this"

IO Interactive's Christian Elverdam and Matthias Engstrøm talk 25 years of Hitman, level design, and crafting a World of Assassination

GamesRadar

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Former Apple CEO says ‘AI has not been a particular strength’ for the tech giant and warns it has its first major competitor in decades

John Sculley suggested CEO Tim Cook’s successor should focus less on apps, and more on agentic AI to compete with OpenAI.

Fortune

Legendary Apple designer Jony Ive wants to fix our relationship with the phones he helped create—and has up to 20 different OpenAI gadgets to do so

Ive said he hopes the new generation of AI-first devices brings more joy and less anxiety.

Fortune

OpenAI plans a small family of devices to reinvent human-computer interaction — but Sam Altman says "it'll take some time"

OpenAI's CEO recently revealed that the company is planning to develop a family of small AI-powered devices that will change how people interact with computers.

Windows Central

Before he revolutionized tech with Steve Jobs, Jony Ive wanted to quit Apple. Now he’s forging a new power pairing with OpenAI’s Sam Altman

Ive has joined Altman at OpenAI to create new AI-native devices.

Fortune

OpenAI is reportedly poaching Apple talent to build its first consumer hardware device — could potentially be a smart speaker

OpenAI has signed a manufacturing agreement with Luxshare to build its first consumer hardware product, according to a report by The Information on September 19.

Tom’s Hardware

007 First Light officially casts Dexter actor Patrick Gibson as James Bond, months after everyone already figured that out

I'm still not convinced that isn't Robbie Williams

GamesRadar

Bill Gurley Signals Caution As OpenAI Expands $10.3 Billion Share Sale: You Shouldn't Be 'Buying' If You Can't Answer This Question

OpenAI is reportedly moving ahead with a multibillion-dollar secondary share sale at a staggering $500 billion valuation, but veteran venture capitalist Bill Gurley is signaling caution to investors.

Benzinga

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007 First Light reveals its licence to thrill in first gameplay demo

After seeing it first-hand, I know you'll be shaken and stirred.

GamesRadar

007 First Light is "not a reskin" of Hitman, IO Interactive says again, and the team brought in "amazing fresh talent" including devs with "specific driving expertise" to help build car missions

It's "about the game first," IO says

GamesRadar

007 First Light Collector's Edition is $300, and there isn't enough nostalgia in the world to convince me that Golden Gun is worth it unless it literally transforms me into Christopher Lee

Hitman dev IO Interactive serves up a lush but pricey James Bond Collector's Edition

International Business Times

First Bond Game In A Decade Seeks Licence To Thrill

Developing the first James Bond video game in over a decade has felt like returning "back home" for IO Interactive, the Danish studio known for its own globe-trotting agent fantasy series "Hitman".

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007 First Light, the Hitman dev's James Bond game, launches 2 months before GTA 6 with the Deluxe Edition as a pre-order bonus

The new James Bond game's release date is set for March

PC Gamer

007 First Light is the first time IO Interactive has taken on an outside project, but CEO Hakan Abrak isn't worried: 'We're able to stand on the shoulders of ourselves'

IO Interactive made new animation, combat, and music systems just for First Light.

PC Gamer

IO Interactive stuck with a young Bond for 007 First Light because it wanted to make 'something for the gamers'

"I certainly hope a few people will be surprised."

GamesRadar

"Everyone knows GoldenEye, it's a legendary game": 007 First Light boss says his goal is to make an all-timer James Bond game, even if the result is "very different" to Hitman

Gamescom 2025 | IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak explains how the studio tackled James Bond's origin story

PC Gamer

007 First Light's opening mission was enough to convince me that I have to play this game, if only for IO's newer, younger Bond

I wish I could pick up a shotgun like that.

Destructoid

007 First Light will focus on Bond’s origin story and character, with no shortage of cinematic action

Tight action, a strong story, and maximum cinema—these will be the core tenets of 007 First Light.

GamesRadar

For the Hitman devs, 007: First Light felt like "coming home" because James Bond has been an "inspiration" for so long

007: First Light "encompasses everything you would expect from the Bond experience"

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