Malmö, Sweden, July 6, 2023 – The Malmö based studio IO Interactive, independent video game developer and publisher best known for the Hitman and Freedom Fighters franchises, announces today the opening of a new studio in Brighton, United Kingdom. 

Located in the heart of Brighton on the beautiful south coast of England, IOI Brighton is IO Interactive’s fifth studio and joins the existing teams in Malmö, Copenhagen, Barcelona and Istanbul. Together, all five IOI studios make significant contributions to the ambitious development and publishing efforts on all games currently in active development: Project 007, Project Fantasy and HITMAN.  

IOI Brighton is located in the centre of one of the UK’s cultural and artistic hubs. Known for its beautiful beach and iconic pier, Brighton also pairs great food and shopping with incredible night-life and architecture, making it a stand-out choice for relocation within the UK.

The core team at IOI Brighton is already in place and IOI’s development philosophy of working on any project from any studio means that we’re bringing development of Project 007, the first James Bond origin story, to the UK. Our passionate teams across all IOI studios are unleashing their creativity into the iconic James Bond universe and we look forward to continuing to craft this ambitious and exciting game together with the new team at IOI Brighton.
“We are extremely proud and excited to open our next studio in Brighton, where we see enormous potential to expand our incredible team and attract the very best talent from the exciting UK development scene. We’re eager to expand our operations to new shores and believe that IOI Brighton is an extremely appealing destination for developers of all crafts,” said Hakan Abrak, CEO of IO Interactive.

Join the IO Interactive journey today and browse our open jobs on our recently refreshed website: www.ioi.dk/careers

About IO Interactive:
IO Interactive is an independent videogame developer and publisher with studios in Copenhagen, Malmö, Barcelona, Istanbul and Brighton. As the creative force behind some of the most talked-about multiplatform videogames in the last two decades, IOI is dedicated to creating unforgettable characters and experiences using their award-winning proprietary Glacier technology. 

IO Interactive will develop and publish the very first James Bond origin story with the working title Project 007 and is currently developing a new IP under the codename Project Fantasy. For more information, visit: https://ioi.dk.

Göteborg, Sweden – July 6, 2023 – After two months as a Nintendo Switch exclusive, Molly Medusa: Queen of Spit takes the step onto Steam as a PC game later this year. Molly Medusa is a gravity-bending 3D adventure where everyone turns to stone. Five massive temples offer intricately interconnected passages and metroidvania-style level design, where the “local gravity” means any surface can be a floor.

“We started with a Switch version,” says solo game developer Niklas Hallin, “just for the fun of it! Let the game begin its life on consoles, and move it to PC later. In the time between the two launches I’ve seen a lot of people playing the game, on YouTube and so on, and I’ve been taking careful notes” Niklas states and continues:

“That’s why the PC version comes with ‘camera moddability’, that is to say some camera settings (such as how zoomed-in it is and how fast it moves) can be edited by the user, via a little text-file in the game’s directory. Increasing the camera distance to 120% is not bad!”

You can wishlist the game right now on Steam. The price is set at $19.99 USD, with a 15% launch discount on 6th of September!

Watch the fresh Steam release trailer here: https://youtu.be/mztUD8kGPrc 

About Burning Planet
Molly Medusa’s heavy metal soundtrack is provided by Burning Planet. What began as Burning Planet Music in 2015, a music production company for games, has now expanded into an in-your-face, punk driven game publisher – Burning Planet Digital. As a publisher, we approach an indie game as if it was a band. www.burningplanet.se