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!
Episode 65: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Director Stig Asmussen (2023)
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Episode 64: Gears of War Creator Cliff Bleszinski
Episode 63: Rick & Morty Co-Creator Justin Roiland
Episode 62: Halo Infinite Director Joseph Staten
Episode 61: Bethesda's Todd Howard (2021 Interview)
Episode 60: Elder Scrolls Online Boss Matt Firor
Episode 59: Shadow Warrior 3 Game Director Kuba Opoń
Episode 58: Game Industry Investigative Reporter Jason Schreier
Episode 56: Six Days in Fallujah's Peter Tamte and Jaime Griesemer
Episode 55: Aliens: Fireteam Leads Craig Zinkievich and Matt Highison
Episode 54: Raven Software Cofounder Brian Raffel
Episode 53: The Game Awards Host Geoff Keighley
Episode 52: Jon Brooke and Lee Singleton (Outriders, Hitman Go, Sleeping Dogs)
Episode 51: Max Schaefer and Matt Uelmen (Diablo 1, 2, and Torchlight)
Episode 50: Marcus Lehto (Halo, Disintegration)
Episode 49: Robin Walker and Chris Remo (Valve/Half-Life: Alyx)
Episode 48: Hugo Martin and Marty Stratton (id Software/DOOM Eternal)
Episode 47: Stig Asmussen (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, God of War trilogy)
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