IO Interactive Begins Work On New Title News
Jon Wilcox
05/09/2007
Middleware developer confirms the Kane & Lynch/Hitman developers have signed a deal for new next-gen project...
They may just weeks away from delivering Kane & Lynch: Dead Men on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, but that hasn't stopped IO Interactive from looking to the future.
Creators of middleware Euphoria and Endorphin, NaturalMotion has today confirmed that the Danish studio has licensed the use of another of its toolsets, Morpheme, for a future (and undisclosed) title.
"We chose morpheme as our animation engine because we really liked the visual editor in morpheme:connect," said Steffen Toksvig, CTO at IO Interactive. "We had a great experience with NaturalMotion's support during our evaluation period and this experience continues to be an ongoing asset. We believe morpheme is a great fit for our animation pipeline."
"IO Interactive is one of the leading studios in Europe and across the globe," said Andy Payne, NaturalMotion's VP of sales, Europe. "Apart from creating massive commercial successes, IO Interactive is constantly pushing the limits of game design and development and we are extremely proud that they have chosen morpheme as their animation engine."
So any guesses what the game could be? Kane & Lynch 2? A new Hitman? Or something else?