Case Study: IO Interactive delivers Hitman as an episodic game service with Microsoft Azure

IO Interactive - Customer Case Study

IO Interactive, a medium-sized video game studio based in Denmark, faced the challenge of moving its popular Hitman franchise to a new episodic, game-as-a-service model. They needed a highly scalable and flexible cloud back-end infrastructure to support this constant, real-time release of content and keep players engaged, which their existing technology could not provide. To solve this, they partnered with Microsoft and its Azure platform.

By building its new service on Microsoft Azure services like App Service, Cloud Services, and SQL Database, IO Interactive gained the elastic scalability and rapid development tools needed for its ambitious delivery model. The Microsoft solution allowed the studio to successfully launch the episodic Hitman series to critical acclaim, proving the viability of the format for AAA games. This gave IO Interactive the freedom to focus on innovation and continuously develop new features without being limited by its infrastructure.

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Christian Corsano

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