IO Interactive Have the Rights to Freedom Fighters

<p>IO Interactive&&num;8217&semi;s split from Square Enix has been a very interesting one in the gaming industry&period; A truly talented studio&comma; they managed to break away from Square Enix last year&comma; and with that move were able to keep the rights to their very popular <em>Hitman<&sol;em> series&period; <em>Hitman<&sol;em> wasn&&num;8217&semi;t the only series that IO worked on&comma; there were some other games such as <em>Kane and Lynch<&sol;em> and a little gem called <em>Freedom Fighters&comma;<&sol;em> that came out in 2003 on the PlayStation 2&comma; GameCube and original Xbox&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;131776" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-131776" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-131776" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;15071243&sol;2341235-freedom&lowbar;2012&lowbar;01&lowbar;09&lowbar;19&lowbar;43&lowbar;41&lowbar;75-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-131776" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Freedom Fighters&comma; IO Interactive<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>It has been learned that IO actually managed to acquire the rights to <em>Freedom Fighters<&sol;em> in the split&comma; however Square Enix did retain the rights to<em> Kane and Lynch<&sol;em>&period; For those that never got to play the game&comma; it was an interesting take on an alternate history where the Soviet Union ended World War 2&comma; and became a massive superpower&period; The Russians then invade America&comma; and you play as Christopher Stone&comma; plumber turned resistance fighter&comma; defending New York from the Russians&period; The game is a squad-based shooter&comma; and you recruited new members to your cause and could command them in battles&period; There was also 4-player split-screen cooperative gameplay that let you and some friends team up to defend the city and country&period; The game was very well received&comma; and had positive scores and had decent sales as well&period; However a sequel was never worked on&comma; generally believed to have been due to more focus on <em>Kane and Lynch<&sol;em> among other things that IO worked on while being a part of Square Enix&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now that IO has split away from Square Enix&comma; they have shown that they are still capable of creating top tier games&period; The first season of <em>Hitman<&sol;em> was a hit&comma; and a new one looks to be in the works as well as a tv series&period; Will <em>Freedom Fighters<&sol;em> make a return&comma; as a new squad-based tactical shooter&quest; It would be interesting to see what IO does with the franchise&comma; and there&&num;8217&semi;s a good possibility that <em>Freedom Fighters<&sol;em> may live to fight another day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;geekculturepodcast&period;com&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;13&sol;io-interactive-gains-rights-freedom-fighters-loses-kane-lynch&sol;">Geek Culture Podcast<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;