Brendan and I once had a podcast conversation about Hitman in which we predicted that IO Interactive would be limited by James Bond’s license holders MGM to a maximum of three toilet drownings, one fish spearing, and absolutely no duck explosions. While we can’t yet confirm specifics, IO’s franchise director Jonathan Lacaille has said that MGM were “a lot more daring than (the studio) thought” in a recent chat with Very Gary Computing.
It doesn’t sound like they restricted IO very much at all, actually, aside from asking them not to make 007: First Light‘s Bond “a killing machine!”. Lacaille actually credits Hitman’s, um, restraint in helping them secure the license in the first place.
