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Background

Io-Interactive is a Danish video game developer established in September 1998 by prominent film studio Nordisk Film. Io would be acquired by Eidos on March 4, 2004, who themselves would be bought by Square Enix in 2009. The studio would once again become independent in 2017 after a management buyout deal with Square Enix. Io is known well for the Hitman series, in addition to the Kane & Lynch games, Freedom Fighters and Mini Ninjas.

1st Logo (November 19, 2000-November 20, 2012)

Hitman: Codename 47 (Opening)
Hitman: Codename 47 (Intro)
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Freedom Fighters
Hitman: Contracts
Mini Ninjas

Logo: We see an abstract design consisting of a large circle with two smaller circles on either side, each connecting to the larger with a line, piercing through. ''Io-Interactive'' is seen below in Futura.

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Availability: Seen on most Io-Interactive games from the era, notably the original Hitman: Codename 47 to Hitman: Absolution.

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2nd Logo (May 25, 2006-November 13, 2007)

Hitman: Blood Money
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men

Logo: Simply an in-credit notice reading ''EIDOS PRESENTS AN IO INTERACTIVE GAME'' during the opening scene.

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Availability: Seen Hitman: Blood Money and Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, replacing the usual Eidos and Io logos.

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3rd Logo (March 11, 2016-)

Hitman III

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Availability: Seen on Io-Interactive's games starting with the 2016 reboot of Hitman (coined by Io as the ''World of Assassination'' series).

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 File:Io-Interactive (2003) 2.png|''Freedom Fighters''
 File:Io-Interactive (2004).png|''Hitman: Contracts''
+File:Io-Interactive (2009).png|''Mini Ninjas''
 </gallery>'''Logo''': We see an abstract design consisting of a large circle with two smaller circles on either side, each connecting to the larger with a line, piercing through. <nowiki>''</nowiki>Io-Interactive<nowiki>''</nowiki> is seen below in Futura.
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 '''Music/Sounds Variants''': TBA
-'''Availability''': Seen on Io-Interactive's games from the original ''Hitman: Codename 47'' to ''Hitman: Absolution''.
+'''Availability''': Seen on most Io-Interactive games from the era, notably the original ''Hitman: Codename 47'' to ''Hitman: Absolution''.
 '''Editor's Note''': TBA
-=== 2nd Logo (March 11, 2016-) ===
+===2nd Logo (May 25, 2006-November 13, 2007)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-'''Logo''': TBA
+File:Eidos (IC, 2006).png
+File:Io-Interactive (IC, 2006).png|''Hitman: Blood Money''
+File:Eidos, Io-Interactive (IC, 2007).png|''Kane & Lynch: Dead Men''
+</gallery>'''Logo''': Simply an in-credit notice reading <nowiki>''</nowiki>EIDOS PRESENTS AN IO INTERACTIVE GAME<nowiki>''</nowiki> during the opening scene.
+'''Variants''': TBA
+'''FX/SFX''': TBA
+'''Music/Sounds''': TBA
+'''Music/Sounds Variants''': TBA
+'''Availability''': Seen ''Hitman: Blood Money'' and ''Kane & Lynch: Dead Men,'' replacing the usual Eidos and Io logos.
+'''Editor's Note''': TBA
+===3rd Logo (March 11, 2016-)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+File:Io-Interactive (2021).png|''Hitman III''
+</gallery>'''Logo''': TBA
 '''Variants''': TBA