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{{Short description|Danish video game developer}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox company
| name = IO Interactive A/S
| logo = [[File:IO Interactive full logo.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| former_name = IO Interactive ApS {{nowrap|(1998–2000)}}
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1998|09|16}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|class=nowrap|Jesper Vorsholt Jørgensen|Rasmus Guldberg-Kjær|Martin Munk Pollas|Karsten Lemann Hvidberg|Jacob Andersen|Janos Flösser|David Guldbrandsen}}
| hq_location_city = [[Copenhagen]]
| hq_location_country = Denmark
| key_people = Hakan B. Abrak ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| products = {{Unbulleted list|''[[Hitman (franchise)|Hitman]]'' series|''[[Kane & Lynch: Dead Men|Kane & Lynch]]'' series|''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]''|''[[Mini Ninjas]]''}}
| num_employees = 151<ref>{{cite web |url=https://regnskaber.cvrapi.dk/90261242/amNsb3VkczovLzAzLzAxLzkyLzZmLzIxL2U2NTktNGM0Zi05MmU4LWEzMDEwNjI4ZGM3MA.pdf |title=IO Interactive A/S Annual report 2021/22 |date=8 August 2022 |access-date=9 May 2023 }}</ref>
| num_employees_year = 2022
| parent = [[Square Enix Europe]] {{nowrap|(2004–2017)}}
| subsid = {{Unbulleted list|IOI Barcelona|IOI Brighton|IOI Istanbul|IOI Malmö}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.ioi.dk/|ioi.dk}}
}}

'''IO Interactive A/S''' ('''IOI''') is a Danish [[video game developer]] based in [[Copenhagen]], best known for creating and developing the ''[[Hitman (franchise)|Hitman]]'' and ''[[Kane and Lynch]]'' franchises. IO Interactive's most recent game is ''[[Hitman 3]]'', which was released in January 2021.

The company was founded in September 1998 as a [[joint venture]] between the seven-man development team of [[Reto-Moto]] and film studio [[Nordisk Film]]. IO Interactive was acquired by publisher [[Eidos Interactive]] for {{GBP|23&nbsp;million|link=yes}} in March 2004, which saw itself acquired by [[Square Enix]] and renamed as Square Enix Europe in 2009. In May 2017, Square Enix ceased funding for IO Interactive and started seeking a buyer for the studio. IO Interactive performed a [[management buyout]] in June 2017, becoming independent and regaining the rights to their ''Hitman'' and ''[[Freedom Fighters (video game)|Freedom Fighters]]'' franchises. IO Interactive employs 200 people as of January 2021 and operates four subsidiary studios: IOI Malmö in [[Malmö]], Sweden; IOI Barcelona in [[Barcelona]], Spain, IOI Istanbul in [[Istanbul]], Turkey, and IOI Brighton in [[Brighton]], England.