Denmark is a country probably best known for its storytelling culture characterized by Hans Christian Andersen and his classic folk stories. Those fairy tales have for many years delighted youngsters from across the globe, seamlessly crossing language and culture barriers. They are an art form that has inspired the country's largest video game developer, IO Interactive. The 200-strong Copenhagen-based group of programmers, software engineers, animators, and mathematicians has created a number of critically acclaimed games such as Hitman, Kane & Lynch, and Freedom Fighters, whose dark tales appeal to gamers from Boston to Beijing.