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What we know:Hitman: Absolution is the first game in the series since 2006 and will serve as a test case of whether Square Enix can break out from its JRPG cocoon and deliver yet another Western targeted hit.The game will again see the player take control of Agent 47 and will fight against a new antagonist called Bla... |
4 February 2012
04:42 GMT |
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Square Enix is the latest company to join up with Good Old Games, as the PC digital distribution service will now sell downloadable versions of the company’s classic Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition and Hitman: Codename 47 titles.
Good Old Games is the PC digital distribution service focused on delivering gre... |
26 January 2012
09:00 GMT |
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Square Enix and Del Rey have confirmed that the upcoming Hitman: Absolution video game will be getting a prequel book, called Hitman: Damnation, which is written by famous novelist Raymond Benson.
Hitman: Absolution is set to deliver a different type of experience, as fans can once again try out their stealth skills... |
26 January 2012
02:33 GMT |
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The Hitman series has always focused on the character and identity issues of the main character but, with the upcoming Absolution installment, the developers at IO Interactive have decided to expand their aim and give a name and a personality to every character appearing in the game. This automatically means that th... |
24 January 2012
17:31 GMT |
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IO Interactive, the developer of the upcoming Hitman: Absolution title, has just revealed a few more details about the story of the game and how its protagonist, Agent 47, isn’t just completing various assassination contracts in this new adventure.
Hitman: Absolution was eagerly awaited by many fans of the ser... |
23 January 2012
03:08 GMT |
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Hitman: Absolution, the upcoming shooter from IO Interactive, will try to blend the traditional stealth gameplay that made the franchise so popular, with a more action-filled type of experience, allowing players to battle their opponents through more conventional ways, in case their stealthy approach fails. Past Hit... |
19 January 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Video game publisher Square Enix has registered a new trademark for a Hitman game named Profession on December 22 of last year, suggesting that it might be ready to officially announce a new game based on the well known property before the end of the month.Siliconera spotted the trademark registration and current spe... |
3 January 2012
21:51 GMT |
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Publisher Square Enix and developer IO Interactive have released at new trailer for Hitman: Absolution at the VGA show, with players able to watch close to two minutes of action created using the game engine.Everything in the trailer was pre-rendered, which will probably be a disappointment for fans who were hoping t... |
12 December 2011
09:54 GMT |
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The 2011 Spike TV Video Game Awards take place tomorrow, December 10, and just at the last moment both Electronic Arts and Square Enix have confirmed that they’ll debut new trailers for Mass Effect 3 and Hitman Absolution, respectively, during the event.The 2011 VGAs will be the place where quite a lot of revea... |
9 December 2011
18:31 GMT |
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Square Enix has confirmed that it's going to set up another studio in Montreal, Canada, besides the existing Eidos Montreal, called, what else, Square Enix Montreal, whose first project will be a new installment in the Hitman series.Square Enix has definitely diversified its projects since acquiring Eidos back i... |
22 November 2011
19:31 GMT |
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It's safe to say that quite a lot of people are excited about the upcoming Hitman: Absolution stealth shooter title, what with its extremely popular predecessors, so its developer, IO Interactive, has released a massive video, 17-minutes long, complete with commentary from members of its team.The Hitman series e... |
4 November 2011
15:31 GMT |
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The developers at IO Interactive and publisher Square Enix have launched a new trailer for Hitman Absolution, a short teaser that gives players a taste of the experience that the game will offer.The two companies have not offered too much information on what the new Agent 47 powered game will deliver and the trailer ... |
11 October 2011
09:31 GMT |
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Hitman: Absolution is not set to be launched for about another year but the developers working on the game are already eager to talk about the hardcore game mode that they are creating for the long term fans of the series.Speaking as part of a bigger interview with Eurogamer Hakan Abrak, who is the leading producer w... |
10 October 2011
16:41 GMT |
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The Hitman series has always been known for its deep, involving single player set piece but the developers working on the Absolution installment are saying that they also plan to do something interesting with the multiplayer component.Speaking to Eurogamer at the expo event they have just concluded Hakan Abrak, who i... |
5 October 2011
18:51 GMT |
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IO Interactive has posted some new job listings, asking for various types of programmers to come in and work on a title that might just be Kane & Lynch 3.
The Scandinavian developer, famous for creating the critically acclaimed Hitman series, as well as the more recent and less acclaimed Kane & Lynch franchise, is... |
30 September 2011
02:44 GMT |
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The developers at IO Interactive who are working on Hitman: Absolution have said that the new technology powering the video game will allow them to offer players more options than previous titles in the same series and make it easier to explore the game world. Speaking to Gamespot, Chistian Elverdam, who is the game... |
23 August 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Hitman Absolution, the new title from IO Interactive and Square Enix, has an array of special options, from the all-new Glacier 2 engine to an overhauled AI or an enhanced cover system.
The Hitman series has always stood out because of its polished stealth mechanics and customized artificial intelligence, which ma... |
11 July 2011
04:35 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that 419 scams that try to extort money from individuals by threatening their lives are back in use.In one sample recently spotted by security experts from Symantec, recipients are contacted by an alleged hitman who calls himself Don Gunshot.According to the message, he was hired to kill the... |
5 July 2011
14:24 GMT |
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Hitman Absolution was confirmed a few months ago, and IO Interactive, its developer, has now talked about the story of the title, and how it's the biggest project ever done by the Scandinavian company.IO Interactive's Hitman series was critically acclaimed for its unique narrative, intriguing gameplay and e... |
23 June 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Io Interactive, the developer, has announced that it will aim to make its recently announced Hitman: Absolution video game both accessible to a wider gaming audience and hardcore enough to satisfy the expectations of long-term fans of the franchise.
Tore Blystad, who is the game director working on Hitman: Absolut... |
30 May 2011
17:41 GMT |
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Hitman Absolution, the recently confirmed new game in the extremely popular stealth franchise from IO Interactive and Square Enix, has received some new details, concerning its tone and atmosphere, as well as information about how it will tie in with the new Hitman movie also expected next year.
After quite a lot ... |
13 May 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Hitman Absolution, after yesterday's teaser announcement, has just received a full set of details from IO Interactive, its developer, and Square Enix, its publisher.
Fans of the Hitman franchise have been eagerly awaiting a new game for quite some time now, but the two companies denied working on a new title ... |
12 May 2011
14:21 GMT |
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The next Hitman game has been officially confirmed by developer IO Interactive and publisher Square Enix, in the form of Hitman Absolution.
There were rumors about a new Hitman game for quite some time now, but only recently did its developer start a teaser campaign which hinted at a new title.
As you can imagi... |
11 May 2011
05:00 GMT |
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The first actual image of Hitman 5 may have been revealed by its developer, IO Interactive, over the weekend as part of an investigation game it had hosted on its official forums.
Bear in mind that this isn't actually confirmed, as IO is still playing coy and continues its viral campaign.
The whole thing s... |
21 March 2011
11:01 GMT |
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New rumors about Hitman 5, the next game in the popular stealth-based franchise, have appeared recently, courtesy of the voice actor that lent his talent to the game's main protagonist, Agent 47, but they have now been denied by an official statement from Hitman franchise development studio IO Interactive.The Hi... |
27 October 2010
17:21 GMT |
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It seems that Activision Blizzard has filed for a trademark set to protect the Call of Duty name when it comes to its use in “Pre-recorded movies featuring comedy, drama, action, adventure, music, theatrical performances and/or animation.” The filing was made on September 21 and it appears that it is at l... |
6 October 2009
05:20 GMT |
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Eidos, or now Square Enix Europe, is one of the biggest publishers from the Old Continent, taking care of franchises like Tomb Raider or Kane and Lynch. But one of its most respected series, Hitman, has always managed to gain critical acclaim through every iteration. That is why the team at IO Interactive, its devel... |
17 August 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Columbia Pictures has confirmed that it is aiming to create a movie based on the videogame Uncharted: Drake's Fortune by appointing a writer to handle the script for the production. The writer is Kyle Ward, the author of the script for the rather dull Hitman movie and who is also working on the script for the up... |
29 June 2009
05:11 GMT |
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UK-based publisher Eidos has quite a few profitable and long-running franchises, like Tomb Raider or the more recent Kane and Lynch. But one of the most critically acclaimed is Hitman, which is being taken care of by IO Interactive.The series became quite popular and has even seen a movie adaptation based remotely on... |
29 June 2009
03:14 GMT |
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Eidos is now wholly owned by Square Enix and the company is taking a cold hard look at itself, trying to make the best games it can in order to emphasize that the financial problems had no effect on the quality of the products it puts out.So, Ian Livingstone, the president of Eidos, says that the decision to delay th... |
13 May 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Eidos is one of the most important European video game publishers and the owner of IPs such as Tomb Raider, Hitman or Kane and Lynch, making it, at least in theory, a very successful company. Sadly, practice isn't perfect and, along the years, the UK-based company hasn't been doing so good. Luckily, the Sq... |
29 April 2009
02:44 GMT |
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Square Enix is getting ever closer to its stated aim of acquiring the publisher Eidos. It seems that the offer of shares of the videogame company is going well and that Square Enix is set to achieve its goal of expanding into the Western games market.Insight Investment Management and Pioneer Investment Management are... |
26 February 2009
02:18 GMT |
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It seems that Time Warner is the front runner in the race to acquire Britain-based publisher Eidos Interactive. The latest sign is the fact that the American media giant has acquired another 10 million shares in the videogames company, even as rumors about its problems amplify. Time Warner already had a stake in Eido... |
17 December 2008
05:03 GMT |
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The FBI has decided to take more measures to fend off the wave of spam attacks in which the sender pretends to be a hitman hired to kill the recipient of the email, or a loved one. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a branch of the federal authority, has released an official note, advising people not to liste... |
29 August 2008
06:01 GMT |
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The founders of IO Interactive and creators of Hitman and Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Neil Donnell and David Guldbrandsen, have announced the birth of a new development company called Reto-Moto. Its goal will be to re-define the online multiplayer space and bring players new experiences. The Reto-Moto team has ambitious ... |
14 April 2008
19:06 GMT |
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With games like Tomb Raider and Hitman in their vault, people could consider SCi a real moneymaker - but that would be totally wrong. Even though the franchise featuring Lara Croft has been resuscitated with Legend and things seemed to be ready for a major income frenzy, it was just an illusion.With a new CEO, Phil R... |
3 March 2008
05:03 GMT |
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I'm certain that each and everybody in the online community has received at one point an email from the grieving widow of some general from an African country that only needed some bank information to be able to transfer the huge sum of money left to her but couldn't collect. It usually says that for the se... |
26 February 2008
16:41 GMT |
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What happens when people working on top-rated shooters decide to call it quits and to start their own company? Well, The Game Equation arises with the desire to take all there is to be taken from the casual gaming world. Hopefully not everybody will now turn to produce casual games, so we, those who like more than ju... |
3 January 2008
02:51 GMT |
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Oh, this is just too much for any parent to put up with! We've heard of teens stealing gaming systems and hardware from stores and homes, we've heard of a disturbed teen who even set his own house on fire after the family sold his Xbox 360, ending up in the death of his younger brother, but hiring a hitman ... |
6 November 2007
04:01 GMT |
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Hitman - the movie is one film which I wouldn't miss for the world, not so much because I'm a fan of the game series (although I'm sure this will be the main reason for which some of you will want to see it) but because I've been waiting for it for such a long time. Hitman makers, Eidos and IO Int... |
2 November 2007
05:38 GMT |
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GameTap gets ready for the Christmas season offering us a couple of free full games, pertaining to the Hitman series. That's right folks! Agent 47 is coming to your house for free, through the online game download service. The first title of the series, Hitman: Codename 47 is available for download right now ri... |
1 November 2007
08:12 GMT |
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Things are getting worse by the day, cyber-crime is growing larger and, if until now, there were only a few computer-crimes here and there, nowadays, it has escalated to levels we've never imagined. And it's rough out there! After reading this English translation of a piece of news from Russia, I learned th... |
12 October 2007
04:15 GMT |
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Eidos Interactive has made quite a name with its video game series Hitman and Tomb Raider. As much as I'd rather have Tomb Raider instead of Hitman for this Triple Pack, there are plenty of Hitman fans out there just dying to hear news like this. Well, the time has come for them to get what they deserve, as they... |
20 June 2007
06:07 GMT |
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Hitman is a PC and console third-person-shooter. The first installment must have launched on practically all consoles out there at the time, including the Xbox, Xbox 360, Gamecube, and Playstation 2. It revolves around a man known as Agent 47 (sometimes just 47, it's simpler), an assassin for hire, whose skills ... |
3 April 2007
10:56 GMT |
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