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Call of Duty Movie Not too Far Away

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

Eidos Boss Says Rocksteady Isn't Working on Hitman 5

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

Nathan Drake Definitely Going to Hollywood

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

New Hitman Game Due in 2010, Movie to Also Arrive

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

Eidos Has Hight Expectations for Arkham Asylum

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

Eidos Won't Be Changed by Square Enix

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

Final Fantasy Buys Lara Croft and Hitman

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

Time Warner Closer to Acquiring Eidos

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

The FBI: ‘Do Not Open Unsolicited E-mails’

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

Hitman Creators Form New Studio

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

SCi Fires 200 People, Cancels 14 Games

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

"I've Been Hired to Kill You! I'll Let You Live If You Pay Up!"

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

Deep Blue Sea Comes from Former Hitman Developers

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

Mom Confiscates PlayStation - Teen Hires Hitman to Whack Her. No Joke!

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

Hitman - The Movie: A Dark, Thrilling Treat for Fans and Not Only

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

Free Hitman Games Available for Download

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

Hitman Offs World's Worst Spammer!

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

Eidos Announces Hitman Triple Pack - Out June 22

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

HITMAN Movie - Currently Shooting in Bulgaria

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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