Hitman 5

**Drakul** · 10-23-2010, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Kotaku

David Bateson, the voice of 47 in the Hitman series, says he's been asked to remove details on his website regarding his work on Hitman 5. But the actor confirms a sequel is coming, and it will be "gob smacking."

Speaking to The Gaming Liberty, Bateson was asked for details on Hitman 5 and replied "I have to plead the 5th Amendment on this one. I am under contract not to say anything." But he adds, "There have been delays," and "if the artwork is anything to go by� brace yourself!"

Apparently he's allowed to confirm the game's in progress. Which is hardly shocking, it's a very popular series, and IO Interactive is now owned by sequel-maestros Square Enix.

Further down in the interview, Bateson pays tribute to the legions of dedicated Hitman fans: "That kind of dedication and appreciation of the game deserves repayment � with an even more gob smacking installment in Hitman 5," he tells The Gaming Liberty. "I don't envy IO Interactive for the pressure they must [be] under to deliver. I am utterly convinced they will!"

Source.

Awesome. I recently rebought Blood Money and enjoyed it more than ever. I'm hoping for more of the same and a trailer soon.

**Razzamajazz** · 10-23-2010, 10:45 PM

awesome

**Savio** · 10-23-2010, 11:09 PM

Hope it will be on the wii

G · 10-23-2010, 11:13 PM

so you can illegally download it?????

**Disturbed316** · 10-24-2010, 01:57 PM

Awesome, I love the Hitman series.

**Razzamajazz** · 10-24-2010, 03:42 PM

as long as they don't make another steaming pile of shit that is the hitman movie, i'm all for it

**YoungFlyFlashy** · 03-01-2011, 11:19 PM

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Rocksteady, the developers behind Batman: Arkham Asylum, were recently linked to Hitman 5, an unannounced next-gen installment in the series.

The online resume for actor Mark Sloan revealed he was performing motion capture work for Hitman 5 through Rocksteady, which has led to speculation the developer is taking over the franchise.

Eidos president Ian Livingstone confirmed to PWGM during the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, however, that Hitman will remain with IO Interactive, the series' long-time developer.

"This is the first I've heard about it," said Livingstone. "Hitman always has been and always will be IO Interactive's baby, which it still continues to be so."

"Rocksteady are not involved with the development of Hitman 5," he reiterated.

The game has yet to be officially announced, so it's still a possibility Livingstone is toying with us. Still, it looks like IO Interactive will helm the next Hitman title.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/101/1014444p1.html

**YoungFlyFlashy** · 03-01-2011, 11:21 PM

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Hitman 5 is an upcoming game in the Hitman series and is being developed by IO Interactive. Agent 47 will return as the protagonist. The game will be released around Christmas 2011.[6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitman_5

**YoungFlyFlashy** · 03-01-2011, 11:23 PM

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[UPDATE] Industry veteran George Broussard claims Io Interactive has suffered staff reductions; Square Enix confirms.

Earlier this week, 3D Realms cofounder and Duke Nukem champion George Broussard tipped off the industry to "seasonal roll-offs" at a handful of gaming publisher Electronic Arts' Canadian studios. Today, Broussard returned to his Twitter account with more industry-insider scuttlebutt, stating Square Enix has enacted layoffs and canceled a project at Danish studio Io Interactive.

A hit may have gone out on Io developers..

"Layoffs at Io Interactive (Kane&Lynch/Hitman). As many as 35, and a project cancelled. - Tis' the season," Broussard said via his Twitter feed. The industry veteran offered no other details on the situation.

[UPDATE] Square Enix has since confirmed for GameSpot that Io has indeed been impacted by staff reductions, though a representative declined to offer specifics surrounding the situation.

"I can confirm that we have made some internal changes at IO Interactive which has regrettably resulted in the loss of some jobs," a Square Enix representative told GameSpot. "This is a natural part of any studio's existence when you ramp-up and ramp-down on projects to ensure you have the right level of resource and expertise within the studio. We genuinely wish those who have been affected by this, the best of luck for the future."

Io is among the many studios that were once the backbone of Eidos, before that publisher was purchased in April 2009 by Japanese gaming giant Square Enix. The studio is perhaps best known for its killer-for-hire franchise Hitman, with other game properties including Kane & Lynch and Mini Ninjas.

As for the canceled project, the only known, unreleased project in Io's stable is Hitman 5, which was first teased in February 2008. However, whether or not Io is developing this project remains a mystery. In August 2009, British actor Mark Sloan indicated that he had completed voice work for the game, in the process indicating that Batman: Arkham Asylum developer Rocksteady Studios had taken over the project.

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/h...es%3Btitle%3B1

**YoungFlyFlashy** · 03-01-2011, 11:24 PM

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Danish developer IO Interactive is hard at work on the next game in the popular Hitman series, Eurogamer has learned.

The PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 title will be released "at the very earliest Christmas next year", one source told us.

The claim was backed up by retail sources, who have indicated to Eurogamer that a release later in 2011 "will be most likely".

Rumour of a fifth game in the stealth-em-up series has been rife since the release of the last Hitman game, 2006's Blood Money.

In June last year Variety reported that a new Hitman film was in the works and contained story elements from Hitman 5, due to be released in late 2010. We know that the reported release date is incorrect.

In June 2009 an IO community manager said: "I can tell you that there is no way we will be basing a storyline for a new Hitman game on the story in a licensed movie. That's just not how we work so you shouldn't be concerned about that."

Earlier this week Hitman 5 posters popped up on the internet, setting fans' tongues wagging.

IO Interactive said the artwork "does not represent any new Hitman game", but we’ve been told they "likely" relate to the game.

The posters have since been removed.

Backing up our source's information is online retailer Play.com, which says Hitman 5 will be released on 28th November 2011.

Play had not responded to Eurogamer at the time of publishing.

In the four years since the release of Hitman 4, IO has put out third-person action game Kane & Lynch and cutesy third-person action game Mini Ninjas. Sequel Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is due out on 20th August in the UK.

Now the studio is working full throttle on bringing everyone's favourite bald-headed assassin back.

News of a new Hitman game should come as no surprise. The series has sold over seven million copies to date.

Indeed, in 2007 Eidos' then parent company Sci Entertainment said in its annual report: "We have invested significantly in the pipeline of products for 2008 and beyond and we are looking forward with much anticipation to the sequels to Just Cause and Battlestations: Midway, which are already in development, and new versions of world-leading franchises Tomb Raider and Hitman."

And then in 2008 SCi again mentioned the game, saying IO is "already working on a brand-new franchise along with the fifth Hitman game and a sequel to Kane & Lynch".

Square Enix told Eurogamer: "It's flattering to see so many fans are eager for another Hitman game. Unfortunately we have nothing to announce at this time."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/hi...t-the-earliest

**Blitz** · 03-01-2011, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Razzamajazz

as long as they don't make another steaming pile of shit that is the hitman movie, i'm all for it

Because the same people who made the Hitman games made the movie.

**dronepool** · 03-01-2011, 11:52 PM

Well, awesome.

**Drakul** · 03-20-2011, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Kotaku

An alternate-reality game run for Hitman enthusiasts by the developing studio's community manager has evidently come to a close, with a series of barcode-clues seeming to point to the first day of E3 2011. That would likely mean a reveal of a long-awaited Hitman 5 then.

The windup of this particular game of cat and mouse, involving mailings back and forth among members of the Hitman Forum and IO Interactive's community manager, also includes what's said to be the first image from the game [above]. It's impossible to tell if it is or if it isn't, as it's a cap of pre-rendered CGI, but it does show the familiar silencer and glove 47 is known to use. So there you go.

Not that this is at all shocking; we're talking about an extremely popular series and a studio under a publisher that lurrrrrrves them some sequels. Rumblings over the past two or so years have also pointed to the inevitability of a Hitman 5. I guess we can be more certain that we'll be hearing something definitive in June.

Source.

**dronepool** · 03-20-2011, 04:30 PM

Sweet.

**YoungFlyFlashy** · 03-21-2011, 07:55 PM

Awesome news. Oh, and thanks for the wallpaper.

**Dirk Ziggler** · 03-22-2011, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Savior

Hope it will be on the wii

Why?

**Dirk Ziggler** · 03-22-2011, 05:13 AM

Love the Hitman series. Blood Money is one of the few games I've actually played over and over just because there's so many ways to go about completing the missions.

G · 03-22-2011, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Fred Bizkit

Why?

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Originally Posted by G

so you can illegally download it?????

**Drakul** · 04-23-2011, 02:15 PM

The game is called Hitman: Absolution according to a trademark filed by Square Enix. Would be good if we could change the name of the thread to that as it wont let me do it.

Looks like we'll get info at E3.

**Drakul** · 05-10-2011, 01:48 PM

**Drakul** · 05-10-2011, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Kotaku

Betrayed by the only people he trusts and hunted by the police, the beautifully bald and barcoded Agent 47 navigates a vast conspiracy in Hitman: Absolution, the latest adventure for IO Interactive's killer-for-hire.

IO Interactive makes the game official today, after a trademark filing outed the name of Hitman: Absolution late last month. According to the announcement, Absolution sees Agent 47 take on his most dangerous contract to date. He'll travel a corrupt and twisted world in order to get to the bottom of a dark conspiracy. Sounds like par for the course, really.

"For the first time we are taking Agent 47 on a personal journey which allows us to explore other parts of the Hitman fantasy," said Tore Blystad, game director, IO Interactive. "This is both a familiar and yet significantly different experience from other Hitman games; something our silent assassins will relish, as will all those new to the Hitman world."

Built using IO Interactive's Glacier 2 proprietary game engine, players can expect a cinematic story, distinctive art direction, and an original game design that combines Hitman's classic game mechanics with entirely new ones.

Hitman: Absolution will make its grand debut at E3 2011 next month for the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3. Until then, keep your eyes peeled on the game's official website for fresh intel.

**Drakul** · 05-11-2011, 02:47 AM

So, apparantly, if you take the image of the barcode at the end of the video and inverted, download a free barcode reader to your phone and scan it, it comes back with...

SPOILER: show

**Drakul** · 05-12-2011, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Kotaku

The latest game in the Hitman series, Absolution, is taking the series in a slightly different direction than longtime fans may be used to, as publishers Square Enix seek to tie the games in with the upcoming movie.

"We've designed a more stylized, more serious, and darker game this time around in both the story line and the visuals," game director Tore Blystad tells The Hollywood Reporter. "The hope is that the movie will be going in a similar direction, and then when they both come out they will speak the same language. They won't follow the old Hitman games, but rather go with this newer direction."

That movie is the second Hitman film, in production oblivious to the fact the first one sucked. On the bright side is the fact this new flick has all new characters and an all-new story, making a clean break from the first movie. It will, however, share the same "look and feel" of the new game, tying the two together.

Back to the game, it's going to star Keith Carradine (not the dead one and not the Revenge of the Nerds one, either) as Agent 47 and White Collar's Marsha Thomason as long-time "voice in the ear" Diana, while mo-cap work was done at Giant Studios, the same place James Cameron used for Avatar. Both actors provide both the voice and mo-cap work for their characters.

Source.

Am I reading that right? New voices for 47 and Diana?

Edit: Someone is saying that Kotaku made a mistake and that

SPOILER: show

**Emperor Smeat** · 05-14-2011, 08:20 PM

Potential cover art for the game was leaked from a marketing survey and the text on the covers will change now that the game itself was finally given a name compared to when the art was done.

http://kotaku.com/5801958/marketing-...itle/gallery/1

**Drakul** · 05-15-2011, 02:13 AM

I prefer number 3. Number 1 just looks bad and number 2 makes it look more action oriented.

**Drakul** · 06-07-2011, 07:46 AM

SPOILER: show

**Disturbed316** · 06-07-2011, 08:43 AM

Hmm seems they have gone the Splinter Cell route by making it more action based

**Emperor Smeat** · 06-07-2011, 03:15 PM

Technically the games always allowed the ability to play any way you wanted even though the trailers usually promoted stealth but this one does make it seem like the game is going to be more action based than usual.

A lot of the kills did look amazing though.

**Emperor Smeat** · 06-07-2011, 10:17 PM

Based on the trailer and from some previews, the game and Agent 47 have some new or expanded features such as:

* Strangle people using his bare hands as an option and not just with wire but the person makes more sounds this way which can alert nearby enemies.
* Shadows play a huge role similar to the Splinter Cell series.
* New kill moves include ripping telephone wires out of the wall to go along with some new kill animations.
* Disguises now come with the ability to mimic the actions and movement of people he's trying to be as a way to make it easier to con someone and prevent the CPU from always being suspicious.
* Cover system can be used for both combat and non-combat situations with the non-combat allowing him to switch from spot to spot much faster.

**Emperor Smeat** · 06-14-2011, 08:22 PM

New Instinct mode revealed and its meant to make you "feel" as if your Agent 47 since it goes into a first person mode and shows off certain routes and things possible as hints. It is also meant to make it appear your seeing what Agent 47 is thinking at the moment for certain situations. The mode is automatically disabled when playing on higher difficulty modes though.

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A key element of Hitman Absolution gameplay is the ability to tap into Agent 47's "Instinct." With a button push players are able to see the world through the eyes of Agent 47, the developers tell us. In this mode the world is darkened, contrasted by flaming lines that highlight escape routes, weapons, shortcuts and even the path that Agent 47 thinks an enemy is going to walk. These lines of flame spill out across a room, charting the course someone is walking. The lines look almost like occasionally leaping up at points like an audio waveform in a sound visualizer. In this mode the audio too is muted accept for the subtle hiss of a record that's come to the end of its songs.

Also revealed if you get caught or a guard gets alerted while your in a disguise, you get more time to either escape or clean up the mess before other CPU characters instantly know your disguise is fake.

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"In the old games it was very black and white," Blystad tells me. "When they saw through your disguise it was instantly blown.

"Now it is much more like ripples in water. If you alert someone it will gradually spread out to a level, but if you can retain it, you can keep the disguise."

You can also avoid detection with careful use of instinct mode.

http://kotaku.com/5811385/hitman-abs...nd-personality

**Drakul** · 10-10-2011, 01:18 PM

**What Would Kevin Do?** · 10-10-2011, 02:45 PM

A lot of the action gameplay there looks like Uncharted.

**Drakul** · 12-11-2011, 02:45 AM

**Emperor Smeat** · 07-05-2012, 05:49 PM

Turns out those nuns shown during the E3 trailer last month wasn't just some short CGI video to get people to talk about the game or provide a shock moment but instead it looks like they might actually play a big role in the game's storyline.

The group is called the Saints and its teased at least one (or more) might be hunting Agent 47 in the game.

http://kotaku.com/5923568/even-hitma...d-exploitative

**ClockShot** · 07-05-2012, 06:55 PM

Read about that this afternoon. Viveca A. Fox is doing the voice work for the leader of the group.

Pretty excited for this game now. Keith Carradine, Marsha Thomason, and now her, io is going all out to make this game the best in the series.

**Savio** · 07-07-2012, 12:56 PM

Oh......So they are making this game stupid

**Emperor Smeat** · 08-20-2012, 05:48 PM

Story is being reworked or tweaked after all the negative reaction since E3 regarding the assassin's disguised as nuns in leather costumes.

Before they were only going to be a small footnote to show that everyone is getting hired to go after Agent 47 but now they will play a real critical role in the story.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/hitm...eative-changes

**Emperor Smeat** · 08-21-2012, 05:27 PM

IO Interactive reveals the game will have some sort of cross-platform capabilities so that stuff can be shared between t5he Xbox 360, PS3, and PC versions of the game.

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n Absolution, players will be presented with the Contracts mode, an option where gamers can create customized missions that can then be offered up to other in the community. To get the most out of Absolution‘s Contracts mode, IO Interactive devised a clever way to share created contracts across the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

Speaking to Joystiq, Hitman: Absolution game designer Torben Ellert said that players will be able to decode the file numbers for contracts, and then presumedly be able to enter that same code on another system—so long as a few numbers are tweaked in the process. Ellert noted that Contract IDs begin with a two-digit number: 03 for PC, 05 for Xbox 360, and 07 for PS3. So, change that initial set of numbers to those for your platform, enter the Contract ID like a password, and—if I’m understanding all of this correctly—you should be good to go.

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ross-platform/

**Drakul** · 08-22-2012, 12:33 AM

If we can create our own missions I might actually touch the game at some point, when I find it cheap and second hand. Everything else about it put me off but creating missions sounds interesting.

**Emperor Smeat** · 08-31-2012, 05:14 PM

New developer diary explains "Contracts" multiplayer mode in a bit more detail.

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This new game mode allows players to mark up to three opponents as targets, other players are then tasked with taking down the marked targets as quickly as possible. Completion of each contract will grant points which players can spend on new weapons and disguises.

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/xbox_...ontracts-mode/

06-07-2011, 07:46 AM	#26
Drakul "Steven, your fossa!" Posts: 9,603	SPOILER: show Looks too action based. The mixture of the music used and the fact 47 is just walking straight up to peoples faces and killing them seems a bit un-Hitman.

10-23-2010, 10:45 PM	#2
Razzamajazz it's really real meat Posts: 7,366	awesome

10-23-2010, 11:09 PM	#3
Savio Spammy Certified Posts: 46,084	Hope it will be on the wii

10-23-2010, 11:13 PM	#4
G Selectively Social Posts: 16,336	so you can illegally download it?????

10-24-2010, 01:57 PM	#5
Disturbed316 Posts: 22,695	Awesome, I love the Hitman series.

10-24-2010, 03:42 PM	#6
Razzamajazz it's really real meat Posts: 7,366	as long as they don't make another steaming pile of shit that is the hitman movie, i'm all for it

03-01-2011, 11:52 PM	#12
dronepool the low Art Gloominati Posts: 5,466	Well, awesome.

03-20-2011, 04:30 PM	#14
dronepool the low Art Gloominati Posts: 5,466	Sweet.

03-21-2011, 07:55 PM	#15
YoungFlyFlashy My Space Jam Bitch! Posts: 1,507	Awesome news. Oh, and thanks for the wallpaper.

03-22-2011, 05:13 AM	#17
Dirk Ziggler I Am Perfection Posts: 1,178	Love the Hitman series. Blood Money is one of the few games I've actually played over and over just because there's so many ways to go about completing the missions.

04-23-2011, 02:15 PM	#19
Drakul "Steven, your fossa!" Posts: 9,603	The game is called Hitman: Absolution according to a trademark filed by Square Enix. Would be good if we could change the name of the thread to that as it wont let me do it. Looks like we'll get info at E3.

05-10-2011, 01:48 PM	#20
Drakul "Steven, your fossa!" Posts: 9,603

05-14-2011, 08:20 PM	#24
Emperor Smeat Former TPWW Royalty Posts: 66,588	Potential cover art for the game was leaked from a marketing survey and the text on the covers will change now that the game itself was finally given a name compared to when the art was done. http://kotaku.com/5801958/marketing-...itle/gallery/1

05-15-2011, 02:13 AM	#25
Drakul "Steven, your fossa!" Posts: 9,603	I prefer number 3. Number 1 just looks bad and number 2 makes it look more action oriented.

06-07-2011, 08:43 AM	#27
Disturbed316 Posts: 22,695	Hmm seems they have gone the Splinter Cell route by making it more action based

06-07-2011, 03:15 PM	#28
Emperor Smeat Former TPWW Royalty Posts: 66,588	Technically the games always allowed the ability to play any way you wanted even though the trailers usually promoted stealth but this one does make it seem like the game is going to be more action based than usual. A lot of the kills did look amazing though.

06-07-2011, 10:17 PM	#29
Emperor Smeat Former TPWW Royalty Posts: 66,588	Based on the trailer and from some previews, the game and Agent 47 have some new or expanded features such as: * Strangle people using his bare hands as an option and not just with wire but the person makes more sounds this way which can alert nearby enemies. * Shadows play a huge role similar to the Splinter Cell series. * New kill moves include ripping telephone wires out of the wall to go along with some new kill animations. * Disguises now come with the ability to mimic the actions and movement of people he's trying to be as a way to make it easier to con someone and prevent the CPU from always being suspicious. * Cover system can be used for both combat and non-combat situations with the non-combat allowing him to switch from spot to spot much faster.

10-10-2011, 01:18 PM	#31
Drakul "Steven, your fossa!" Posts: 9,603

10-10-2011, 02:45 PM	#32
What Would Kevin Do? Ninja Mod, Esquire Posts: 12,676	A lot of the action gameplay there looks like Uncharted.

12-11-2011, 02:45 AM	#33
Drakul "Steven, your fossa!" Posts: 9,603

07-05-2012, 05:49 PM	#34
Emperor Smeat Former TPWW Royalty Posts: 66,588	Turns out those nuns shown during the E3 trailer last month wasn't just some short CGI video to get people to talk about the game or provide a shock moment but instead it looks like they might actually play a big role in the game's storyline. The group is called the Saints and its teased at least one (or more) might be hunting Agent 47 in the game. http://kotaku.com/5923568/even-hitma...d-exploitative

07-05-2012, 06:55 PM	#35
ClockShot TPWW Fire Pro Champ Posts: 33,992	Read about that this afternoon. Viveca A. Fox is doing the voice work for the leader of the group. Pretty excited for this game now. Keith Carradine, Marsha Thomason, and now her, io is going all out to make this game the best in the series.

07-07-2012, 12:56 PM	#36
Savio Spammy Certified Posts: 46,084	Oh......So they are making this game stupid

08-20-2012, 05:48 PM	#37
Emperor Smeat Former TPWW Royalty Posts: 66,588	Story is being reworked or tweaked after all the negative reaction since E3 regarding the assassin's disguised as nuns in leather costumes. Before they were only going to be a small footnote to show that everyone is getting hired to go after Agent 47 but now they will play a real critical role in the story. http://www.screwattack.com/news/hitm...eative-changes

08-22-2012, 12:33 AM	#39
Drakul "Steven, your fossa!" Posts: 9,603	If we can create our own missions I might actually touch the game at some point, when I find it cheap and second hand. Everything else about it put me off but creating missions sounds interesting.