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Hitman To Be Sold As Complete First Season Going Forward

The latest incarnation of HITMAN will only be sold as a complete first season moving forward according to an announcement from developer Io-Interactive. Roughly two weeks from today, the purchase…

June 8, 2017 | 07:49 EDT

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Why Microsoft Should Buy Io-Interactive

With the news that Square Enix is looking at what to do with Hitman, including possibly packaging it with studio Io-Interactive for sale, one wonders who should buy it. Options include venture…

June 2, 2017 | 11:00 EDT

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Hitman's Future Unsure, May Go With Io-Interactive

Io-Interactive has not had a good few weeks. After being with Square Enix for over seven years since the publisher acquired Eidos Interactive in 2009, Square Enix has decided to release its ownership…

May 26, 2017 | 06:34 EDT

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HITMAN's Next Elusive Target and May Content Released

Io Interactive are celebrating the release of the 24th Elusive Target for their assassination sandbox game HITMAN. Elusive Targets are targets of a contract you only have one try at completing. Dying…

May 5, 2017 | 03:45 EDT

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Hitman Getting Some Cheerful Christmas Content

While the first season for Io Interactive's assassination simulator has officially been concluded (find the full season 1 review here) with the release of the 5th and final episode set in Hokkaido,…

December 6, 2016 | 11:53 EST

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HITMAN: Season 1 Review - An Assassin's Retrospective

Now that the last episode for Hitman's first season has arrived, it is time to look back and break everything down. Certainly, the game started off in a more sparse condition than it is in now. Even…

December 3, 2016 | 11:00 EST

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Hitman Update Adds Offline Support For Unlocks And More

The November update for Hitman has launched, bringing along a series of changes and fixes, including one that partially alleviates one of the gripes about the games' always online DRM. The Offline…

November 28, 2016 | 02:20 EST

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HITMAN: Episode 6 – Hokkaido Review – A Spa to Die for

Save for Colorado, it seems Io-interactive is hellbent on making the players of Hitman feel like tourists at worst and pampered guests at best. With a little side of murder, of course. The latest…

November 7, 2016 | 11:00 EST

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Hitman Second Season Plans Revealed

Hitman, the latest episodic success story, has just released its final episode set in Hokkaido but IO Interactive is sparing no time to dwell on the completed story as they have just confirmed that…

November 4, 2016 | 11:30 EDT

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Hitman: The Season Finale Coming October 31

Io-Interactive is putting the finishing touches to the season finale of the first out of (hoped for) three seasons for the stealthy assassination game featuring everyone's favorite barcoded bald…

October 16, 2016 | 10:05 EDT

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HITMAN: Episode 5 - Colorado Review – Agricultural Assassination

I can name very few games where the environment, locale and theme change very drastically from one map to the other. Even for games that accomplish this, not many manage to vary as greatly as the…

October 1, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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There is a world beyond ours. Beyond nations, justice, ethics. It never sleeps. It exists everywhere. And once you enter....there is no going back. Welcome to the World of Assassination. You are…

September 18, 2016 | 04:51 EDT

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HITMAN: The Complete First Season Hitting Stores in January 2017

Io-Interactive has announced that the physical boxed version HITMAN's first season will be coming to a store near you on January 31st, 2017.  The physical edition of the game will be coming in…

September 1, 2016 | 10:00 EDT

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Hitman Episode 4: Bangkok Review – Luxurious, Lavish, Lethal

Welcome back, 47. Last time we spoke, it was the end of May and we were amid the chaos of a civilian uprising in Marrakesh, with dust and Military Coups all over the place. A far cry from the other…

August 20, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Hitman Gets Summer Bonus Episode

Io Interactive released a press release earlier today announcing that a special 'Summer Bonus' episode will be released to HITMAN on July 19. This episode is supposed to bridge the gap between the…

June 13, 2016 | 11:25 EDT

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Hitman Episode 3: Marrakesh Review - A Rebel's Dream

Another month, another Hitman episode. The last episode took place in Sapienza and ended up being quite enjoyable for my taste. The question becomes, and always will be for each episode, did it…

June 2, 2016 | 12:00 EDT

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Hitman Episode 3 Releasing May 31

The third episode for IO Interactive's stealth game HITMAN will be coming to a screen near you on May 31.  This info comes from an official blog post and details some of the new features you can…

May 26, 2016 | 08:40 EDT

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HITMAN's First Elusive Target Is Coming Tomorrow

With the Sapienza level from episode 2 fresh in our memories, IO Interactive has announced that the very first Elusive Target is, at last, coming to HITMAN tomorrow. In a news post on the…

May 12, 2016 | 05:56 EDT

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Hitman Episode 2: Sapienza Review - Sun, Sand, and Murder

The concept for the latest Hitman episode seems like my dream version of a boring trip to the beach. Instead of lying on the beach, gaining a tan and not gaming, you get to visit the beach and be a…

April 29, 2016 | 10:00 EDT

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Hitman Episode 2 Hitting Soon

The first episode of Hitman, the sixth entry into the popular stealth video game series, came out March 11th with promise of future episodes only one month apart. While it slips a little behind one…

April 23, 2016 | 11:05 EDT

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Hitman Review - The Vain, The Fabulous and The Dead

Hitman has finally hit stores! Or has it? As you may have learned by now, the newest installment in the Hitman series is currently episodic. Early adopters were rewarded with access to an early Beta…

March 16, 2016 | 10:00 EDT

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Hitman Quick Thoughts Video: DRM In A Bald, New Direction

Here we are, nine years, nine months, and seventeen days later, and the true sequel to Hitman: Blood Money is finally out—and I finally did a video on it. The newest take on the Hitman franchise,…

March 15, 2016 | 05:38 EDT

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Hitman Live Content Explained

Hitman has been one of the most confusing projects that's been attempted to be explained to people. That's because oftentimes Square-Enix doesn't seem to quite know how to talk about it - with them…

February 20, 2016 | 10:28 EST

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The Division Goes to NVIDIA, Hitman Goes to AMD

It's a time-honored tradition to bundle new high-profile releases with high-profile hardware, and this new batch is no exception! Hardware manufacturers NVIDIA and AMD will this time fight the battle…

February 16, 2016 | 03:04 EST

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Hitman, The Beta, and You

The beta (read: demo. I'll just use their terminology for consistency's sake) for the Hitman reboot is coming up this weekend, and publisher Square Enix have divulged some more info regarding the…

February 11, 2016 | 08:14 EST

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Hitman Reboot Is Now Fully Episodic

The reboot of the Hitman franchise featuring the bald silent assassin is going to be completely episodic. This comes after PS4 players discovered that their preorders had been cancelled due to a …

January 15, 2016 | 10:15 EST

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HITMAN Release Details Announced

Following the news that the release of HITMAN will be delayed several months to ensure that more content will be available for launch, IO Interactive announced the details for the staggered content…

September 30, 2015 | 09:11 EDT

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HITMAN Q & A States it Will Not Release in Early Access

The team behind HITMAN released a Q & A to address the questions and concerns of fans of the franchise. HITMAN is touted not as a reboot, but as “a pure Hitman experience and the foundation for…

July 10, 2015 | 09:58 EDT

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PC E3 2015 - Hitman

A 10-year veteran of Hitman development shared a microphone with Day9 to detail new features in the latest entry into the series, the simply named Hitman (2015).  New maps in the series will be…

June 16, 2015 | 11:35 EDT

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Square Enix E3 2015 - Hitman

Hitman will be released to digital platforms instead of a traditional retail experience. DLC will be released over time, including new heists and locations. Any NPC in the world could be…

June 16, 2015 | 02:56 EDT

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Sony E3 2015 - Hitman

Square Enix showed a trailer for the next generation entry in the Hitman series simply entitled Hitman. A variety of  locales were depicted in the trailer, including frigid snow and the flashy urban…

June 15, 2015 | 10:35 EDT

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New info on IOI's Hitman

  Io-Interactive have released new concept art and some info for the up coming Hitman title. We are told the game will take place in central Europe and the entire area, inside and out of the…

May 28, 2014 | 12:52 EDT