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Has the next-gen Hitman game been cancelled?

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August 25th, 2012 @ 06:04:36

It may have gotten a ton of flak from purists, but honestly, Hitman: Absolution was a damn fine game overall. That was in 2012, and since then, Agent 47 has kept a discreet and low profile. So low in fact, that the next game in that series may have been cancelled. With extreme prejudice

For those of you unfamiliar with the series, Hitman starred the eternally shaven dome of Agent 47, a super assassin bred to kill and be damn good at it, who eventually develops feelings and goes rogue. And kills lots of people. It was a weird time in the 2000s.

Several games later, and Absolution was meant to bring the franchise back into the spotlight, as Agent 47 got mixed up with a new conspiracy that required him to sneak in and set up several methods of killing without being caught.

According to the LinkendIn profile of Senior Designer Richard Knight at Square Enix Montreal though, Agent 47 may have been retired for good.

Videogamer glanced over his CV and spotted the following entry, where Knight describes his current position as “Senior Designer – Hitman Project (Next-Gen Consoles/Current Gen/PC) – Cancelled.”

That’s a shame. I honestly enjoyed the latest Hitman game, which felt like a right blend of faithful action and inviting modern gameplay for folks who never engaged in blood contracts or any other agency dirty work. If you still haven’t tried Absolution out though, make a plan. It’s available for a cheap price as either a new game or even secondhand, and is plenty replayable.

Apparently, this particular Hitman game would have been known as Hitman: Guns and Souls, and would have included microtransactions. And judging by the way Square Enix sets massively unrealistic expectations for their games lately, maybe its better off to see Agent 47 get terminated.

Last Updated: January 6, 2014

19 Comments

  1. That’s a pity if it turns out to be true. I really enjoyed Hitman Absolution. I don’t see what people were complaining about, and I’ve played all the previous ones. The challenges were great fun to complete (especially the cake).

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    • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

      January 6, 2014 at 14:45

      I’ve just started it. Seems good so far

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 6, 2014 at 14:55

        It’s not often I get to rub my hands with glee while waiting for a target to walk into a trap.

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        • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

          January 6, 2014 at 14:58

          lol

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        • Anon A Mouse

          January 6, 2014 at 15:04

          Nothing pleased me more than walking away with a plan well executed and no one the wiser.

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      • Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

        January 7, 2014 at 08:35

        It gets better as you play. 47’s skills improve and when you play the second run, everything just opens up magnificently

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  2. Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

    January 6, 2014 at 14:44

    Looks like hitman… got the axe…

    badumtsh

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  3. Hammersteyn

    January 6, 2014 at 14:46

    Thanks Square Enix, now hows about a nice FF game? No? How about Deus Ex? Mobile gaming you say…. Well at least Thief is on it’s way.

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      January 6, 2014 at 14:50

      Want to guess how much DLC that will get?

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      • Hammersteyn

        January 6, 2014 at 14:56

        More than one?

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          January 6, 2014 at 15:01

          If this was an EA game I’d expect the main game to be full AAA price, then have microtransactions for loot to steal.

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          • Hammersteyn

            January 6, 2014 at 15:07

            Thank heavens indie games came on the scene when they did. Sometimes I think AAA games can go f**k themselves. Then again they probably need a DLC for that.

          • VampyricSquirrel Monk

            January 6, 2014 at 15:08

            That’s probably in the DRM that is DLC’d onto the Microtransactions.

  4. Rock789

    January 6, 2014 at 14:48

    There will some seriously sad peeps with this news…

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  5. Anon A Mouse

    January 6, 2014 at 14:56

    I’m sad panda about this. It’s one of only a few franchises where I’ve played every game and enjoyed them all.

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  6. UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy

    January 6, 2014 at 15:38

    VERY sad! Enjoyed them all a lot! 🙁

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  7. VampyricSquirrel Monk

    January 6, 2014 at 15:43

    I still have to play Absolution… *sigh*… It’s terrible I know.

    Rince! Send me your copy!

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  8. Brian Murphy

    January 6, 2014 at 16:31

    “It may have gotten a ton of flak from purists, but honestly, Hitman: Absolution was a damn fine game overall.”

    Yeah but that’s kind of the problem, isn’t it? If you don’t have the purists to buy the game and spread word of mouth via their friends, who’s the target demographic? Thus is the problem with all of these reboots/next gen attempts in popular franchises. The games became popular for a reason, they’re popular to a specific segment of people, for a certain reason.

    When you start playing around with what made the game work, and popular (to them), you risk losing the core audience, and leaving you with nobody to buy it. Which means stocking up on advertising revenue to try and force feed it to everyone.

    Having said that, I bought it on Steam, and while I had fun with it, I can certainly see why the purists wouldn’t like it.

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  9. Avithar

    January 7, 2014 at 08:43

    damn, i was so looking forward to see how the game would move forward to next – gen…

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