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The Last Number – How Hitman 2 took assassination to a sophisticated new height of precision

By Darryn Bonthuys
February 17, 2020
in :  Features, Gaming, Sponsored Content
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You’re a waiter. A masseuse. A five star army general. You’re any one of a hundred deliciously different disguises at any given time, moving your way through a world that is surprisingly wary of anything out of the ordinary (like the divine flavour of Debonairs pizza) and more than willing to react with extreme prejudice should you step out of line and break character. You’re a master of disguise, weaving your way through targets and administering a lethal comeuppance to the mark that you’ve been paid to remove from the mortal coil. In other words, you’re a Hitman.

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Hitman 3 is “well underway” at IO Interactive

By Darryn Bonthuys
November 7, 2019
in :  Gaming
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Hitman 2 more than delivered on its promise to turn players into the ultimate killing machine. The November roadmap may still have a lot of content on the way, but it’ll be done by a smaller dedicated crew as IO Interactive ramps up development on Hitman 3.

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Hitman studio IO Interactive is teaming up with Warner Bros. to create a new game

By Darryn Bonthuys
October 10, 2019
in :  Gaming
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The team behind Hitman is looking to create a brand new console and PC video game, and they're roped Warner Bros. Interactive in to help them out.

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Hitman 2’s Club Dead location is a sunny paradise full of peril

By Darryn Bonthuys
September 26, 2019
in :  Features, Gaming
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It’s a beautiful day in the Maldives, the ocean glitters with a blue hue that defies logic and the sun shines with a warmth that helps sell the idea that heaven is a place on Earth. Right, time to kill some people then.

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Sun’s out, Guns out: Explore the Maldives tomorrow in Hitman 2

By Brad Lang
September 23, 2019
in :  Gaming
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Launching September 24, Haven Island will include the usual assortment of zany opportunity kills and gorgeous vistas we’ve come to expect from Hitman.

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Hitman 2’s amazing homing briefcase is making an official return in August

By Darryn Bonthuys
August 2, 2019
in :  Gaming
3

No matter which way you slice it, IO Interactive’s Hitman 2 is a miracle. Getting from your starting point to the eventual finish line that is your target, is where the game shines as players need to move between disguises and locations if they want to complete a contract. Doing so also means that you’re going to be using everything from rat poison to screwdrivers to incapacitate anyone who stands in your way. Or if the going gets tough, you could have used the hilarious homing briefcase that Agent 47 carried around with him

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Hitman 2’s Siberia sniper assassin map is another satisfying chapter in the ultimate long distance murder sandbox

By Darryn Bonthuys
August 1, 2019
in :  Features, Gaming
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Hitman 2's latest Sniper Assassin map may be heavy on snow and old Soviet Union symbolism, but it's another chapter in what could be the best sniping game of all time.

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IO Interactive is already working on Hitman 3

By Darryn Bonthuys
July 30, 2019
in :  Gaming
Comments Off on IO Interactive is already working on Hitman 3

For a game that runs so smoothly and manages to cram in some of the very best visuals in the industry today, you wouldn’t say that IO Interactive’s rebirth of Hitman since 2016 has been sailing through some especially turbulent waters. If you’ve been keeping, then you know the story by now: Hitman released to rapturous acclaim but its episodic …

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