Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Cloud (OnLive)
Release date(s)
November 20, 2012
JP January 24, 2013
Genre(s)
Stealth, third-person shooter
Mode(s)
Single-player, asynchronous multiplayer
Media/distribution
Optical disc, download
System requirements
See Development section
Hitman: Absolution is a stealth game developed by IO Interactive and published by Square Enix. It is the fifth entry in the Hitman game series, and will run on IO Interactive's proprietary Glacier 2 game engine. The developers have confirmed that Absolution will be easier to play and more accessible, but will retain hardcore aspects. The game was released on November 20, 2012.
Gameplay
The game will take place in the United States, and will feature an online option.
In addition, the game will feature "instinct mode" which will allow 47
to predict enemy patrol routes, much like the "sonar vision" that was
featured in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction, "Eagle Sense" in Assassins Creed: Revelations and "detective mode" in Batman: Arkham Asylum. Hitman is known for allowing players to create their own narratives within the sandbox levels.
Plot
The first in-depth trailer for the game shows Agent 47 storming a
safehouse, and confronting Diana while she is showering. 47 is "betrayed
by those he once trusted and now hunted by the police, he suddenly
finds himself at the center of a dark conspiracy and must embark on a
personal journey through a corrupt and twisted world, in his search for
the truth". At least one portion of the game will be set in Chicago, and the game will take place in the United States.
Hitman: Absolution
is set at the end of the timeline. Confirmed plot details include
series protagonist Agent 47 assassinating his former International
Contract Agency handler, Diana Burnwood, early in the game.
One of the main antagonists is Blake Dexter, a new character to the series. The character will be voiced by Keith Carradine.
Cast
David Bateson as Agent 47. William Mapother has provided the motion capture work for 47.
Keith Carradine as Blake Dexter, the main antagonist.
Marsha Thomason as Diana Burnwood (previously voiced by Vivienne McKee), Agent 47's former handler.
Powers Boothe as Benjamin Travis, the head of ICA. He was later stated to be the secondary antagonist.
Shannyn Sossamon as Jade, Travis' personal secretary.
Vivica Fox as Lasandra Dixon (Head Assassin Nun).
Jonathan Adams as Cosmo Faulkner, a police detective.
Traci Lords as Layla Stockton, an associate of Blake Dexter.
Steven Bauer as Birdie, 47's informant.
Isabelle Fuhrman as Victoria, whom Diana sent 47 to rescue.
Larry Cedar as Wade, a mercenary working for Dexter.
Jon Gries as Sheriff Clive Skurky, sheriff in Hope.
Isaac Singleton as Sanchez.
Batman as Batman
Development
System requirements
Minimum
Recommended
Windows
Operating system
Windows Vista (SP2)
Windows 7
CPU
2GHz Dual Core (Intel Core 2 Duo or better / AMD Athlon X2 or better)
Intel Core i5 (1st gen) or better / AMD Athlon II X4 or better
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896 MB or ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 GB
Sound hardware
DirectX 9.0c-compliant sound card
Input device(s)
Mouse and keyboard / Xbox 360 controller
Though plans to continue the Hitman franchise were first announced in 2007, it was not until May 2009 that Eidos confirmed the game was in development. Certain plot details for the game were rumored in 2009, stating that the game's story would lead Agent 47 to a low point from which he would have to rebuild himself. On 20 April 2011, Square Enix filed the trademark for the name Hitman: Absolution in Europe, leading sites to speculate that it would be the name of the fifth Hitman game.On 6 May 2011, a teaser trailer was released, confirming the title: Hitman Absolution. The trailer briefly showed Agent 47 attaching a suppressor and a rattlesnake coiled around his signature Silverballer pistol. It has been reported the game will be a "familiar and yet significantly different experience from other Hitman games." On 9 October 2011, a full gameplay trailer entitled "Run for Your Life" was released.
Hitman: Absolution is a shooter/stealth game said the team on
gametrailers.com. David Bateson will reprise the role of Agent 47 in
Hitman Absolution, after it was revealed last year that IO Interactive
dropped the long-serving voice actor.
Square Enix confirmed the news,
shortly after the above video of Bateson announcing his return found its
way online. The video was on a USB key given to a fan by IO Interactive
community manager Nick Price.
Bateson's return was a struggle, with IO Interactive initially asking him to audition for a role he'd served since 2000 and Codename 47. Then, around this time last year, the developer confirmed Bateson's absence from Absolution.
This sparked a number of online petitions pleading for him to be
reinstated as 47, including one that received over 3,500 signatures.[citation needed]
IO Interactive's brand director Jon Brooke revealed the developer
brought back Bateson after a change of heart, saying that on reflection
the developer was "just playing hard to get."[citation needed]
Soundtrack
The original soundtrack for the game is composed by Thomas Bärtschi
with additional music written by Peter Kyed, Peter Peter and Dynamedion[citation needed], replacing the game's previous composer, Jesper Kyd.
Marketing
The Professional Edition of Hitman Absolution features Professional Clamshell packaging for the game, a Hitman art book, making of DVD and the "Agency Gun Pack" DLC. Hitman: Sniper Challenge, a standalone experience is available
to people who pre-order the game at selected retailers. A code supplied
at the time of pre-order will be redeemable via PSN Store, Xbox Live
and PC. While the console version launched worldwide on 15 May 2012, the
PC version was released on 1 August 2012.
Controversy
On 29 May 2012, a cinematic teaser trailer, produced by Square Enix's CGI studio Visual Works, titled "Attack of the Saints" was released. The trailer's depiction of "gun-toting, PVC and latex-clad nuns being killed in a hail of bullets" sparked controversy over the allegedly sexist portrayal of women.
IO Interactive's Tore Blystad, the game's director, later apologized,
stating they're "sorry that we offended people" and that it "was truly
not the intention of the trailer."
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