By Joey Davidson |
Square Enix posted a net income loss of 13.7 billion yen in its recently released fiscal documents for FY 2013. Jamming the full number (13,714,000,000 yen) into Google and asking for dollars in return gets us a net loss of $134,959,474 USD. Why the big…
By Ron Duwell |
One would be forgiven if they confused the Japanese video game giant stuck in the middle of a tailspin. Square Enix is finding its sales plummeting, and the results of its huge gamble to deal with Western franchise are coming up far short of anticipated…
By Eric Frederiksen |
This year saw the revival of a number of long-dormant franchises. Along with series like Max Payne and SSX came Hitman. Agent 47 has been in hiding since 2006′s Hitman: Blood Money, but he hasn’t aged a day. If anything, it seems like the barcoded assassin is in better shape than…
By Ron Duwell |
In a rare form of humility from Square Enix, the video game publisher has backtracked on their decision to charge gamers for Hitman: Absolution‘s online gaming component at the last minute. Online gaming passes are now commonplace amongst the biggest AAA selling games of the…
By Ron Duwell |
Hey guess what! Hitman: Absolution is coming out this week! Lost between the mega launches of the Wii U and Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Square Enix’s stealth assassination game seems to have slipped under a lot of radars. Just to remind you, Square…
By Joey Davidson |
2012 must be the year of the assassin game, because we’ve already taken to the world of murder in the boots of Connor, Aveline and Corvo. Who’s next? Agent 47. Altair and Ezio might be “master assassins,” but Agent 47 will always take my award…
By Joey Davidson |
Up until now, we’ve figured Agent 47 was on his newest killing spree specifically to fill a contractual obligation or, you know, earn a decent living. Turns out, something’s going on with a girl and a hospital bed. Agent 47 will have to save this…
By Joey Davidson |
Sure, Agent 47 looks awesome in a suit. If it wasn’t for all the killing and bloodshed, I’d say that this sharp-dressed man would be a stellar candidate for a spread in GQ, not that I’m knowledgeable about such things. I’m simply making a point. As this brand new…
By Ron Duwell |
The Hitman series has always remotely held something resembling a plot, but the main focus has been that of perfecting tough missions through trial and error. All that is about to change with the latest in the series, Hitman Absolution. With Square Enix’s backing, IO…
By Joey Davidson |
IO Interactive has offered another look into their brand new take on the Hitman franchise with Hitman: Absolution with a new gameplay trailer. Here’s a fair warning if you’re in a public area: things get violent. The clip itself checks in at more than three minutes in…
By Joey Davidson |
IO Interactive and publisher Square Enix have come up with a brilliant way to extend the unique gameplay within the Hitman experience. Rather than playing through each individual mission multiple times until you explore every possible method of assassination (which you can obviously still do),…
By Ron Duwell |
The latest Hitman Absolution trailer finally answers the call many fans have been crying since the original game. The new “Contacts” mode allows gamers to create their own assassination missions of up to three characters in any level and distribute them over the Internet. Weekly…
By Ron Duwell |
Agent 47′s latest walkthrough video for the game Hitman: Absolution has the well polished assassin talking down a gangster boss’ son and his posse of street level thugs called “The Cougars.” Game Director Tore Blystad and Travis Barbour of the community team at IO Interactive…
By Ron Duwell |
Replay incentive has been a sticking point for a lot of games this generation. With such a large selection of quality games competing for your free time these days, most developers have turned to multiplayer to drag out their games’ value and rake in cash…
By Joey Davidson |
Normally, release date announces come in emails specifically about that subject. “Such-and-Such-3′s Release Date Announced,” is typically how the subject lines run. Square Enix elected to go a different route for the launch time of Hitman: Absolution. The news came to us by way of…
By Joey Davidson |
Just a fair bit of warning for those among us that watch this clips in public settings…there’s a mix of over-the-top violence and harsh language within the trailer above. It makes sense in the Hitman universe, but perhaps not in the library of your school…
By Joey Davidson |
We posted the teaser to this brand new walkthrough footage for Hitman: Absolution late yesterday. Now, Square Enix and IO Interactive have made good on their promise and delivered the entire E3, Eurogamer and gamescom demo to the mass of the internet in video form. 17…
By Joey Davidson |
It’s weird to consider that we’ve been controlling Agent 47 as he takes on contracts and completes stealth hits for more than a decade now. The Hitman brand took its roots back in 200o on the PC. Hitman: Absolution will be the fifth game in the franchise, and the…
