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WBIE and IO Interactive have released a brand new trailer for Hitman 2 this week that's more presentation than actual gameplay The new "untouchable" trailer shows off Agent 47 going around and doing his tasks in a more cinematic view with a look at the various locations you'll be checking out and assassinating in You're[...]

IO Interactive has announced a Halloween Event for Hitman that opens up all the content in Colorado. Hitman 2 is just around the corner now and I'm very excited about it The first game ranked highly on our Game of the Year list back in 2016 and remains one of the best of the last few years[...]

WBIE and IO Interactive shared the awesome news today with a new trailer showing how Bean's character Mark Faba can be just as deadly and crafty as Agent 47 As a bit of a catch, you'll only have 10 days to take him out in the game when it launches on November 20th Check out the[...]

IO Interactive has announced that it will be bringing updated versions of every map from Hitman (2016) to Hitman 2 in DLC. credit//IO Interactive Hitman's maps were excellent They were dense and boasted a wonderful variety, crafting playgrounds for us to mess around and live out the life of an assassin… if that life of assassin nation was[...]

Warner Bros. Interactive has released a new video for Hitman 2, showing off the way Agent 47 will be able to affect his world and kill his target.

The folks over at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced a brand-new event today with the Hitman: Sniper Assassin Competition.

In case you happen to have the reboot of Hitman from 2016 and are lacking some of the DLC chapters, IO Interactive has a deal for you Tomorrow the company will be launching a Summer Pack for the game, which will include a few special items and one full map in the form of Marrakesh,[...]

IO Interactive has announced that Hitman 2 will launch with six missions for players to make their way through, with the option of adding more in the future. There were a lot of sceptics when the Hitman reboot launched Episodic games out of narrative based titles (like Telltale's output) at the time had been patchy at[...]

Diana Burnwood is now deep into her job at the Agency, and a Paris mission puts her on the path of future Hitman, Agent 47. Is it a good read?

At least that was my mindset when I jumped into our demo with IO Interactive and WB Games/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment this week at E3 We got a chance to play a mission where (keeping things relatively spoiler free) we had to kill a racecar driver while they were on the track We had two[...]

Interactive Entertainment and IO Interactive as Hitman 2 will be released later this year We kinda knew the news was coming from all the teasers earlier in the week, but this morning both companies confirmed it along with the added bonus of getting a second announcement with a brand-new co-op adventure in the game called[...]

Another fun leak this weekend comes to us from not one but two online video game rating boards as we now know that not only are we getting a new Hitman game soon, but we even know the title that IO Interactive has in mind As you may or may not be aware, video games[...]

In an Io Interactive blog, it's iterated that you'll get access to all content associated with the level It says: You'll get the main story mission, 'World of Tomorrow', 20 levels of Mastery (including weapon and item unlocks), more than 100 challenges, 7 achievements/trophies and ALL of the Escalation Contracts, Challenge Packs and Featured Contracts that[...]

Alongside the already free first level of Hitman, over the holiday period, the game's famous Paris level will also be available to try for anybody. IO Interactive is in the giving spirit as one of the Hitman's best levels is getting pushed out onto PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for everyone The offer will start[...]

Now that we've finally figured out just who owns the rights to the Hitman franchise, you have to wonder why Square Enix let developer IO Interactive take the rights with them While it's great news for IO Interactive and Hitman fans, it doesn't really make sense in terms of sheer capitalism. Credit// Square Enix Despite dwindling numbers of players[...]

IO Interactive lost the right to make Kane & Lynch sequels when they were dropped by publisher Square Enix earlier this year The state of many of IO's franchises were in a pretty grey area for a while, with the rights to Hitman being the most talked about with sources on both sides saying they retained[...]

Produced in conjunction with Fox 21 and based on the best-selling video game from IO Interactive, Deadline: Hollywood reports exclusively that a pilot script is set to be written by Derek Kolstad, creator and screenwriter of the John Wick action franchise. Focusing on skilled and ultra-lethal assassin Agent 47 and the mysteries surrounding his origins, Hitman[...]

Ultra Ultra, a development studio containing some former Io Interactive talent, have released a new gameplay video of their stealth-action game Echo, which is coming to PlayStation 4 and PC on September 19. Ultra Ultra is formed of eight people who worked on the Hitman series at IO Interactive And damn does it show. In Echo, players[...]

Ultra Ultra is a new game studio made up of former IO Interactive employees who have been working on a brand new title called ECHO Today the company released a brand new trailer for the game that looks pretty amazing We've posted the game's description from the company below along with the trailer, but from what we've[...]

  Developer Io Interactive announced the final elusive target for their episodic Season One of Hitman which will go live on Friday Io made the announcement on Twitter, which is usually where they post their Elusive Target announcements, but this one is definitely more bittersweet than usual. Your FINAL ELUSIVE TARGET is… Mr Giggles! Join us for the Elusive[...]

Square Enix today released IO Interactive's episodic Hitman game for Mac While the episodic game was developed and produced while IO was a subsidiary of Square Enix, the decision to publish the game on Mac just days after IO reports that they own the Hitman rights seems like a pretty obvious pushback from SE[...]

The state of IO Interactive after their highly publicized breakup with longtime publishing partner Square Enix has been the focus of quite a lot of speculation Most of that centered around the rights to the Hitman franchise And in a recent blog post, IO have claimed that they hold full rights to publishing the games, and therefore[...]

For those worried what will become of Hitman after the Square Enix sale of IO Interactive, fret no more IO released the picture below with details of new content on the way for June, featuring the new additions of Escalation Contracts, Featured Contracts, and the new Elusive Target mode. Elusive Target #25 will be the second[...]

Despite splitting with developer IO Interactive, according to an English transcript of the company's recent end-of-year results call hints that Square Enix is looking to continue the Hitman franchise. This one comes to us via GameSpot and seems to completely counteract what we knew of the Hitman rights in the aftermath of Square's decision to part was with IO. GameStar previously reported[...]

After splitting with Square Enix, it looks like Io Interactive is in for a rough time The studio announced today that they've begun laying off employees following the split. The reason for the layoffs remains vague, with the studio only claiming, "we're sad that great talent and good friends will be leaving the studio." The announcement came through[...]

In a report making the rounds from German gaming site Gamestar, IO Interactive will be retaining the right to the Hitman series after they are fully split from Square Enix. According to the site, Season Two of the stealth assassin game is halfway complete, and that they're aiming to release it just before 2018, or perhaps[...]

Alongside giving us their financial results for the end of their 2016 fiscal year, Square Enix has also announced that they will be withdrawing from their partnership with Danish developer Io Interactive Io Interactive are known mostly as the studio behind the Hitman franchise. "To maximize player satisfaction as well as market potential going forward, we are focusing[...]

The Hitman story follows the IO interactive team as they make a handcrafted edition of Hitman Go If you've got the two minutes to spare, you should definitely check it out when you have the chance. The Lara Croft and Deus Ex stories should be along shortly, and the three are supposed to hint at what[...]

To celebrate that, IO Interactive have put out this new trailer which teaches you the basics and appeal of the title From starting off rough, to well-executed assassination attempts, this should be package why should want to play this game It really is very good. Take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEA2IAJO1asVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: HITMAN[...]

Just because he is a killer doesn't mean Agent 47 can't get into the Christmas spirit. It's been revealed by IO Interactive that the game will be getting a free mission on December 13th It takes place in the Paris level, but it's been decked out for the holiday times You"ll be chasing after theives taking[...]