E3 2015: ‘Hitman’ Relearns The Art of the Kill

<p>There&&num;8217&semi;s a world beyond yours – one in which you&&num;8217&semi;re a murderous bald man who can pour a mean glass of poison martini – shaken&comma; not stirred&comma; we assume&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yesterday gave us our first look at what Agent 47&&num;8217&semi;s been <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;e3-2015-hitman-coming-to-ps4&sol;">doing with his sabbatical<&sol;a> during Sony&&num;8217&semi;s live E3 conference and now Square Enix&&num;8217&semi;s showed us just how he&&num;8217&semi;s getting his game on this time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Simply titled <em>Hitman<&sol;em>&comma; IO Interactive&&num;8217&semi;s latest take on &&num;8220&semi;the world&&num;8217&semi;s premiere assassin&&num;8221&semi; leads Agent 47 across the world high-profile targets from the star-studded runways of Paris to the deserts of the Third World&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The studio&&num;8217&semi;s promised players that there&&num;8217&semi;ll be more ways than ever to kill your unsuspecting targets&period; Some of them involve taking the whole cold-blooded murder route&period; Others turn will see you making death into a &&num;8220&semi;genuine masterpiece&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The conference showed off just one of your victims&colon; Victor Novikov&comma; a wealthy entrepreneur and the enigmatic boss of a spy ring that&comma; a little like you &&num;8220&semi;gets people killed&period;&&num;8221&semi; Novikov&&num;8217&semi;s about to compromise a number of valuable foreign operatives&period; Your job&quest; Stop him&period; The hard way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"kA&lowbar;Mx3-ZMGE" title&equals;"HITMAN - World Exclusive Gameplay Trailer &lpar;E3 2015&rpar;"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;kA&lowbar;Mx3-ZMGE"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;kA&lowbar;Mx3-ZMGE&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"HITMAN - World Exclusive Gameplay Trailer &lpar;E3 2015&rpar;"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game appears to have little to do with the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;agent-47-is-a-slomo-superhuman-hitman-this-summer&sol;">action-crazed film adaptation<&sol;a> of the franchise releasing later this August&comma; and probably a bit slower paced at best&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Hitman<&sol;em> hits Playstation 4 and PC this <strong>December 8th<&sol;strong> and only Playstation 4 and PC&comma; it appears&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We thought 47&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;hitman-absolution-review&sol;">last big job<&sol;a>&comma; 2012&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Hitman&colon; Absolution&comma;<&sol;em> was no <em>Blood Money<&sol;em>&comma; but definitely a worthy entry into the series&period; We&&num;8217&semi;ll have to see if <em>Hitman<&sol;em> does at least that much&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> Square Enix Live E3 Conference and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;channel&sol;UCRuzc0H9RlMHPkZy9n920Qg">Hitman<&sol;a> on YouTube<&sol;p>&NewLine;