Hitman Absolution New Details

- The main villain in Hitman: Absolution is Blake Dexter, played by Cowboys & Aliens star Keith Carradine.

- Agent 47's handler is Diana Burnwood, played by White Collar's Marsha Thomason. Diana is said to have a "close relationship" with Agent 47, Hollywood Reporter revealed.

- "Diana is 47's only true human contact," Thomason said. "They've known each other an extremely long time, and in the Hitman world, she is what Q is to James Bond. So she sets the assignments, tells him where to go and who to kill."

- "The character I play in Hitman: Absolution is as multidimensional as any well-imagined character should be," Carradine said.

- "The vividness of the world entered by the gamer hinges on detail. To fully engage the attention of the player requires nothing less than the most completely realized universe of geography and personality."

- Developer IO is working with a dozen Hollywood actors for the hotly-anticipated game, due out next year. - Actors are required to provide performance capture and voice over work, conducted in Giant Studios, which James Cameron used for blockbuster movie Avatar.

- IO has captured "complex scenes" with up to seven actors on set at once. Absolution focuses on the emotional stories that evolve, director Tore Blystad said.

- "We had actors like Marsha and Keith come in and do full-body acting with facial and voice being captured simultaneously in scenes. - "Some of these scenes were very complex with all kinds of props and interactions amongst the actors."

- Absolution has been built "from the ground up" by IO using its new proprietary Glacier 2 technology.

- Blystad described it as "more stylised, more serious, and darker this time around in both the story line and the visuals".

- Agent 47 goes on different missions throughout the US, with part of the game taking place in Chicago.

- A new Hitman movie launches next year to coincide with the film. Daniel Casey (Jimmy Six) has written the script. The film is said to have an original story and characters, "but will retain the look and feel of the new game".

- "The hope is that the movie will be going in a similar direction, and then when they both come out they will speak the same language. They won't follow the old Hitman games, but rather go with this newer direction."

Hitman had a very original gameplay which also was very fun. It is sad that they've strayed from this path only to make it some kind of (most likely) third person shooter which we've seen so much of already. We all wanted a Hitman game but they've must've interpreted that wrong somehow seeing how they're going to change the gameplay which made Hitman so unique.

Hitman had a very original gameplay which also was very fun. It is sad that they've strayed from this path only to make it some kind of (most likely) third person shooter which we've seen so much of already. We all wanted a Hitman game but they've must've interpreted that wrong somehow seeing how they're going to change the gameplay which made Hitman so unique.

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Hitman had a very original gameplay which also was very fun. It is sad that they've strayed from this path only to make it some kind of (most likely) third person shooter which we've seen so much of already. We all wanted a Hitman game but they've must've interpreted that wrong somehow seeing how they're going to change the gameplay which made Hitman so unique.

ithilgore2006

I bet it is tho!!! :(

The story in Hitman games has never been the focus. The plots are crude, involve caricatures as villians and targets, and the game's chronology is often in conflict between various titles in the series.

I fear they are moving away from the open-ended nature of the previous titles and are going for a more cinematic, yet more linear approach instead. Which is not what Hitman is about.

It really doesnt sound like Hitman anymore, which was a shame cause Hitman was the only true stealth franchise left on the market

Hitman really had no real story; you just kill people for money, there is no personal vendetta against them. (which in what a hitman is, a professional)

Keith..as in..Keith David?

What the hell is this?

Get back to how Hitman used to be because it would be incredibly well received. But don't jump on the action train and try to make it something its not

So when's the seemingly mandatory Hitman Collection going to be announced :P

So when's the seemingly mandatory Hitman Collection going to be announced :P

IndianaPwns39

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So when's the seemingly mandatory Hitman Collection going to be announced :P

Lto_thaG

Nah I meant for the PS3. Wouldn't surprise me if it happens.

I already have the one on Steam.

Called it. Streamlined and casulizaed. Hitman gameplay we all know and love=raped.

God damn it, can at least one stealth series have a return to form this gen!?:evil:

God damn it, can at least one stealth series have a return to form this gen!?:evil:

Wiimotefan