Hitman: Absolution
Xbox 360 l PS3 l PC
DEVELOPER: IO Interactive
PUBLISHER: Square Enix
Rated M
RELEASE DATE: November 20, 2012

Six long years. That’s how long fans of the Hitman video game franchise have waited for this. And finally, Hitman: Absolution arrived this year.

Six years is a very long time to wait for the next installment in a game series you adore, indeed, as fans of Hitman and Bethesda games can very well tell you. For we who have anxiously awaited the chance to once again slip on the gloves of Agent 47, watching in stunned silence as not one but two Kane & Lynch games were made instead, the moment we finally got our hands on it could only be described as blissful.

This also comes with a healthy dose of bias, even for those trying to be as objective as possible such as myself, as Absolution was going to have to be an unfathomable disaster for fans to be unsatisfied. Still, while the game has a lot to be happy about, there were still some minor flaws to overcome.

For most big fans of IO Interactive’s Hitman franchise, it’s been known that the studio was very likely working on a long-awaited fifth title, though no official announcement had been made…until now.

Yes, after many rumors bathed in other rumors cuddled up in cozy blankets of rumors — a rumor Snuggie, if you will — we finally have official word: Hitman 5 is coming, and it will be titled Hitman: Absolution…which of course had been rumored recently.

You can read some new details about the game and see the very brief but exciting teaser trailer by clicking on over to the other side now.