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Jean-Claude Van Damme is the next target in Hitman: World of Assassination

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IO Interactive has announced that a new Elusive Target will be coming to Hitman World of Assassination this December.  This new Elusive Target is Max Valliant, also known as The Splitter, and is played by Hollywood action legend, Jean-Claude Van Damme. As well as being voiced by JCVD, Valliant also features the likeness of the action […]

Warner Bros. and IO Interactive team up to bring Hitman: Definitive Edition to retail

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and IO Interactive have joined forces to bring the HITMAN: Definitive Edition to retail on PlayStation4, PS4 Pro, Xbox One and Xbox One X from the May 18th! You will have access to all previously released content and, in celebration of IO’s 20th anniversary, it’s time for Agent 47 to don throwback disguises to […]

Video Game Movie Adaptations That Are Actually Worth Watching

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We know, we know, the video game movie scene is even more notorious than the female superhero one. So many great video games chosen to be adapted into feature length films have had their very essence thrown into a grinder, leaving only a barebones replica for audiences to unsatisfyingly feast on. But sometimes critics can […]

Agent 47 will have a “full head of hair” in the Hitman TV series adaptation, says writer Derek Kolstad

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Back in 2017, Hulu announced that John Wick creator Derek Kolstad had been approached to write the script for the pilot episode for a Hitman TV series based on the bestselling video game. Now, in an interview with Collider, Kolstad revealed that not only did he wrote the first two episodes of the series but Agent […]

Dynamite’s latest free comics include Battlestar Galactica, Sherlock Holmes, Six Million Dollar Man and more

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Dynamite Entertainment has announced the release of a fourth batch of free comic book #1s through ComiXology, taking the number of titles available from the publisher absolutely free of charge to over fifty! Check out the new releases in wave four here… The new comics available in Wave Four are: Agent 47: Birth of the […]

Set your sights on Hitman Agent: 47, starring Rupert Friend and Zachary Quinto

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Rupert Friend stars as the slick, suited assassin in the reboot of the hugely successful Hitman video game franchise. “We wanted a fresh start and a brand new take on this iconic figure,” begins Alex Young, one of the producers behind the globe-trotting reboot Hitman: Agent 47. This take on the infamous Hitman character, so […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War, Black Widow, Thor 4, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Shazam, Flashpoint, Gotham City Sirens, Hellboy, Spawn and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Thor 4, Black Panther, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Venom, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Black Widow, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Cloak & Dagger, The Punisher, X-Men, Wolverine, The Gifted, Justice League, Shazam, Flashpoint, Gotham City Sirens, […]

Hitman 3 teased by studio IO Interactive

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Development may have started, or be soon to start, on the third instalment in the Hitman series that began with Hitman in 2016 and continued with Hitman 2 last year. The news came from a YouTube documentary hosted by Danny O’Dwyer from NoClip. In the documentary, O’Dwyer states that the team at IO Interactive is “working on new Hitman content, […]

Hitman: Definitive Edition hits UK retail shelves this Friday

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There’s nothing like a good assassination game and 2016’s Hitman was the best in the genre.  Now, thanks to developer IO Interactive, Hitman: Definitive Edition will be gracing the UK retail shelves on Friday for the Xbox One family and Playstation 4/ PS4 Pro.  The Definitive Edition will include all previously released content and updates […]