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Hitman: Absolution promo app pulled over controversy hours after launch Poll

Posted: 04.12.2012 by Technet2k

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In a staggering PR blunder for Square Enix, a Facebook app that encouraged users to put 'hits' out on your friends has been yanked offline hours after launching. Agent 47 couldn't stomach it.

This bit of Hitman: Absolution marketing included 'identifiers' for targets of these contracted hits by the bald assassin. Among them were female friends having "small tits".

Square Enix Montreal showcase 'Hitman 6' concept artworks

Posted: 27.11.2012 by Technet2k

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During the Montreal International Game Summit, publisher Square Enix had a booth where artists created concept pieces live, courtesy of art director Rasmus Poulsen and senior concept artist Leonid Enyne.

IO Interactive has already said that Montreal's Hitman would be 'their own take' on 47. Two of the artworks include partial glimpses of the bald assassin, with him in disguise in one of them.

Console bug wiping Hitman: Absolution save data, report users

Posted: 22.11.2012 by Technet2k

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The life of a professional assassin is a tough one, especially when you're tall with a bar code tattooed on your hairless noggin. It's even more tense when your career could get wiped out by a bug.

Users are reporting an extremely unpleasant coding glitch that can see Hitman: Absolution saves corrupted on Xbox 360 and PS3. It's believed to be linked to game crashes during saves.

Next Hitman "out of the house" at Square Enix Montreal, "another take" on 47

Posted: 22.11.2012 by Technet2k

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IO Interactive has just released Hitman: Absolution this week, but a new title in the series is being worked on at the new Square Enix Montreal studio. It'll be like 'Call of Duty with Treyarch and Infinity'.

Game director Tore Blystad says these big IPs take a long time to create just one game, so if you can "work a little bit in parallel" with another studio then it helps. It'll be a "fresh perspective" for 47.

Blystad: Developers 'max out' new hardware within an hour

Posted: 21.11.2012 by Technet2k

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Hitman: Absolution game director Tore Blystad says the next generation of hardware platforms will soon been pushed to their technical limits by developers. It's a "very healthy" fight for resources.

As everyone looks to claw out their share of the system's limitations it "will make people optimize" their contributions to a game's elements. It's "great to get more power," but it's gone quickly.