Hitman: Blood Money

Hey, IO Interactive. I have a question for you. If a good and trusted friend were hosting a dinner party, and they were trying out a new recipe, but it turned out shit, would you be happy to go round a few weeks later so that they could have another go? Maybe. They're your friend after all. But what if several weeks later they tweaked and fiddled with the seasoning and garnish and improved it ever so slightly, but it still remained ultimately shit? Wouldn't you ask them to drop it for the next party and go back to the tasty tasty food they made the first time you went around?

How about if it became increasingly apparent, during your trips to the kitchen to aquire more booze, that they had all the necessary ingredients for the good stuff already in stock ? And that they'd been recently been leafing through the recipe? Wouldn't you start to become frustrated with your friend?

HEY, IO INTERACTIVE. STOP DICKING AROUND WITH KANE & LYNCH AND ADMIT YOU'RE MAKING HITMAN 5.

Fox hires Spanish director Daniel Benmayor to direct upcoming Hitman 2 film; production planned to start this fall.

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Ian Livingstone has been promoted to 'life president' of Eidos, following Square Enix's acquisition of the company.

Tomb Raider, Hitman, Deus Ex and Kane & Lynch lifetime sales data

The founders of Hitman developer IO Interactive have "re-formed" the Copenhagen, Denmark-based development studio, Reto-Moto.

A press statement from Reto-Moto gave no specific details about current or upcoming projects, but did state that the studio is "committed to redefining the online multiplayer space."

According to Reto-Moto's website, the studio, in name, isn't exactly new. Reto-Moto was founded in 1997, then it immediately

A 18-year-old Michigan man is on trial for murder, charged with beheading a 26-year-old-victim last November. Now, it appears that his attorneys will claim that Jean Pierre Orlewicz (left) was under the influence of Eidos' Hitman when he stabbed and decapitated 26-year-old Daniel Sorensen.

The Eidos executive thinks that the games industry needs more iconic characters to compete with movies, TV, and comics: Industry veteran Ian Livingstone thinks that game developers need more character. The Eidos product acquisition director, speaking at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2007, told the audience that characters were extremely important not just in games, but also as intellectual properties that can then be used in other products.

Ridiculous as it seems, we had hoped that the Hitman movie might not be rubbish. After all, you've got one of gaming's coolest cats, Agent 47, and his globe-trotting career choice of killing people for money. He's a bald, mercenary James Bond. How could the film not be a winner? Well, by the looks of this first trailer, there are plenty of ways to foul up a perfectly good idea. For example: 1. Reinvent the lead character - a man who's been born artificially and raised purely to kill - as some

The very first teaser trailer for the forthcoming Hitman movie has sneaked onto the internet - having watched it, we don't reckon Timothy Olyphant is very convincing as Agent 47, but we suppose it is only a teaser... Anyway, you can watch the trailer, which runs just under two minutes, for yourself here. The film is due out this