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Time’s up for our media assassins – now it’s your turn, retailers. MCV and Square Enix is looking for the UK games industry’s deadliest assassin with our Hitman Sniper Challenge competition. The best performers each month will win a 16Gb Wi-Fi iPad 2 and a 10" Agent 47 statue. The …
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Fluffy Logic's CEO on the misogynistic treatment of women in - and outside - the games industry
Read More »Violence against women controversy has altered God of War development
It’s been one of the hottest subjects in games media in recent weeks, and now the direct consequences of the violence against women debate are being felt. God of War is a series famed for – and arguably defined by – it’s use of violence. But in these financially tough …
Read More »First Hitman ad to debut during Euro 2012 final
Hitman Absolution will get its first TV ad on Sunday (July 1st), during the European Championship final between Italy and Spain. The ITV ad is 60 seconds long and is part of Square Enix’s bid to make this year’s stealth action game one of the Top Five biggest sellers of …
Read More »Io: Only 20% of players will finish Hitman: Absolution
Developer Io Interactive predicts that just one in five players will finish the upcoming Hitman: Absolution. Knowing that 20 per cent of the players will see the last level of the game,” game director Tore Blystad told OPM. It’s horrible to know. It makes the people working on it really …
Read More »Square Enix and MCV on the hunt for UK sectors’s ultimate assassin
Developers and all those in the UK games industry invited to prove their gaming talent
Read More »Square Enix and MCV on the hunt for UK trade’s ultimate assassin
UK retailers and trade execs, publishers, developers and media will compete for prizes in a bid to find out who is the ultimate assassin in Hitman: Sniper Challenge. MCV has teamed up with Square Enix for a series of mini-leagues centred around Hitman: Sniper Challenge, the addictive downloadable experience available …
Read More »E3 2012: IO apologises for Hitman trailer
'Surprised' developer 'just wanted to make something cool'
Read More »E3 2012: IO apologises for Hitman trailer, is "surprised" by response
Danish developer IO Interactive has apologised to those who were offended by its recent trailer for Hitman: Absolution. The short, which featured Agent 47 taking out a group of sexually provocative killer nuns, elicited a strong reaction from some consumers and parts of the games press. They were uncomfortable with …
Read More »VIDEO: New Hitman trailer is hard to forget
With plenty of hype ahead of its release, the new trailer for Hitman: Absolution had a lot to live up to. And it certainly delivers! Be warned, if you’re below the age of 18 please steer clear – there’s plenty of gore here. And let’s not even begin on the …
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