I'm nervous about 47's newest outing.
I'll reserve full judgement until gameplay is released but I've been reading all the previews I can find and this doesn't sound like the Hitman I or any other fans were hoping for.
While I agree the graphics look amazing and new additions like better melee and climbing, cover and updated shooting sound great, everything else sounds...off
Hiding in the dark, picking off cops one-by-one? Getting chased by helicopter, stopping occasionally to shoot back and slow-mo jump across rooftops? Seemingly action-focused? This does not sound like Hitman.
What I always loved about the series, that seperated it from MGS or Splinter Cell or even that other "social-stealth" game Assassins Creed is
1)There are tons of choices of how to complete levels
2)It's not just you against the world.
Guards, police, civilians, your targets: it's up to you to figure out how to use that to your advantage or if you want to engage in a shootout or want to leave no traces. You're not hiding in the shadows like Fisher or Batman,; you're in plain sight in broad daylight. You don't have to kill if you don't want to. That's what made the series unique
It sounds like they're making Hitman more action-focused. At least that Instinct mode is turned off on higher difficulties. If the entire game is like this, I just might have to turn my back on Hitman.
In my opinion, I believe this is the opening tutorial for the game. It would be a hell of way to start off. I could just see it: that last shot of him disappearing into the crowd, the camera rising up and up then BOOM...Hitman Absolution logo, real game starts. Perhaps the guy he throws through the window at the beginning is an assassin hired to kill him, which then sets off the whole plot. Each "hit" could be 47 taking out different Organization members as he moves up to ladder to those behind the "dark conspiracy" at the center of the story.
(I'm just speculating, but that's the only reason I could think the gameplay would be so action-heavy: start the game with a bang)
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
"Another perfect hit or a messy ending?"
How about a messy hit and a happy ending?