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This is the second in a series of reviews that cover the new, episodic Hitman  game across most of 2016. Each episode will be reviewed and scored as it is released. Check out Episode 1 here . --- THE SHORT VERSION After the cold-toned mansion in Paris, Hitman uses more vibrant and thrilling locales for episodes that are mechanically solid but narratively shaky. STORY I've gotta be honest - I have no idea what the story of the new Hitman is anymore. On the margins, it seems as if a grizzly older guy - who may be a former ICA operative, or is perhaps just a nutter with an aptitude for murder - is after something being held by an organisation called Providence. Though we keep getting cutscenes at the end of each story mission that attempt to convey the narrative, the game makes Agent 47 feel divorced from the larger plot going on around him by its alarming lack of focus within gameplay. Sure, one of the Paris targets might have turned out to be involv...

This is the first in a series of reviews that cover the new, episodic Hitman  game across most of 2016. Each episode will be reviewed and scored as it is released. Check out Part 2, which covers Episodes 2 and 3, here . --- THE SHORT VERSION Agent 47 is back. If, like me, you thought the linear  Hitman: Absolution  was a bit of a letdown - especially following the organic sandbox assassinationpalooza that was Hitman: Blood Money  - then fear not! 2016's new Hitman  is a bold, if slightly anaemic, return to the franchise's halcyon days. If, unlike me, you've never played a Hitman  game, then fear not! 2016's new Hitman  is a fun, if slightly repetitive, venture into the under-utilised stealth game genre, that will have you garrotting and silenced-shooting for hours. If, also unlike me, you've never played any kind of game before...well, sorry, can't help you there. Enjoy this cupcake, instead. STORY What makes Hitman 2016  di...

The clips just keep coming, ammunition and otherwise. In this latest clip we get a glimpse at some of the gameplay that promises to make Hitman Absolution the best and most immersive incarnation of the franchise to date. Check out the clip after the jump!

With less than a week until the release of the latest instalment in the phenomenally successful HITMAN series we get a look at the ICA file for Agent 47, the original HITMAN. Check out the all new clip and details on how to join the HITMAN community after the jump!

I remember playing the butt off the first two Hitman games which had an incredible balance of stealth and shoot em up. This newest incarnation looks crazy and the only downside that I can see is that we have to wait until next year to get our hands on it!!! Check out a play through after the jump.