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Hitman: Absolution boasts an impressive cast list, with a number of familiar talents lending their voice and motion capture performances to the stealth-’em-up’s colourful roster of characters.

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Hitman: Absolution’s first review has appeared in the wild, courtesy of OXM. It’s a peach too, suggesting IO Interactive’s bald assassin has still got the goods.

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Hitman: Absolution has received a new trailer focusing on the Silent Assassin’s range of disguises. Check out a small sample of the personas Agent 47 can take below.

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Hitman HD Collection has a wealth of new trophies per game. The compilation includes Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Contracts and Hitman: Blood Money. Check out the trophies below.

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Disguises are one of Agent 47′s coolest mechanics. We get the scoop on the best-dressed assassin in the world as we talk to Hitman: Absolution’s art director Roberto Marchesi.

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Hitman: Absolution bad guy Benjamin Travis is voiced by well-known actor Powers Boothe, and in the latest behind-the-scenes trailer below, Boothe discusses how he needed to invent new smoking techniques for the character.

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Hitman: Absolution will contain five difficulty levels, as IO Interactive has been telling us for quite some time; however, the details for each level have just now been, well, detailed in full. Hit up the break to figure out which one suits your playstyle the best.

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Hitman: Absolution has a new trailer available for you to gawk at called: The Kill Mode. Basically, it shows you various ways to off someone using the environment. Case in point: a dancer at a club gets a disco ball to the head, and some poor fella in what appears to be a lab coat gets set alight. Nice. Watch it below.

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Square Enix has released a playthrough showcasing Hitman: Absolution’s new multiplayer mode. The 18-minute Contracts video includes commentary from game director Tore Blystad and Travis Barbour, who are part of the community team at IO Interactive.

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It’s too easy to lumber a game with needless mulitplayer these days. IO Interactive have taken the decision to omit standard multiplayer from Hitman: Absolution’s makeup. Instead, the title offers a neat spin on competitive play. “Contracts” mode allows players to set targets for their friends to smash. Even so, the developer suggests including traditional multiplayer is an irritatingly attractive prospect.

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The Hitman: Absolution developer session at Eurogamer Expo has concluded. Watch the entire thing below.

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Hitman: Absolution shots have landed in our laps, and they show a very industrious Agent 47 doing all sorts of jobs.

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Hitman: Absolution has received a new trailer from Square-Enix and IO Interactive, this time focusing on Agent 47′s line up of firearms, and how he uses them to make people all kinds of dead. There is, of course, the typical Hitman line up of gruesome melee weapons on offer too. Watch the carnage below.

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Hitman: Absolution is now available for pre-purchase on Steam, and if you drop cash early, you’ll save 10% off the total cost of the game. You’ll also gain instant access to the Sniper Challenge campaign. Hitman: Absolution is out on November 20.

Hitman: Absolution is getting a clothing line from Trapstar, a brand favoured by big name artists like Rhianna. Check out photos of the clothes here. The announcement follows news that Capcom’s £899 edition of Resident Evil 6 will feature a replica of Leon’s leather jacket from the game.

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Hitman: Sniper Challenge started life as a pre-order incentive, but its runaway success has caused developer IO Interactive to think bigger.

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Hitman: Absolution contains a villain by the name of Blake Dexter, who is not only a twisted and formidable foe, but he is played by actor Keith Carradine in the game. Dexter is the cowboy hat wearing fella who pretty much runs the town of Hope, North Dakota in a shady manner. Think of him as the town’s Brad Wesley from Road House and you get the idea. Check out his ICA File video below. Hitman: Absolution is scheduled for release across North America, Europe and PAL territories on November 20 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.

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Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics and Hitman: Absolution studio IO Interactive will both host developer sessions at this year’s Eurogamer Expo. Both games will also be playable. Good times.

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IO’s confirmed that Hitman: Absolution’s Purist mode is going to be playable from start of play, with no unlocking necessary.

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Hitman: Absolution’s protagonist Agent 47 used to have regenerative health in an early build of the game, IO interactive’s director Tore Blystad has revealed. The feature was implemented to make the game accessible for everyone, but was since scrapped. Blystad has revealed more secrets in a new interview.

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