Hitman: Absolution is a solid return to the Hitman series after six years, but it doesn't represent the best of what the franchise has to offer. Once again you play ...

The Nintendo Switch version of Hitman: Absolution successfully makes a stealth-action classic portable while demonstrating why IO Interactive is perfectly positioned to make a James Bond game. However ...

Here's the scene; an orphanage, on a dark and typically stormy night. Blood runs through the corridors, and fresh corpses pile up by the walls. In the nursery, under bright birthday bunting, there's a ...

Let’s get this out of the way up front: Hitman Absolution is a weird game. It’s a considerable departure from the rest of the series, trading in wide-open, puzzle-like levels and a negligible plotline ...

A freelance writer with over 10 years of experience. His favourite games are Kingdom Hearts, Beyond Good & Evil, and Celeste. One of the best Hitman games, Hitman: Absolution, is heading to iOS, ...

Story plays a bigger role in Hitman: Absolution than in Agent 47’s previous adventures. This time he’s gone rogue to protect a young girl from countless lowlifes who want to hand her over to his ...

Despite the bald guy wearing a suit on the front cover, Hitman Absolution is not a Hitman game; it's not even close. With its borrowed gameplay mechanics, overwritten plot and dull environments, ...

Hitman Absolution is a fascinating case of an error of judgment costing a game its heart. For Absolution, that mistake was placing a focus on a story that didn't need ...