Hitman: Absolution - Development

Development

System requirements
Minimum Recommended
Windows
Operating system Windows Vista (Sp2) / Windows 7 Windows 8
CPU 2GHz Dual Core (Intel Core 2 Duo or better / AMD Athlon X2 or better) Intel Core i7 (1st gen)3.0Ghz or better / AMD Athlon II X4 or better
Memory 2 GB 4 GB
Hard drive space
24 GB of free hard disk space
Graphics hardware NVIDIA GeForce GT 210 512 MB or AMD HD2600 XT 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896 MB or ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 GB
Sound hardware
DirectX 10.1-compliant sound card
Input device(s)
Mouse and keyboard / Xbox 360 controller

Though plans to continue the Hitman franchise were first announced in 2007, it was not until May 2009 that Eidos confirmed the game was in development. Certain plot details for the game were rumored in 2009, stating that the game's story would lead Agent 47 to a low point from which he would have to rebuild himself. On 20 April 2011, Square Enix filed the trademark for the name Hitman: Absolution in Europe, leading sites to speculate that it would be the name of the fifth Hitman game. On 6 May 2011, a teaser trailer was released, confirming the title Hitman: Absolution. The trailer briefly showed Agent 47 attaching a suppressor and a rattlesnake coiled around his signature Silverballer pistol. It has been reported the game will be a "familiar and yet significantly different experience from other Hitman games." On 9 October 2011, a full gameplay trailer entitled "Run for Your Life" was released.

David Bateson reprised the role of Agent 47 in Hitman Absolution.

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