Agent 47 returns for the next chapter of Hitman. This new trailer, seen at the Spike Video Game Awards, is a well crafted cinematic teaser that is sure to send fans of the franchise into a giddy spin. Three of IO's employees recently moved from Copenhagen to Montreal to direct the development team in crafting a game that's "faithful to the Hitman experience," and it's looking fantastic.

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Hitman: Absolution sees its reveal trailer go public at E3 2011, running on IO Interactive's proprietary Glacier 2 game engine, combining classic Hitman game mechanics with brand new mechanics. Absolution's story will further delve into the mysterious life of Agent 47. A release window of 2012 has been pinned for release on the Xbox 360, PC and for the first time ever: PlayStation 3...

It has been a while since we've seen Agent 47, four years in fact. But it looks like the Hitman drought is about to be broken. Agent 47's voice actor, David Bateson, recently spoke out suggesting that another sequel was on the way. But more convincing is the discovery that IO Interactive's Rasmus Hoejengaard, Damien Simper and Theo Engell-Nielsen have all listed Hitman 5 on their LinkedIn resumes, as well as a 2011 release for the title....