EIDOS ANNOUNCES HITMAN: BLOOD
MONEY
Spring 2005 release for the
latest installment in the multi-million selling Hitman series
San Francisco, CA (November 4, 2004)
— Eidos® plc, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of
entertainment software, announces the return of the world’s deadliest assassin
in Hitman: Blood Money™. Developed by Io Interactive, Hitman Blood Money will be
released worldwide in Spring 2005 on PlayStation®2 computer entertainment
system, Xbox® video game system from Microsoft and PC.
When assassins from Agent 47’s
contract agency, The ICA, are systematically eliminated in a series of hits, it
seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. For Agent 47 it’s
business as usual, until suddenly he loses contact with The ICA. Sensing that he
may be the next target, he travels to America, where he prepares to make a
killing.
Agent 47 is back and this time he’s
paid in cold, hard cash. How the money is spent will affect his passage through
the game and the weapons at his disposal, resulting in a unique gameplay
experience for each player. Powered by a new version of Io’s stunning Glacier
engine, Hitman: Blood Money will deliver the most brutal and realistic
simulation of life as the world’s deadliest assassin.
Mike McGarvey, ceo of Eidos says:
“The Hitman series is one of Eidos’ biggest franchises and goes from strength to
strength with every new installment. Io-Interactive is one of the world’s most
accomplished developers, and yet again has raised the stakes in terms of
graphics and gameplay with Hitman: Blood Money.”
Janos Flösser, managing director of
Io-Interactive says: “Considerable time and effort has been spent developing a
new version of the Glacier engine that enables us to implement many new and
exciting features. The quality of the graphics and A.I. surpasses even our own
expectations and this combined with a gripping narrative and the introduction of
some really inventive characters makes us confident that Blood Money will be the
greatest Hitman title to date.”
Website:
www.hitman.com
Hitman Blood Money, Eidos and the
Eidos logo are trademarks of the Eidos Group of Companies. Io and the IO logo
are trademarks of IO Interactive A/s. All rights reserved.
About Eidos Eidos plc is one of the
world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software with a
diverse mix of titles for the PC, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system,
Nintendo GameCube™ and the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft. For more
information on Eidos and its products visit
www.eidos.com
About Io-Interactive Io-Interactive
was established in September 1998 as a joint venture between Nordisk Film & TV
A/S and the game developer Reto-Moto. Based in Copenhagen, Io-Interactive
develops advanced 3D computer games for the global market. Using proprietary
technologies, Io products are represented on all major platforms. The first
title Hitman: Codename 47, a third-person 3D action game, was released in
November 2000. With the sequel, Hitman: Silent Assassin was October 2002. The
Hitman franchise is now well established as one of the industry’s biggest
original IPs.
