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Video Game Movie Adaptations That Are Actually Worth Watching

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We know, we know, the video game movie scene is even more notorious than the female superhero one. So many great video games chosen to be adapted into feature length films have had their very essence thrown into a grinder, leaving only a barebones replica for audiences to unsatisfyingly feast on. But sometimes critics can […]

Agent 47 will have a “full head of hair” in the Hitman TV series adaptation, says writer Derek Kolstad

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Back in 2017, Hulu announced that John Wick creator Derek Kolstad had been approached to write the script for the pilot episode for a Hitman TV series based on the bestselling video game. Now, in an interview with Collider, Kolstad revealed that not only did he wrote the first two episodes of the series but Agent […]

Dynamite’s latest free comics include Battlestar Galactica, Sherlock Holmes, Six Million Dollar Man and more

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Dynamite Entertainment has announced the release of a fourth batch of free comic book #1s through ComiXology, taking the number of titles available from the publisher absolutely free of charge to over fifty! Check out the new releases in wave four here… The new comics available in Wave Four are: Agent 47: Birth of the […]

Hitman 3 teased by studio IO Interactive

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Development may have started, or be soon to start, on the third instalment in the Hitman series that began with Hitman in 2016 and continued with Hitman 2 last year. The news came from a YouTube documentary hosted by Danny O’Dwyer from NoClip. In the documentary, O’Dwyer states that the team at IO Interactive is “working on new Hitman content, […]

Hitman: Definitive Edition hits UK retail shelves this Friday

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There’s nothing like a good assassination game and 2016’s Hitman was the best in the genre.  Now, thanks to developer IO Interactive, Hitman: Definitive Edition will be gracing the UK retail shelves on Friday for the Xbox One family and Playstation 4/ PS4 Pro.  The Definitive Edition will include all previously released content and updates […]

Warner Bros. and IO Interactive team up to bring Hitman: Definitive Edition to retail

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and IO Interactive have joined forces to bring the HITMAN: Definitive Edition to retail on PlayStation4, PS4 Pro, Xbox One and Xbox One X from the May 18th! You will have access to all previously released content and, in celebration of IO’s 20th anniversary, it’s time for Agent 47 to don throwback disguises to […]

The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War, Black Widow, Thor 4, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Shazam, Flashpoint, Gotham City Sirens, Hellboy, Spawn and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Thor 4, Black Panther, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Venom, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Black Widow, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Cloak & Dagger, The Punisher, X-Men, Wolverine, The Gifted, Justice League, Shazam, Flashpoint, Gotham City Sirens, […]

Geoff Johns teases a possible Hitman DC TV series

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It looks like we may soon be able to welcome another DC character to the small screen, with DC’s chief creative officer Geoff Johns revealing at the Television Critics Association press tour that “we are talking about Hitman” when asked if there are any further DC properties under consideration for the TV treatment. If you’re […]

Hitman Holiday Pack gives you a bunch of free content this Christmas

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Have a very Happy Hitman Christmas, with the Hitman Holiday Pack! Free from today, access the Paris episode alongside IOI’s free festive content, ‘Holiday Hoarders’. It’s time for Agent 47 to save Parisian Christmas; thieves are trying to ruin the holidays by interfering with Santa’s deliveries around the Palais de Walewska – gasp! Plus, you know, you can aid […]