Key facts
- Genre
- Stealth
- Developer
- IO Interactive
- Publishers
- IO Interactive (2021–present) Eidos Interactive (2000–2006) Square Enix (2012–2016, 2022) Warner Bros. Games (2018–2019) Feral Interactive (2023)
- Creator
- Jacob Andersen
- Platforms
- Microsoft Windows macOS iOS Android GameCube Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 PlayStation Vita Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One Xbox Series X and S
- First release
- Hitman: Codename 47 , 21 November 2000
- Latest release
- Hitman 3 , 20 January 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.hitman.com
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- Commons category
- Hitman
- publication date
- 2000-11-19
- social media followers
- 103620
- title
- Hitman
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Hitman is a stealth game franchise created by the Danish developer IO Interactive. The player controls the contract killer Agent 47, who travels the world to assassinate various targets who are assigned to him.
The first game in the franchise, Hitman: Codename 47, was published by Eidos Interactive for Microsoft Windows in 2000 and introduced many of the gameplay elements that would become staples of the franchise. Eidos published the next three games, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002), Hitman: Contracts (2004), and Hitman: Blood Money (2006), for Windows and consoles, each building upon Codename 47's foundation of stealth gameplay. After a six-year hiatus, Hitman: Absolution (2012) was published, and a high-definition port of the original three console games in 2013, both by Square Enix.