Hitman: Absolution Details: Agent 47's Nemesis and More Revealed

26
Richard Walker

The first solid details for Agent 47's next engagement have spilled onto the internet today, revealing Hitman: Absolution's villain Blake Dexter, his celebrity voice and confirmation of the return of 47's handler, Diana Burnwood.

Actor Keith Carradine will assume the role of Dexter and British actress Marsha Thomason will take over the role of Diana Burnwood from Vivienne McKee who provided her voice in the previous Hitman games. "Diana is 47′s only true human contact," Thomason told The Hollywood Reporter. "They’ve known each other an extremely long time, and in the Hitman world, she is what Q is to James Bond. So she sets the assignments, tells him where to go and who to kill."

"The character I play in Hitman: Absolution is as multidimensional as any well-imagined character should be," Keith Carradine said of 47's nemesis, Blake Dexter. "The vividness of the world entered by the gamer hinges on detail. To fully engage the attention of the player requires nothing less than the most completely realised universe of geography and personality."

Apparently, there is a host of other Hollywood stars set to lend their larynxes to Hitman: Absolution's cast, with IO Interactive enlisting more than a dozen noted actors for the game. The developer has captured a number of “complex scenes” with up to seven actors on set at one time, for inclusion in the game, hinting at some pretty dramatic scenes in store.

"We had actors like Marsha and Keith come in and do full-body acting with facial and voice being captured simultaneously in scenes," said the game's Director, Tore Blystad. "Some of these scenes were very complex with all kinds of props and interactions amongst the actors."

Hitman: Absolution is shining up its dual Silver Baller pistols for a 2012 release.

[Via Daily Joypad]

Comments
26
  • Awesome, I figured I would need to wait for E3 for any more news
  • this game is gonna be good, just like the others
  • Day1 buy like rest of my hitman games i got.
  • AHHHH can't wait to inject some poison into some pies again(the perfect crime)...MWAHAHAHA, seriously i cannot wait for this game, Bring on Hitman!!
  • Shouldn't it be like what m is to James bond?
  • shweet shtuff
  • Please put Justin Bieber in this new Hitman so we can wiberfire, headshot, poison, hammer, and punch him to death.
  • Too excited X-D
  • @8 for some reason I kept re-reading wiberfire thinking it sounded odd until I realized it was fiberwire Can't wait for this game, trying to figure these games out is so fun.
  • I always thought it would be cool when you have to be in a football Stadium when a game is played and you have to kill a Manager or a VIP who is watching the game . That would be a nice Hitman level :D
  • 2012 release? Still a long time. I guess they've been working on this since Blood Money came out. At least some people must have been on this one, since you always have more than one project being developed simultaneously (besides K&L). I can really not wait for this one to come into stores. Hopefully we'll get more information at E3 or the date depicted in the trailer. 7th June or whatever it was again.
  • @11: That's EXACTLY what I've been thinking as well. If it was only someone from MCFC... Or what about something at the airport or at a concert? Or in a museum? There are tons of possibilities. I want the missions to be unique again as they were in Blood Money - no two were the same.
  • Wooo Lundy from Dexter, Coincidence... I think not. and Naomi From LOST! and on top of that the return of Agent 47, just need Jesper Kyd now.
  • As soon as it pops up I will preorder:-)
  • I would also Love to see a Hitman HD collection as well! That would be so Awesome! I'm sure a lot you would also agree!
  • A new Hitman game great!!!
  • Sweetness
  • Hire Jensen Ackles SNM and maybe Jared Padalecki
  • love hitman
  • @13:who said it was english football? lol i think this and a few other games that are coming up will see the demise of my xbox into my ladies hands!!! i cant wait, hope this'll be good.
  • 2012 is so god dam far
  • Very very looking forward to this i've never ever played a hitman on 360, played the last one on xbox...
  • @8 You forgot "Throw a water ball and/or eggs at his punk ass". Just sayin' :D OT: Can not wait for this game, I'd like to see some form of Co-op, but only if it wouldnt fuck the game up.
  • Can't wait, been waiting a long time for this game, one of my favorite series is coming back baby!!!!!!
  • --->> Day one buyer!
  • You need to register before being able to post comments

Game navigation