The most recent Hitman game from IO Interactive was met with critical acclaim and it certainly brought something new to the series. However, the game didn’t sell well enough to meet Square Enix’s expectations. Although there were talks of buyouts and shutdowns, what eventually transpired is that IO Interactive went fully independent and continued to retain the Hitman IP. Now it seems like a new game in the series may be on the way as some classification boards have listed a game titled Hitman: Sniper Assassin. 

While IO Interactive hasn’t officially announced the game yet, both the Korean and Australian classification boards have listed the game for PC, Xbox One, and PS4. The company had stated before that they are working on new Hitman games but another possibility is that this could just be a port of the mobile game Hitman: Sniper. 

Hopefully, we’ll get to learn more about this soon enough by way of an official announcement.

Square Enix and Eidos Montreal have been working on a Hitman game for iOS and Android powered smart devices, called Hitman: Sniper. Now, a short ‘teaser’ demo for the game has been silently launched to compatible devices in Canada, ahead of what is eventually planned to be a full scale international release of the game.

The teaser consists of only level to play- literally nothing else is available. The demo so far seems to be making good on Square Enix’s promise of dynamic and slightly emergent gameplay, where the world will realistically react to, and be affected by, your actions (for instance, whether or not your kill is detected depends entirely on exactly how you set it up).

This would be the second Hitman game for mobile devices that has been released this year. Earlier this year, we also got Hitman: Go on smartphones and tablets. The Hitman franchise may be in limbo on consoles and PCs, but at least it lives on on mobile devices.

Though Kingdom Hearts 3 and Final Fantasy 15 won’t be at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, Square Enix is still bringing a fairly strong line-up of titles for attendees. It revealed the same in a new teaser trailer, which showcased games like Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX, Hitman Sniper and Theatrhythm: Curtain Call. Check it out above.

Despite the absence of FF15 and KH3, rumours are still strong on the next edition of Deus Ex being at the expo. Square Enix currently owns the license to the franchise, developed by Eidos Montreal, and thus far hasn’t offered any confirmation on whether it will actually appear. Is it a stretch to hope for the next Tomb Raider as well?

For Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn fans, you’ll also get a look at the upcoming 2.3 patch that should further expand on the gameplay. What Square Enix titles are you looking forward to? Let us know in the comments.

After the apparent success of Hitman: GO, the strategy game starring everyone’s favorite bald assassin that released to mobile devices a little over a month ago, Square Enix have announced that yet another mobile game in the Hitman series will be hitting iOS devices: Hitman: Sniper is a free to play title with over 100 missions full of creative opportunities to manipulate the environment, guards, and targets to complete the hits.  It is also designed to deliver a game experience that is built from the ground up for touch screen devices and takes full advantage of the possibilities offered by the platform and will contain leaderboard driven challenges for players to compete against their friends.

Hitman: Sniper is being billed as a competitive sniping game (which makes it even sadder that it is being wasted on touch screen devices), and it will be unveiled fully at E3 next week. It also appears that this was the Hitman game that Square Enix was hinting we may see more of before E3 a few weeks ago.

Hitman: Sniper (alongside Hitman: GO) represents Square Enix’s willingness to experiment with putting flagship installments in their big franchises on mobile devices, if nothing else- after Final Fantasy and Deus Ex underwent the same treatment, Hitman is being subjected to it now (although it is to be presumed that Hitman: GO was a lot more successful than any Final Fantasy or Deus Ex mobile game, because it is already getting a second follow up).