Hitman is a series of video games about theft, developed by Danish company IO Interactive, previously published by Eidos Interactive and Square Enix. IO Interactive remained a subsidiary of Square Enix until 2017, when Square Enix began searching for buyers for the studio, in June 2017 IO Interactive completed its acquisition of management, gained its independence and improved Hitman’s rights. The series is available on Microsoft Windows and several video game consoles, including PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The franchise also includes two novels and graphic novels: “Hitman: Enemy Within”, written by William K. Dietz, followed by “Hitman: Curse”, written by Raymond Benson, and comics “Agent 47: Hitman’s Birthday”.

The 2007 film adaptation, on the basis of the game’s story, was poorly received, but was a financial success. Another film, Hitman: Agent 47, released in 2015, also received negative reviews.

The game centers around Agent 47, a serial killer of contract, whose perfect record makes him in demand among the rich and the elite as he kills many of the world’s most famous criminals. The first screenwriter was Morten Iversen, who authored the pictures of Hitman: Codename 47 and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. He has also contributed to Hitman: Treaties with Hitman: Blood Money. The game features a mix of orchestral and electronic music created by Jesper Kyd. The fifth episode of the series, Hitman: Absolution, was released on November 20, 2012. The game-spin came from PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 under the name Hitman: Sniper Challenge. For mobile phones and tablets, the backbone game developed by Square Enix Montreal was launched as a conversion strategy game called Hitman Go. Another game dedicated to mobile devices, Hitman: Sniper, features the first sniper game. The sixth game called Hitman was released weekly, the first episode was released in March 2016, and the last in December 2016. The seventh game, Hitman 2, was released in November 2018.