| Hitman: Blood Money | |
|---|---|
 Steam cover artwork for Hitman: Blood Money | |
| Developer(s) | IO Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Eidos Interactive |
| Director(s) | Rasmus Højengaard |
| Producer(s) | Helle Marijnissen |
| Artist(s) | Tore Blystad |
| Writer(s) | Greg Nagan |
| Composer(s) | Jesper Kyd |
| Series | Hitman |
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| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Stealth |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Hitman: Blood Money is a 2006 stealth video game developed by IO Interactive and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released in May 2006 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360. It is the fourth installment in the Hitman video game series, and the sequel to 2004's Hitman: Contracts. The story follows cloned assassin Agent 47's efforts to bring down the Franchise, a rival contract killing organization that is threatening his employers, the International Contract Agency (ICA), and seeking to obtain the same cloning technology that created 47. Meanwhile, a frame story presents 47's life and various contracts he carried out, as narrated by a former FBI director to a journalist.
Blood Money was a critical and commercial success, selling more than 2.1 million copies. It has gained a cult following and is considered by many publications and critics as one of the greatest video games ever made.[1][2][3] High-definition ports of Blood Money and two of its predecessors, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Contracts, were released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in January 2013 as the Hitman HD Trilogy.[4] A sequel, Hitman: Absolution, was released in 2012, and 4K remastered ports of both Blood Money and Absolution were released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in 2019 on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as part of the Hitman HD Enhanced Collection.
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