Hitman is a video game franchise available on PC as well as several video game consoles, including Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube. The games revolve around Agent 47 (usually simply referred to as "47" or "Mr. 47"), an assassin-for-hire, whose flawless record place him in high demand amongst the wealthy and elite. The game series is developed by Danish developer IO Interactive, now a division of Eidos Interactive. The games feature a mix of orchestral and electronica musical scores, composed by Jesper Kyd.
The games contain a considerable amount of violence and are rated Mature (17+) by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. All four games are third-person shooters, although it is possible to switch back and forth between third-person and first-person perspective in all but the first title.
A Hitman film adaptation is set to be released in 2007. Timothy Olyphant will play the role of Agent 47.
On June 20, 2007, a Hitman compilation was released containing the last three games of the series Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Contracts and Hitman: Blood Money. Hitman: Codename 47 follows a significantly different game mechanic from its sequels, and is not included in the trilogy. The compilation is called Hitman Triple Hit Pack in Europe and Hitman Trilogy in North America.
Four games have been released: Hitman: Codename 47 (2000), Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002), Hitman: Contracts (2004), and Hitman: Blood Money (2006). Another installment in the Hitman series for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 has been announced by Eidos.