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Anewyear’s uponus,with

it thepromiseoflotsofnew

andexcitinggames.Whenit

comestosingle-playertitles,few

2016 gamesare asanticipated

asEidos-Montreal’sDeusEx:

MankindDivided.It’s already

beenfiveyearssincethestraight-

upclassicHumanRevolution,

andit’s fairtosaythatEidos

hasn’t rushedtogetthesequel

toourscreens;originallydue

outinFebruary, itsreleasewas

pushedbackuntil23rd August

• allthebettertogiveAdam
  Jensen’s latestsci-fiadventure
  more spit-and-polish.
  Onceagain,MankindDivided
  willgiveusmultiplewaysof
  attackingitsfuturisticscenarios;
  we’llbeabletoapproachmissions
  stealthlyorviaviolent,full-frontal
  assaults– asever, mostmissions
  canbecompletedwithoutspilling
  a dropofblood,asyou’dexpect

fromaDeusExgame.Mankind

Dividedpromisestobebigger, as

youmightexpect,butalsomore

complex,witha newandlarger

rangeofaugmentsproviding

more playerchoicethanever.

Hacking,sniping,brutallytaking

downenemieshand-to-handor

simplysmashingthroughwalls

• it’s allina day’s workforthe
  cyberneticwarrior, AdamJensen.
  Lessfuturistic,butnoless
  violent,IOInteractive’sHitmanis
  outon11thMarch.Anattempt
  torebootthelong-runningseries
  afterthemildlydisappointing
  Hitman:Absolution,thisnew
  outingforunspeakablytough
  assassinAgent 47 willtake
  theformatbacktothemore
  open-endedactionoftheearlier
  seriesentries.AsintheDeusEx
  games,Hitman’smore expansive
  leveldesignswillallowplayers
  totacklethevariousinfiltration
  andassassinationobjectivesin

justaboutanywaytheychoose:

doesoffinga targetwithanaxe

soundmore enticingthanusing

a sniperrifle?Hitmanletsyoudo

justthat.

Ina firstfortheseries,Hitman

willbeepisodic,withtheIntro

PackreleasedinMarchcoming

withsixmissionssetacrossthree

locations– France,Italyand

Morocco.Tokeepusinterested,

there’llbea totalof 800 targets

tobringdown, 40 signature

kills,plusextraeventsadded

eachweek.Inthemonthsafter

release,extrasandboxlocations

willbeavailableaspaid-for

content– setinThailand,Japan

andtheUSA,they’llbringwith

themmore missionsandtargets.

Will thisnew, episodic

approachhelpHitmancompete

againstrivalfranchiseslike

Assassin’s Creed?Allwecan

sayis,we’re lookingforward to

findingout.

Ryan Lambiehas loved

videogamessince he

first stared up in awe at

aGalaxianarcade

cabinetin his local chip

shop.28 years on, Ryan

writes aboutgamingfor

Micro Mart.He’s still

addicted to chipsand

still useless atGalaxian

Specialists

iIO Interactiveis goingfora moreopen-worldapproachin its Hitmanreboot,withmissionsallowingforall kindsof

creativekillsandstealthtechniques

This week,Ryantakes a look at some of the most exciting

games of 2016, from Deus Ex: Mankind Divided to the new

online shooterfrom Gearbox...

AdamJensen’s backandmoreaugmentedthaneverin theeagerlyawaitedDeusEx:MankindDivided

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