My phone has been vibrating nonstop this morning with texts from all my friends about this video. Apparently this guy visited IO Interactive and was given a flashdrive with a single audio file on it and told to upload the file to YouTube. Now I played a lot of Hitman and I’m pretty damn sure this is David Bateson’s voice which just made my interest in Hitman Absolution increase dramatically (even though my impressions have been getting slightly better after the recent walkthroughs), but I’m going to try to hold onto my excitement in case this is a damn good impersonator.
[UPDATE]
IO Interactive just confirmed that Bateson is indeed coming back to voice Agent 47 in Hitman Absolution.
After a long search, IO Interactive are pleased to unveil that the voice of Agent 47 will once again be acted by David Bateson who has been the voice of Hitman since the year 2000 with the seminal PC release of Codename 47. Alongside Bateson, William Mapother (star of hit TV series LOST) has performed the motion capture work for Agent 47 which was recorded at Giant Studios.
Speaking about the decision to return to Bateson after the studio earlier declared he wouldn’t be the voice of 47 in HITMAN: ABSOLUTION, Brand Director Jon Brooke said, “IO and Bateson have been bed fellows for over a decade and like all long running relationships sometimes absence makes the heart grow fonder. Looking back I think we were just playing hard to get.”
Both Bateson and Mapother now join a long list of talent announced for the game including Marsha Thomason, Keith Carradine, Vivica Fox, Shannyn Sossamon and Powers Boothe.
HITMAN: ABSOLUTION is the most ambitious Hitman game IO have ever undertaken and is set to be released globally November 20, 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
