Mark Sloan has short-to-medium length brown hair and blue eyes. He’s an actor with experience in modeling as well as commercials and is interested in obtaining work in those two areas — among others — again. In 2006 Sloan starred in a serial killer commercial. In 2008 he did something relevant to our interests. According to hisCasting Callresume, he did motion-capture work forHitman5… with Rocksteady Limited. Now that’s a new one.
Sloan’sHitmanentry suggests two things: Eidos’ space bar is broken and the UK-based studio responsible forBatman Arkham Asylumis working on the next installment of theHitmanfranchise. While we agree with the former, we’re finding it tough to buy into the latter. It plain doesn’t jive with what we know and can still find.
Always an IO Interactive property,Hitman 5— orHitman5— is still in their capable hands, even though they do seem a little busy nowadays. (Mini Ninjasand the nextKane and Lynchare on the way.) In May Eidos’ Ian Livingstoneconfirmedthat the title is being developed by IO. A quick scan ofafewLinkedIn profiles says that as of at least June, IO still had the property. Forget about themovie tie-in thing— we’re pretty sure it’s still in-house.
So, what’s the deal? We’re guessing Rocksteady is helping IO Interactive with the motion-capture work. From what we understand, Rocksteady has some pretty rockin’, high-tech digs to use. And this connection makes sense — Eidos is the publisher for the newBatmantitle and has always published theHitmangames.
Despite our reasoning, there’s always a chance that Rocksteady is indeed doingHitman 5. We’ve fired off a few e-mails to important people and we’ll be sure to update if we receive comment about the matter.
