Square Enix is working on a patch to fix Hitman: Absolution on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. There have been numerous glitches reported by gamers since its release. The most notable bug crashes the game and corrupts the player's game save file. The patch will release sometime next week and will fix crashing issues with the console versions.
Square Enix community and social media head Phil Elliott apologized to gamers for the game's glitches on its official forums. Here is his statement:
"We've been working hard to fix crash issues in Hitman: Absolution, and we're looking to release a patch for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the week beginning December 10. We can't confirm the exact date as we still need to go through internal testing, and then submission to Microsoft and Sony, but if there are no other issues that's when we're aiming for.
In terms of what this fixes, we've pinpointed a number of things, which were causing the random game crashes - which, in turn, were causing saved games to corrupt. We've worked through all of the reported crash issues and are happy to say we've fixed all of them. We'll publish a fuller patch list in due course.
Once the patch is released we will of course continue to monitor your feedback so keep in touch and should you experience anything post-patch (crashes, corrupted saves or similar), let us know immediately and we'll respond and investigate. As we've fixed everything we have seen reported, we anticipate this to be very rare (if at all)."
Hitman: Absolution released on Nov. 20 for Xbox 360, PlayStation3 and Windows PC.
The game returns gamers to the gritty world of Agent 47 as he is ordered to assassinate his former handle Diana Burnwood. He is soon caught up in an intriguing plot revolving around a young girl named Victoria.
Absolution features "instinct mode" a new capability that allows 47 to predict enemy movements, and is similar to Sam Fisher's "sonar vision" ability that was featured in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction.
You check out our review round up for Hitman: Absolution here and check out our picks for the game's top five trailers here. The PC version of the game received a patch last week that fixed several of the game's issues. You can read about the PC patch here.
