A fifth Hitman game will arrive courtesy of and in 2010, Variety reporting that the new game will link in with a new film sequel also due out next year.

The next game will contain 'elements' of the - which has been on the cards for some time - while a video game sequel is perhaps overdue, given the length of time since we last crept through the shadows in the guise of the slick assassin.

Twentieth Century Fox are behind the new flick, with Kyle Ward said to be hard at work on the plot following work on Kane & Lynch. A late 2010 release is planned.

More on all this soon, we hope.

By Luke Guttridge