Everyone knows that Hitman: Blood Money is Brad’s Game of the Year, every year; but do you know why his favourite num­ber is 47? Where the whole series started may not be so well known.

Most peo­ple have heard of Hitman: Contracts, maybe Silent Assassin — maybe even the recent spin-off film. But where did it begin?

We take a look at Hitman: Codename 47 — the orig­i­nal game of the fran­chise. Though a lit­tle dated, these hum­ble begin­nings still have all the ground­break­ing and unique ele­ments that made the series into the gam­ing jug­ger­naut that it is today, and that really kick­started the whole stealth genre.

Sit back, enjoy our first vid of 2010, and check out a mas­sive piece of gam­ing history.