Square Enix and IO Interactive have today released a pair of new videos introducing two of Hitman: Absolution's key players, with a look at the ICA file of handler Benjamin Travis, and a look behind the scenes at the performance capture being utilised for the game's cut scenes.

Actors Powers Boothe (Sin City, Sudden Death, Tombstone) and Shannyn Sossamon (A Knight's Tale, Rules of Attraction) play Benjamin Travis and Jade respectively in Hitman: Absolution, and offer their own insights into playing the roles in a new video interview looking at the performance capture. There's also a brief first look at the almost finished cut scene in the trailer.

Both videos are very interesting indeed, and offer some tantalising background information behind Agent 47's latest outing. You can check out the two trailers below. Hitman: Absolution is slated for release later this year.