Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is a stealth video game developed by IO Interactive and published by Eidos Interactive. It is the second entry in the Hitman series and the sequel to Hitman: Codename 47. It was released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2 on 1 October 2002, the Xbox version of the game was released on 2 October 2002, and a GameCube version was later released on June 2003. The game was re-released for Windows through the Steam online distribution service.