

Due to various business decisions ioi split from SE to become independent in 2017. At the time Absolution was released in 2012, ioi (the developer) was an owned subsidiary of SE (the publisher). Hitman Absolution Service Message [What they are too polite to tell you is that the problem is with their former publisher Square-Enix (SE). The official announcement from the developer is here:

Contracts Mode Has Been Shut OffContracts mode is currently (and likely to remain) disabled due to choices made by the former publisher Square-Enix in response to the GDPR law changes.
