We're big fans of Hitman on PS4, and Hitman 2 is looking like a promising sequel. Something we didn't expect to see is this latest news regarding the upcoming game: not only will it have a full suite of new missions to enjoy, but all the levels and missions from the first game will be present and correct.
That's right, Hitman Season 1 content will be updated and playable within Hitman 2. Any enhancements that the sequel is bringing to the table will be retroactively applied to the first game's missions, and if you already own the original title, you won't need to pay again to play them in the sequel. We infer from this that newcomers who buy Hitman 2 will have to pay extra for the Season 1 content. It's a bit messy, but it does mean that everything will be tied together, which is clearly what IO Interactive is shooting for.
What do you think of this move? Will you be playing two Hitman games worth of content when Hitman 2 launches in November? Sneak into the comments below.
Update: The Hitman Season 1 content will be coming to Hitman 2 as the 'Hitman Legacy Pack'. As we mentioned, it'll be available to download free of charge for owners of the original game.
[source youtube.com, via twitter.com]
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Pretty cool. It's clear they want to keep the "service" aspect of Hitman alive.
This is gonna make the game huge.
By the end, the complete first season of Hitman was almost 70Gb. Sequels need to be bigger and better, but even with shared assets you're gonna be looking at 100Gb or more.
It'll make launch day (presumably with a Day One patch, too) quite a burden on your broadband.
Wow. I've played Season One to death, but retroactive updated mechanics mean I could go back and play even more.
what would be the point in putting season 1 in there if i've already played it? it's not like i'm going to go back and play it again, i'm more interested in hitman 2, besides i brought the first season on disc so i doubt i would be able to take advantage of the offer anyway.
@get2sammyb will it work if you have the physical version of season one?
@huyi @tameshiyaku The physical version of Season One (even the Complete Season One they released later) is just a disc containing the training level and Paris. Everything else was a download code, so you've most certainly been registered as owning the game digitally as well as physically, and should therefore be able to access this content.
@RogerRoger i brought the GOTY steelbook so most of the content was still on disc.
@huyi Funny, that's the version I got and I had to download everything beyond Paris. Regardless, if you activated any of the codes contained within, for the extra exclusive objectives or gear, then you should be fine.
As @kixem rightly notes, Hitman is practically an always-online single player game anyway, so if you've ever unlocked a Challenge or Feat, or even made a manual save, you've connected to the IO servers and they therefore know you're good.
So I just need to buy the sequel then? It’s so difficult to buy this game, lol.
@RogerRoger i guess i will be fine then.
nice missed the first but will get this at some stage
Damn this is amazing news, and I didn't expect the free update for Season 1 owners either!
Makes me wanna get off my butt and finally play the older PS2 games and Absolution first, before I start Season 1.
@PS_Nation I believe so but don't take my word for it, wait for future news.
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