Hitman was one of this generation's biggest success stories thanks to an episodic delivery of content that actually worked for once. Hitman 2 didn't make quite as big a splash, instead deciding to ship the bulk of its content at launch, but it looks like developer IO Interactive is gearing up for a third attempt at telling the story of Agent 47.
In a new documentary from Danny O'Dwyer's No Clip, CEO and Co-Owner of IO Interactive Hakan Abrak confirms that the new studio opened in Malmo, Sweden is working on content for Hitman 2 as well as "looking ahead" to a third game in the series as we know it today. This could return to the episodic routes of the initial 2016 title. Even more interestingly, however, is that the original Danish team is working on a new IP.
This is very exciting news, especially so from a studio that only went independent a few years back, but don't expect either of these projects to come to fruition until the PS5 is on the market. A potential Hitman 3 that takes advantage of the power of next-gen consoles is an interesting prospect, though.
Are you excited that more Hitman is on the way? Show us your silenced pistol in the comments below.
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Get in! I love me some Hitman and more is always welcome.
I will always buy more hitman! It's easily one of my top series and has been since ps2
As much as I enjoyed HItman 2, if the third game is episodic then I'd be very hesitant to get it until all the episodes are released and it has a hefty discount.
They could do with going back to the episodic format. Hitman 2's release didn't really do them any favours.
I honestly preferred the episodic release of Hitman. It gave me time to master each area before the next one came out. Hitman 2 kinda overwhelmed me with every area being available at launch and I haven't played it anywhere near as much.
A traditional hitman game like blood money etc would be welcome if its the episodic stuff then no thanks I'm good....
That's weird, because it took Hitman 2's full-whack release to get me genuinely hooked on the addictive gameplay loop. Having all of the first season's maps available from the same menu helped me return to them and give them my full attention, whereas I'd kinda skipped over them and forgotten about them before. Having a solid DLC schedule continuing throughout the year (new Siberia sniper map on Wednesday!) keeps me coming back.
Returning to an episodic release schedule would seem like a backwards step, especially since it was mandated by Squeenix and part of the reason IO Interactive went independent was because they kinda hated their bizarre demands and unrealistic targets.
Episodic or not..I'll buy it day 1
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