The Hitman 3 Opening Cinematic Is as Slick as Agent 47's Bald Head

The Shiny Show

by Liam Croft Mon 14th Dec 2020

There's nothing particularly exciting about this new Hitman 3 opening cinematic so that headline is the best this scribe could come up with, alright? Agent 47 does have a pretty majestic bald head, however. Pretty iconic, in fact. But yes, developer IO Interactive is indeed back with another piece of marketing for the finale to its Hitman trilogy before work on Project 007 really gets underway, detailing the story up until now and showcasing a few glimpses of the Dubai location. We have to assume that'll be the first level of the campaign, given its prominence in the opening.

Anyway, enough waffling. Do you like this new slice of Hitman 3 footage? Keep the Fiber Wire in your back pocket for the comments below.

[source youtube.com]

Liam grew up with a PlayStation controller in his hands and a love for Metal Gear Solid. Nowadays, he can be found playing the latest and greatest PS5 games as well as supporting Derby County. That last detail is his downfall.

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Gaming365247
Mon 14th Dec 2020

Is this in epsodies again or one shot

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LiamCroft
Mon 14th Dec 2020

@Gaming365247 It's one full game again, no episodes.

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Gaming365247
Mon 14th Dec 2020

@LiamCroft
Great ty just confirmed my first preorder for next year

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RogerRoger
Mon 14th Dec 2020

Thank goodness they're not repeating the awkward motion comic cutscenes from Hitman II this time!

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stefan771
Mon 14th Dec 2020

Wonder if they will redo the Hitman 2 cutscenes for consistency

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BusyOlf
Mon 14th Dec 2020

That sweet moment where you're reminded again that IO are working on a James Bond game

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theheadofabroom
Mon 14th Dec 2020

@LiamCroft has there been any word on whether people will be able to carry progress from Steam to PS5?

In the transition from 1 to 2 you carried over DLC but only if you stayed on the same platform, and unlocks were not carried over anyway. This time I know they're calling over both unlocks and DLC if you stay on the same platform, and I know they're considering both PS4 and PS5 to be the same platform for these purposes.

I'm guessing at the start of a console generation there will be more people then usual jumping between Valve, Sony and Microsoft.

I don't mind having to buy all the DLC again because it's through a different store etc etc, but I don't really want to play season one yet again to get all the unlockables, especially Colorado which I hate. If that's not possible I probably won't buy the legacy pack DLC, because I won't end up playing it enough to justify the cost.

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ProfessorNiggle
Mon 14th Dec 2020

@theheadofabroom I highly doubt it :/

Maybe if you buy Hitman 3, because you can play all of 1&2, you'll get the dlc included.

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LiamCroft
Mon 14th Dec 2020

@theheadofabroom Yeah, it'll only be PS4 to PS5.

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theheadofabroom
Mon 14th Dec 2020

@LiamCroft Damn, I know Travis mentioned it in passing as a possibility back some time in the late summer, but then everything went quiet.

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Yayoi_KISARAGI
Tue 15th Dec 2020

Yes, it's so dazzling! Over sunlight.

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Macver1ck
Tue 15th Dec 2020

Less improvement same ol same ol stiff movement and a i and cartoony graphics...,, i hope 007 gets the proper treatment unlike hitman franchise did

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tehKAMI
Tue 15th Dec 2020

Looking forward to this last installment. Though, I hope they added some cutscenes in this time as HITMAN 2 felt empty without 'em.

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GREGORIAN
Thu 17th Dec 2020

@Macver1ck... Yep..... I think the Hitman franchise got stagnated from its potential by IO pendering to the Blood Money fanboys and the vision and creativity of the game has thus suffered, after blood money the game should have took off from silent assassin and of course adding a bit of the good stuff from blood money and then took risks with the franchise.

I hope IO will let their creative muscles flex with the James Bond project.......

PS: It's a shame they never carried over the point shot/blink shot machanic from Absolution..... That is one mechanic that makes one feel like a Hitman