Hitman World of Assassination Xbox Playstation PC Gaming Stadia

[David76]

IO Interactive has announced the multiple game modes that will be available in Hitman III when it launches, which includes the return Elusive Targets, Contracts Mode, and more.

Get the details below, via IO Interactive.

Campaign

The Hitman III campaign mode will take you on a globetrotting adventure to sprawling sandbox locations and will deliver a dramatic conclusion to the "World of Assassination" trilogy. Agent 47 returns as a ruthless professional for the most important contracts of his entire career and when the dust settles, the world he inhabits will never be the same again.

Elusive Targets

The stakes are high and the clock is ticking. Elusive Targets are the ultimate Hitman challenge and are designed to offer an exciting, pulse-pounding experience. You need to track down a unique target, with little-to-no help from the HUD or Instinct and hatch a plan to eliminate them on the fly. Good luck. In Hitman III, we're making some changes to the Elusive Target formula that we'll reveal at a later date.

Escalations

Pretty much anything goes in Escalations. Expect your gameplay skills to be pushed to the max as new elements are thrown at you in each stage of the contract. Disguise restrictions, added security cameras and other kinds of other complications will be thrown your way. You'll need to overcome them all – and still manage to eliminate your targets – to call your mission a success!

Contracts Mode

Play-to-create is at the core of Contracts Mode. Choose your own targets, choose how to eliminate them and then make it all happen. Once you've completed the contract yourself, challenge friends to compete for the best score on the leaderboards. Powerful search tools let you find the exact type of Contract that you want to play and look out for Featured Contracts, where IO Interactive choose the best of the best to be played by the entire community.

Sniper Assassin

Dedicated to long-range assignments, Sniper Assassin tasks you with eliminating targets and guards without triggering an alarm, whilst completing challenges to boost your score multiplier. In Hitman III, Sniper Assassin can be played in existing maps as a single-player experience only. We are preparing to sunset the co-op servers in Hitman 2 before the launch of Hitman III and we'll share an exact timeline and a solution to the mode's multiplayer trophies in the coming months.

Ghost Mode

One-versus-one competitive multiplayer came to the Hitman franchise for the first time with Ghost Mode. With our focus currently on other areas of the "World of Assassination," Ghost Mode won't be featured in Hitman III and we have made the difficult decision to shut down the Ghost Mode servers for Hitman 2 on Monday, August 31, 2020. We have learnt a hell of a lot from Ghost Mode over the last two years and we'll be taking all of those learnings onboard for what we do in the future with regards to multiplayer.

We want to send a sincere thank you to all of our players who have enjoyed Ghost Mode over the last two years. We're looking forward to a few more matches online and raising a glass for Ghost Mode one final time. One other thing; The Phantom Suit, which can only be unlocked by playing Ghost Mode, will be added as an unlock in Hitman III.

Hitman III is due out for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia in January 2021.

 

[David76]

IO Interactive has released a new Hitman 3 video, which introduces the game.

In Hitman 3, you get to travel the world and kill interesting people with complete freedom of approach.

The video shows the various ways Agent 47 can acquire access to buildings, such as hacking with his new camera, using brute force, or just by accepting an invitation.



You can also use disguises in the game to blend in, but beware of enforcers who can call you out if they get a good look.

Agent 47 can also use classic weapons and more state of the art options, but of course, almost anything can be used as a weapon too. But, there are always ways in which to accomplish goals without using weapons at all.

There are also "accidents" which can be pulled off, or you can use someone else to do your dirty work.

Adapting as circumstances change will also be a way to make sure your goal is met, as the targets can be the most protected people in the world. Some are also only exposed for a limited amount of time.

Mastery tracks in the game will also allow you to open up new weapons and items, and there are 20 mastery tiers per level with new starting locations, gear, exotic distraction, and stashed weapons. You will also receive ratings based on playstyle and skill level.

Hitman 3 will be released on January 20 for PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Buying the game digitally on PS4 will allow you to upgrade to a digital PS5 copy for free. The same is true for Xbox One to Xbox Series X, as the game is making use of Smart Delivery. The game is also coming to Switch in a cloud version.

On next-gen consoles, it will support 4k visuals, 60 fps, HDR, and faster loading times. The game will also bring refinements to interactive animation and AI, as well as Glacier's crowd technology that will allow up to 300 NPC's in a location at once.

It will also support PlayStation VR at launch, and every location from the World of Assassination trilogy can be enjoyed in VR when you play them through the game

 

[David76]

Hitman 3 is the highly anticipated finale to IO Interactive's expansive World of Assassination Trilogy that began back in 2016. The game will take Agent 47 on an adventure across the globe as he eliminates the leaders of a menacing organization that runs the world in secret – and it all begins in the United Arab Emirates. You can now watch the first 5 minutes of Hitman 3's opening Dubai mission as part of our exclusive coverage of the game, during which Agent 47 descends upon the tallest skyscraper on Earth.

First 5 minutes of Dubai mission in Hitman 3

• David76
• 01 Jan 2021

 

[David76]

Hitman 3 will be playable with PlayStation VR, and just like the non-VR version of the game, you will have freedom of approach in the sandbox.

Plus, since the game allows you to play the previous titles, every location from the World of Assassination trilogy can be enjoyed in VR when you play them through the game.



Supported by his Agency handler, Diana Burnwood, in Hitman 3, Agent 47 joins forces with his friend Lucas Grey. Their mission is to eliminate the partners of Providence, and they will need to adapt as their hunt intensifies.

In the game, you can expect six detailed locations with plenty of creative opportunities, and the game gives you the freedom to complete objectives in a world that reacts to everything you do.

 

[David76]

IO Interactive has published the launch trailer for Hitman 3, and it's a stylish whistlestop tour of Agent 47's brave new World of Assassination.



The new video shows off some of the locations in which you'll be conspiring to take down your targets and sets the scene with atmospheric, stylish aplomb.

 

[David76]

The conclusion to the Hitman World of Assassination is very close.

The reviews are looking good so far.

• The VG247 review – A fitting finale to one of gaming's best trilogies 5/5
• IGN – 9
• GameSpot – 9
• GamesBeat – 5/5
• EGM – 5/5
• Game Informer – 9
• PC Gamer – 90/100
• Attack of the Fanboy – 5/5
• Destructoid – 9
• COGconnected – 92/100
• Press Start – 8.5
• GamesRadar – 4.5/5
• Trusted Reviews – 4/5
• Gameblog [French] – 9
• Hobby Consolas [Spanish] – 80/100
• The Games Machine [Italian] – 9

 

[Fraser]

So the reviews of this have caught my attention having not played the previous two. Will I miss out on much if I dive in here? I don't really want to devote the time to going through all three games. I'm probably less concerned about the story than the assumption that you should already know the mechanics inside out by this instalment, if it is as much like DLC for the first two games as reviewers imply.

 

[Legion]

So I decided to just pick it up and skip the first two games. I've done three levels now and really enjoyed all of them a lot, there is so much variety and so much potential for experimentation. I think I probably will end up buying the add-ons for the first two games now, but I don't really mind playing them out of order because the overarching story is really irrelevant.

 

[Bandit]

So I decided to just pick it up and skip the first two games. I've done three levels now and really enjoyed all of them a lot, there is so much variety and so much potential for experimentation. I think I probably will end up buying the add-ons for the first two games now, but I don't really mind playing them out of order because the overarching story is really irrelevant.

The overall story is basically cutscenes between missions. The missions themselves contain no real story.

 

[David76]

February Roadmap released by IOI. Looking forward to the escalations (Proloff Parable looks good!) and good to see the Elusive Targets back.