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HITMAN 3 - Year 2 Announcement - IO Interactive

We’re pleased to announce that HITMAN 3 – Year 2 will begin on 20 January 2022 with an exciting roadmap of content.

www.ioi.dk

Ray Tracing
Together with our partners at Intel, we’re committed to bringing the best possible performance and optimization to our PC players. HITMAN 3 has already been enhanced on PC with support for 8+ core CPUs and Variable Rate Shading. In 2022, HITMAN 3 will also support Ray Tracing on PC.

PC VR
HITMAN 3 launched with support for PS VR and we’re happy to bring HITMAN VR to PC in January 2022. Full technical details, including the platforms that we’re supporting will be revealed before Year 2 starts on 20 January 2022.

Elusive Target Arcade
A new way to play Elusive Targets arrives in HITMAN 3 in a brand new game mode that we’re calling Elusive Target Arcade. Prepare to take on the ultimate Elusive Target challenge in a change to the established formula in this fan-favourite game mode. All Elusive Target Arcade content will be a permanent addition to the game. Full details on how this game mode works will be shared in early January 2022.

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In Spring 2022, we’ve got a major update to the game planned. Stay tuned for more details.

 

[BennyBlanco]

New levels too? Good shit. Guess it will come to Steam finally as well.

 

[DocEbok]

My body is ready.

 

[Saucy Papi]

New levels too? Good shit. Guess it will come to Steam finally as well.

Seriously, this is what I'm waiting for to buy it.

 

[R6Rider]

Hitman 3 VR is fantastic, and will be even better with different VR controllers. Hope they bring it to PSVR2 as well.

 

[SonicVolcano]

IOI is one of the few developers left who DO care about their fanbase.

Bring on the Steam version!

 

[Buggy Loop]

Epic Games only or it's a given that if it's PCVR that Steam will have it?

 

[TrueLegend]

I dont hate epic but the storefront is so slow. I want Hitman III. I hope there is a steam release.

 

[Md Ray]

Sooo, ray tracing in HM3 will run better on Intel dGPUs then?

 

[Holammer]

New levels too? Good shit. Guess it will come to Steam finally as well.

There is a trend of formerly EGS exclusive games to release on Steam with a big content update.
Similarly they never communicate the upcoming Steam version before the exclusive period runs out, or how long the period is either. Many just kick it out of the door and suddenly the game is on Steam, without fanfare. Must be real ironclad NDAs from Epic.

 

[Droxcy]

This gonna be fun can’t wait

 

[Interfectum]

No doubt Steam version incoming.

 

[HellforLeather]

I kinda dont give a shit about anything that they actually revealed in any kind of detail but the comment "new maps, new storylines" has me stoked! This was my biggest disappointment with H3 is that they said they werent going to add any new maps. Looks like it was successful enough to dump some more money into it.

 

[Wonko_C]

Glad I waited. I'm gonna go all in once I build my VR-ready PC.

 

[GHG]

I'll grab it as soon as it arrives on Steam then. VR hitman is too good to pass up.

 

[Romulus]

Good stuff. I've already played the psvr version and it was fantastic, even with the weird controls. I knew I would double dip eventually.

 

[Rex_DX]

Epic Games only or it's a given that if it's PCVR that Steam will have it?

I too would like to know this. Is it confirmed?

 

[ArtHands]

I too would like to know this. Is it confirmed?

Not confirmed but they explicitly said “including the platforms that we’re supporting” should be a good sign. No reason to say that if they ain’t expanding to other PC platforms

 

[Fools idol]

I'm down for new maps and content in general. As I've been doing a 100% run recently on all 3 games for the plat trophy I am pretty sure it's my favourite franchise of all time. Maybe even more than Soulsborne series.. so gud.

 

[Alexios]

 

[EverydayBeast]

Looks like fun, but stealth is the backbone of Hitman that’s not stealth lol

 

[Alexios]

Looks like fun, but stealth is the backbone of Hitman that’s not stealth lol

It's the exact same game and content man, you do what you wanna do.

 

[Romulus]

Looks like fun, but stealth is the backbone of Hitman that’s not stealth lol

VR just adds to it, you're literally losing nothing and gaining alot.