Hitman
HITMAN RELEASE DETAILS: On March 11th 2016, we will release the initial launch content, which contains three locations - Paris, Sapienza and Marrakesh - featuring six campaign missions. For Contracts mode, you’ve got a combined pool of around 800 targets to craft your devious Contracts from, which means we’re expecting fantastic things.
Following March, we will release one new sandbox location per month in April, May and June. Each location will come with additional missions, signature kills and more Contracts targets – and of course new disguises, weapons and ways of taking out your target. April takes you to Thailand, May will see you visiting the United States of America and June sends you across the globe to Japan.
In addition, the live content will start in March. This consists of our live, time-limited targets, weekly IOI developed Contracts and promoted content built by the very best of you out there. Because, let’s face it, millions of you played and created fantastic Contracts for Absolution and we’re betting you’ll do even better this time around with so many targets and such complex locations.
THE INTRO PACKSince we announced HITMAN at E3, we’ve had a lot of feedback on what we’ve revealed about the release model. Full access to the world of assassination will cost you USD $59.99 (or regional equivalent). For that price, you’ll get everything - all the content we’re planning on releasing, access to all live events and a secured spot in the HITMAN Beta, which will be available on PlayStation 4 and PC only. No additional costs at any time.
Today, with the INTRO PACK, we’re also giving you an additional option to jump onboard with just the March content – at a lower price point, of course. The “HITMAN Intro Pack” will also be available on March 11 2016, and will be priced at $34.99 (or regional equivalent). It includes all of the launch content, plus all Live Events and Contracts for the locations released in March 2016. Nothing more, nothing less.
Then, if you want to access the rest of HITMAN, you have the option to upgrade your purchase to include all the remaining content (and at the same time get access to all subsequent live events and Contracts across all locations). This will cost you an additional $29.99 (or regional equivalent). The upgrade pack will be available for purchase once the game has launched in March.
That’s it! Head on over to the forums or get in touch via Twitter (
@Hitman) and let us know what you think.
From Travis_IOI of Hitman Forums
"I'll start: The blog post is pretty clear when it describes the March Launch Content: "Six campaign missions" and "three sandbox locations."
When we say "sandbox location", that's what you
could also call a map. They're large and open areas full of content, characters and stories. Some of those locations will have multiple missions inside them. But there’s more to it than that: the locations have been built in a way that makes it possible to change them for each mission. That way completely different events can happen in different areas.
We’re able to make a location feel completely different depending on the mission and setting you’re playing. Whilst the place in the world is ‘technically’ the same – everything else about it will feel completely fresh. It's safe to say that each mission will be very diverse.
Over time, we’ll be able to show what we mean visually in a much better way. The key takeaway is that a location is not simply a building map or a checkpoint anymore. It's a place that allows for various things to happen like a real city or area. On that note, Sapienza is the next location that we’re going to show a lot more from, starting this month."