Hitman Rollout Detailed [Sep 29, 2015, 5:05 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
IO Interactive announces their release plans for HITMAN, revealing a
staggered rollout for the next installment in their assassination series. There
will be an initial launch on March 11th offered separately as an Intro Pack,
which will be followed by three separate monthly releases of
new sandbox locations. There is a package which includes all the content as a
subscription, and they will also offer Intro Pack to those who later decide they
want the rest of the content. They say the way
this is split up is due to popular demand: "We’ve had a lot of feedback since we
announced HITMAN that has helped us shape these next steps," says
Io-Interactive's Hannes Seifert. "It’s important that we listen to fans and that
we’re open with what we’re doing. So today we’re sharing details on our release
plan and we’re announcing something the community has asked for: a new price to
enter the game at launch." Here's an outline (there was no footnote for the
asterisk):
HITMAN will begin on March 11, 2016.
Players can buy HITMAN for USD $59.99[1], which includes all of the content, access to all live events and guaranteed access to the HITMAN Beta[2].
Also announced today, the new Intro Pack will be available to pre-order from this November priced at $34.99 and will include all launch content available on March 11, 2016 only, including Live Events and Contracts for those locations. Players will have an option to Upgrade [3] their Intro Pack to include the remaining HITMAN content for $29.99.
Full Release Details
Initial launch content on March 11, 2016 will include:
- Three huge sandbox locations: Paris, Sapienza and Marrakesh
- Six campaign missions with 40 unique ways to take out your main targets
- Contracts mode[4] for all locations with around 800 potential targets
Post launch content will include:
- One new sandbox location per month in April, May and June
- Thailand in April, USA in May and Japan in June
- Each location will come with additional missions, signature kills and more Contracts targets
- New locations will open up new weapons, tools and disguises for all locations
- Contracts mode for all locations
Live content* begins on 11 March, 2016 and will include:
- Weekly live events – including targets which will appear one-time-only for limited time only
- Weekly Io-Interactive developer team created Contracts
- Monthly promoted best community created ContractsNew items such as weapons and disguises
[1] Or equivalent local recommended retail price for all prices shown
[2] Beta will be available for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Windows PC only
[3] UPGRADE content can only be bought in conjunction with the INTRODUCTION offer, the UPGRADE content will not run as an independent item
[4] Contracts mode is an asynchronous multi-player mode in HITMAN. Play to create your own contract hits, choose your target, weapons, time limit and game rules. Then share it with friends to try and complete your contract with your rules
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Dacron wrote on Sep 30, 2015, 00:08:
I thought after Absolution they were making a game like the originals ?
No, they've just been giving it lip-service while eyeing the rear of its fanbase for impending penetration.
This is probably the design document they came up with for the game before they thought about anything else.
Thoughts - https://www.cyanocrits.com
Rattlehead wrote on Sep 29, 2015, 17:36:
I don't understand Square Enix lately. What is the point of this model? Are you trying to just fucking piss off customers as much as possible? Like what are they trying to accomplish?
Atlist they are honest about it ... And they don't sell a broken half finished game
for 60$ and later say wait for a patch 
I'm curious as to how the missions actually work out. If each location has two missions, do those missions take place in different parts of said location? Are do they take place in the same area? That would be kind of lame.
I thought after Absolution they were making a game like the originals ?
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So rolling it out in pieces pretty much encourages people to wait for the GOTY edition in the fall. Bravo!
I don't get how they can keep delaying this game, and STILL go on with this bizarre Early Access-like unfinished release.
ViRGE wrote on Sep 29, 2015, 18:47:dumpy wrote on Sep 29, 2015, 17:49:Does the new Hitman not have a proper SP campaign?
I don't see how this could be appealing to new customers, let alone entice fans. People who have played Hitman games in the past, to my knowledge, have no interest in a multiplayer experience.
All they had to do was create a single player experience with almost impossible-to-complete missions. That's where the sense of achievement came from - being the 'silent assassin'; with the possibility to turn into a complete bloodbath.
I was under the impression that it did but lately it looks like it doesn't.
dumpy wrote on Sep 29, 2015, 17:49:Does the new Hitman not have a proper SP campaign?
I don't see how this could be appealing to new customers, let alone entice fans. People who have played Hitman games in the past, to my knowledge, have no interest in a multiplayer experience.
All they had to do was create a single player experience with almost impossible-to-complete missions. That's where the sense of achievement came from - being the 'silent assassin'; with the possibility to turn into a complete bloodbath.
So... early access, without calling it early access... This is kinda weird. I don't like Square Enix though.
I don't see how this could be appealing to new customers, let alone entice fans. People who have played Hitman games in the past, to my knowledge, have no interest in a multiplayer experience.
All they had to do was create a single player experience with almost impossible-to-complete missions. That's where the sense of achievement came from - being the 'silent assassin'; with the possibility to turn into a complete bloodbath.
All they had to do was create a single player experience with almost impossible-to-complete missions. That's where the sense of achievement came from - being the 'silent assassin'; with the possibility to turn into a complete bloodbath.
I don't understand Square Enix lately. What is the point of this model? Are you trying to just fucking piss off customers as much as possible? Like what are they trying to accomplish?
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