A
post from IO Interactive
reveals Chongqing as the third location players will visit in
HITMAN 3
when the new installment in the assassin-for-hire series arrives in January
(thanks
Dark
Horizons via
Ant). This includes a
new
trailer showing off the environment of this urban Chinese setting. Here's
what they have to say about this:
The rainy, neon-lit streets of Chongqing
are full of shops and food stands, all crammed into narrow alleys and
passageways – with plenty of secrets hidden off the beaten path. This Chinese
transportation hub is the perfect destination for us to showcase just some of
the refinements and improvements coming to the technology that powers HITMAN 3.
HITMAN 3 is powered by IO Interactive’s proprietary Glacier engine and will
look, sound and play better than ever with improvements to lighting,
reflections, animation and AI. Chongqing also features full water effects with
details such as rain drops hitting Agent 47 and his clothes getting wet, all
adding to the immersion of experiencing HITMAN 3.
On next-gen consoles, HITMAN 3 will run in 4K resolution at 60 frames per second
with HDR support. Our new ‘Under The Hood’ trailer also showcases smooth
gameplay moments captured in Chongqing that show off the refinements to
interaction animation and AI. In other locations, such as Dubai, Glacier’s crowd
technology will allow up to 300 active NPC’s in a location at once.
HITMAN 3 players can import locations from the previous games in the trilogy and
have more than 20+ locations under one roof. All of the improvements to
rendering, animation and AI introduced with HITMAN 3 can be enjoyed across all
three games, making HITMAN 3 the ultimate place to play the entire World of
Assassination
trilogy.