Spring has arrived and it’s time to travel somewhere sunny! Your destination is Sapienza and everyone is invited via the HITMAN Spring Pack. The HITMAN Spring Pack is a completely FREE download and includes the entire Sapienza location (Episode 2). It's yours to keep permanently and all of your progress will carry through to the full game when you buy the Game of the Year Edition - just make su…
If you've got any friends that haven't tried HITMAN yet, they have no excuse. The beginning of the game is available as a free trial and includes the full first location: ICA Facility.
This month, we’re ending the year in style and inviting all players to Paris. On December 15th, we will release the Hitman Holiday Pack that will give full access to our Paris destination. This FREE download will include the first major story mission from the game, ‘Showstopper’, plus all of the Escalation Contracts we’ve released for Paris, our ‘Holiday Hoarders’ mission plus the Paris Challen…
The clock is ticking… The first Elusive Target has been reactivated and The Forger will be in Paris for the next 10 days! Elusive Target contracts are the only way to unlock some unique suits for Agent 47, ranging from suits specific to each location in Season One, to signature suits from previous games and the prestigious Winter Suit, which is only awarded to players who can complete 5 Elusive…
The HITMAN Game of the Year Edition has arrived and brings a new 4-mission campaign; Patient Zero, new weapons, new suits and new challenges. There's also improvements to existing features, new lighting enhancements to all locations, quality of life changes, new Contracts Mode complications - and a lot more! For the full release notes, go here:
We are super excited to announce HITMAN – Game of the Year Edition! This awesome package includes The Complete First Season, the brand new 'Patient Zero' campaign, new Escalation Contracts, new weapons, new suits, new challenges, improvements to existing features and new lighting enhancements to all locations that make the game look better than ever - plus we have a few more surprises! HITMAN -…
This is your October Content Schedule for HITMAN – and this month is going to be a very exciting one… read on! We've already released 10 new Featured Contracts & a new Challenge Pack this month and a new batch of Curated Contracts will arrive on Friday 20th. Looking Ahead: Save The Date! Mark this date on your calendars: October 24th. That’s the date when we will reveal brand new content for th…
The HITMAN July Update improves current loading times on Xbox One, introduces some changes to combat and invites more players to try Professional Difficulty. July Update Release Timings The HITMAN July Update releases worldwide across PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC, Linux and Mac on July 13th 2017. The update will arrive for all players between 11am and 1pm UTC. There will be a short pe…
This is big news: We’re making the first location in HITMAN free to download for everyone! “I’m proud to announce that our first hello as an independent studio is to invite all gamers to play the beginning of HITMAN for free. There is a lot of love out there for HITMAN and with this offering we hope that many more will fall in love with the game. We believe that this is Hitman at its best. So j…
We’re very excited to share this message from the Io-Interactive CEO, Hakan Abrak: In its 19 years of history, Io-Interactive has brought you original and exciting entertainment; from Mini Ninjas and Freedom Fighters to gaming’s most notorious criminals Kane & Lynch and of course our beloved Agent 47. With our latest game, we have not only transformed Hitman, but also moved our entire studio in…
In the coming weeks, we will be making changes to the options for purchasing HITMAN digitally. These changes have been planned since early March and will make it easier and simpler to buy the game. Our intention is to make ‘The Complete First Season’ the default option for new players to buy the game, now that all of the episodes have been released. Additionally, these changes will help us to l…
We’re very excited to welcome a new month and move into June, where another boatload of HITMAN content will be released. The HITMAN June Content Schedule includes Escalation Contracts, Featured Contracts, a new Elusive Target and also a game update for all platforms. The first content to arrive on 2nd June will be two Escalation Contracts, one in Sapienza (Landslide) and another in Bangkok; – T…
The BadBoy is the next Elusive Target to arrive in HITMAN and will be the 24th Elusive Target to appear in the game in the previous 12 months! This target will be in Sapienza for 11 days and is one of the final three Elusive Targets to be released for the first season of HITMAN. The BadBoy is also the first ET to arrive in one of our Bonus Missions. You'll need access to the 'Bonus Episode' to…
The May Content Schedule for HITMAN includes all of the live content that will be added to the game during May 2017. May marks the 14th consecutive month of new content releases into the game and we're excited to announce exactly what's in store for all of our players this month. Back in April, we announced that we were moving to a monthly release schedule for our April Content, meaning that al…
Heads up! Here's an updated post with the short release notes for HITMAN's 1.10.1 update: The next game update for HITMAN is a minor update for PC and some data optimisation for all platforms. Whilst all platforms will be affected by a maintenance period, only PC users will need to download an update. This update will be represented in game as 1.10.1. Once the maintenance period is over, a new…
The HITMAN March Update adds Chinese Language Support and other game improvements - as well as some general fixes. The update is available to download now and weighs in at approximately 1GB for PC. After a short maintenance period, starting at 9am UTC, here's what you expect to have changed in the 1.10 update. Simplified Chinese Language Support We've added full menu and subtitle support for Si…
The master assassin has arrived on Linux with the complete first season of HITMAN. HITMAN is an intense spy thriller that lets you choose your methods of execution. As the cold and mysterious Agent 47, you must cross the world to find and eliminate your targets, from a fugitive banker in the bazaars of Morocco to a bio-weapon engineer on the sunny Italian coast.
Landslide is the third bonus mission for HITMAN and takes you back to Sapienza, where the sun is about to set and the locals have gathered for the Sapienza Festival del Paese. A concert is planned in the piazza near the harbour and the Main Square has been transformed into a marketplace. Your target is Marco Abbiati, a snake-tongued wealthy businessman-turned-politician who is returning to his…
Landslide is the third bonus mission for HITMAN and releases on January 31st, the same date that we release HITMAN - The Complete First Season on a disc AND the same date that we will release the HITMAN January Update, which is required to play Landslide. We will publish the release notes for everything that's included in that update on January 30th. Today, our attention is on sharing the first…
We are very happy to announce a new difficulty level, which will be released for all HITMAN players as part of the free 'January Update' with the disc launch on January 31st. Professional Difficulty Level offers extended replayability, new game features, a separate mastery track with unique rewards, tweaked game mechanics and new AI behaviour that combine to create an entirely new experience fo…
The Blackmailer is your next Elusive Target to arrive in HITMAN. He will be in Paris for 10 days and if this is the first Elusive Target you complete in Paris, you'll earn the Tuxedo with Gloves. At 14:00 CET / 05:00 PT on Friday 27th January, we’ll update the Elusive Target tile on the Featured Hub in-game and the contract will be live. Elusive Target #19 will be in Paris for 10 days (240 hour…
With two weeks until ‘HITMAN – The Complete First Season’ arrives on disc, here’s the 101 Gameplay Trailer for anyone who may be new to HITMAN. This 101 Gameplay Trailer is a whistle-stop tour of what to expect and the skills you will need to craft an assassination in HITMAN. HITMAN – The Complete First Season will release on disc on Jan 31st
The Chameleon is your next Elusive Target to arrive in HITMAN. He will be in Colorado for 7 days and if you complete the contract, you'll earn the Tactical Gear with Hunter's Hat. This Elusive Target is also the first opportunity to unlock the Winter Suit, which is awarded for completing 5 Elusive Targets with a Silent Assassin rating. At 14:00 CET / 05:00 PT on Friday 13th January, we’ll updat…
There are 48 hours left to eliminate The Food Critic in Bangkok and earn a new suit for Agent 47. As with all Elusive Targets, you'll have one chance to locate your target and you won't have any second chances. However you take them down, or even if you don't, that will be permanent. Pay close attention to the briefing video for operational intel that can help you complete the contract. If you…
The HITMAN December Update is a mandatory update for all players and includes the Holiday Hoarders mission plus some general improvements to the game. The headline act for our December Update is the ‘Holiday Hoarders’ mission that is coming to HITMAN in support of World Cancer Research Fund. This free mission for ALL players takes place in a festive Paris that has been overhauled with Christmas…
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