Hitman 3 players are in for a real treat this January, especially if that happens to be the only recent Hitman title they own! Developer IO Interactive has announced that the team is streamlining the digital distribution of its popular stealth-assassination series, including making Hitman 1 and Hitman 2 completely free for Hitman 3 owners!
That's right, from January 26th, all Hitman 3 owners will be granted access to the base Hitman 1 and 2 content at no extra cost, with the whole package then being re-branded as 'Hitman: World of Assassination'.
The only additional paid content from that point onwards will be the 'Hitman: World of Assassination Deluxe Pack' — coming in at $30 — containing DLC content from Hitman 2 and 3.
Now, for Xbox Game Pass players this might not be huge news at the moment - the full Hitman Trilogy is currently a part of the Game Pass library. However, the series was added in January 2022, meaning it could possibly be one to leave later this month! If that were to happen, you'd have to turn to the upcoming Hitman: World of Assassination bundle to play all three titles, launching January 26th. Let's hope that whatever the name, all of this Hitman content remains a part of Xbox Game Pass!
Will you be diving into some Hitman goodness later this month on Xbox? Let us know in the comments below.
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The Hitman Trilogy has been one of the most confusing releases of all time. The first one was Initially episodic, then these were removed from sale and it was sold as a bundle, then more DLC was added, then an upgrade to Hitman 2's engine. Hitman 2 did a similar amount of confusing hoop jumping. Hitman 3 had a simpler business model but then added downloads for Hitman 1 & 2, then a combined trilogy and now this new all in one pack. Colour me bloody confused!
Hopefully this simplifies things somewhat and is an all in one package that leads you through sensibly.
For some reason I just couldn't get into the world of assassination trilogy no matter how many times I've tried. Which is a shame considering I love Hitman Contracts and Blood Money.
And IO thought it was a great idea to release this news just after the Hitman 3 sale ended on Xbox? Wow. PlayStation owners still have the Deluxe Edition on sale for £26.24 so lucky them. I already own Hitman 1 & 2 but would of liked to own Hitman 3 one day, I didn’t want to buy it in the sale it was just in because I’ve already completed it when it first came out when I rented it and also I wanted to keep my money/reward points for new games that are coming out this year. Hope this World of Assassination will be around £20 in the sale one day.
This is really cool for new buyers, but I certainly feel like a rube buying tbt updated versions just to have them in the library with the 3 engine....
I bought 1 and 2 and haven't played them. I contacted the developer/publisher because of some DLC or upgrade I bought... They never answered. I wish I didn't buy anything and skipped confusing purchases and being ignored. Thank you, IO Interactive.
I already picked up Hitman 2 and Hitman 3 cheap in the past - So does this mean that Hitman 1 will be playable through Hitman 3 or does it mean I'll have to download Hitman World Of Assassination because I have Hitman 3? It's not clear.
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