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HITMAN Release Details

Square Enix:
Today we’re thrilled to share long-awaited details on our release plan for HITMAN. As most of you hopefully know by now, HITMAN will be a live game experience that delivers content over time, supported by live events.

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.

-Foxtrot3875d ago

Tom Clancy's The Division, Uncharted 4 or a episode based game which should have been a full on release

What to choose, what to choose

-Foxtrot3875d ago

Yeah well lucky you, not everyone is made of money

ocelot073875d ago

Am not made of money. But I suppose I am lucky enough I can afford to save about £6 a week until March 2016.

bigboss203875d ago

Waiting for the retail release. Ain't incouraging these game companies to give us out games bit by bit 👎

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esmittystud1013875d ago (Edited 3875d ago )

If you think about it, Call of Duty does the same thing every year. For me new maps gets me interested in the game again, both multi player and zombies. Guys are complaining about the plan/schedule, but then they will go straight out and buy Call of Duty without batting an eye.

If they do it this way. You won't be done with the game in less than a week, not like the other Hitmans before it. It keeps you interested in the game for a longer length of time. They are deffinatly on to something.

A2X_3875d ago

COD and Hitman are not comparable. We've come to expect a story that holds the game together. This Hitman comes out with only 3 maps on march and then 1 map/month for the next three months...

COD already has it's single player story mode and then adds multiplayer maps later, which is always how it worked.

STK0263875d ago

I think the difference lies in the initial content compared to what comes after as DLC.

When you purchase Call of Duty, or most titles with season passes, you get most of the content day one, and the DLC adds some content over the lifetime of the game. With Hitman on the other hand, it seems like we're getting some content at first, and we'll have to wait to get the full experience. And sure, they can boast a huge number of user-created contracts, but at the end of the day it's still only 3 maps with 6 campaign missions.

I'll likely get the game, but chances are I'll at least wait for some of the additional content to be made available; no way I pre-order it the way it is right now.

gninja923875d ago (Edited 3875d ago )

This is pretty similar to how Metal Gear Solid 5 got released, with Ground Zeroes to give players a taste and then the Phantom pain to really get you going, Hitman is just way shorter.

A2X_3875d ago

As a long time Hitman fan, I'm disappointed to see this dumb release plan. Let's all wait for the complete package to come out & not encourage more developers to go this route.

brokenbracket3875d ago

Seriously dude, completely agree! I'm tired of companies thinking they can get away with trying new dumb stuff. Heck, I was even against DLC when it started to become a thing.

If it isn't broken, don't fix it!

TeamLeaptrade3875d ago

I think the length of the missions will hold me over. It's possible this release plan could drastically hurt them more than do good. But I'm going to pick it up day one. If it doesn't deliver, I will learn my lesson for sure.

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PRIMORDUS485d ago

They can probably just torrent them easily.

Terry_B485d ago

I feel so sorry for Igor, Olga and Vlademir ^^

Pedrof484d ago

Kudos to IO if it's intentional.

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-Foxtrot948d ago

It’s the 25th anniversary this year?

I’d have assumed it would have gotten something like a remastered trilogy of the original games or a remake of the first game. Something for a 25th celebration.

Super lacklustre

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