Hitman 3 becomes World of Assassination and will merge the entire trilogy into a single package

Hitman 3, the newest in IO Interactive’s line of sandbox stealth games, is being rebranded as “Hitman World of Assassination”. The change, however, isn’t just cosmetic, as previous games in the new trilogy – Hitman 1 and Hitman 2 – will also soon be bundled together to form a single game. to ease distribution and avoid confusion for new players as to which edition to purchase, as all game content is interwoven into DLCs and locations. Those who already own Hitman 3 will get a free upgrade to this new game on all major platforms.

Hitman 1 and Hitman 2 will soon be removed from storefronts, with Hitman World of Assassination being the only option available for purchase. “Essentially, these two changes will mean that all new players and existing owners of HITMAN 3 will have the same base content ownership,” the blog post reads. The new package will mainly be split into two editions: a standard one, which includes the aforementioned trilogy, and a Deluxe pack. The former will cost around $70/Rs. 3,299, while the latter grants access to three premium expansions – the Deluxe Pack, Seven Deadly Sins Collection and H2 Expansion Access Pass – at around $30 (approximately Rs. 2,478).

“We want the experience for new players to be simple and concrete. We believe that the above changes will achieve this goal,” the message adds. “The reason for this flexibility is that we know that many of you own some games or DLCs but not others, and we don’t want to force anyone to (re)purchase what they already own.” On Steam, IO Interactive will implement the “Complete the Set” feature for all three DLC packs included in the Deluxe Edition, so for example, if you own two of the three DLCs, you will only be charged $10 (around Rs. 826) for the rest, and the prizes will be split evenly.

After serving a one-year period exclusively on the Epic Games Store, Hitman 3 finally arrived on Steam in January last year and was met with mixed reviews. PC gamers, who were already upset due to the late launch period, were only enraged when they noticed that the game was still selling for $60/Rs. 1,888 price points. Keep in mind that the amount was granted only to the basic edition and to access the bonus content, you had to pay more. The Hitman Trilogy is currently being discounted on Steam as part of its annual Winter Sale, at Rs. 1,154. The promotion ends tonight, January 5, at 11:30 PM IST.

All three Hitman games converge on Hitman World of Assassination on January 26, on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X.

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