Hitman
Publisher: Square Enix
Developer: Io-Interactive
Genre: stealth-action
Platforms: PS4, XBOX ONE, PC
Release date: early 2016
Restarting agent 47. In the new part, the task of the players will be to fulfill orders for the murder of influential people in various exotic places of the world - from fashionable Paris and the sunny coast of Italy to bustling markets in Marrakech.
The main goal of the players is to eliminate the goal on the huge and complex sandbox levels with complete freedom to choose how to fulfill the order. Where to go, when to strike and who to kill is up to you. According to the developers, this is the most ambitious game in the series!
PS4 owners will receive 6 exclusive contracts and exclusive access to the beta test.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yktoernWtw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA2VVo9ShwA
Press release 
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It's Happening
The sense of satisfaction at being able to write this is almost indescribable:
“Io-Interactive announces its new game, HITMAN â„¢, todayâ€. The newest venture for us, Agent 47 and every single dedicated, wonderful fan of this franchise out there, is about to begin. If you somehow missed it, here's the announcement trailer for you to enjoy.
The new game is simply called “HITMANâ€. We did this because in many ways this is the start of a new journey for Hitman. Don't think of it as a reboot, though - think of it as a pure Hitman experience and the foundation for future HITMAN games. Agent 47 is the aspirational assassin, he's at the absolute peak of his power this time around. This is our central promise: a pure assassin fantasy. So we liked the simplicity and the power of calling this game HITMAN. We want him to be powerful and embody the fantasy completely, and he will remain a constant throughout everything we do with the games going forward.
So what is this new game? Well first off HITMAN is still a creative stealth action game featuring the greatest assassin out there, Agent 47. As an operative of the International Contract Agency, his job is to take out high-profile targets all over the world, supported by his long -time handler Diana Burnwood. Each location in the game is a living sandbox, a place where every NPC has a name and every room matters. We've focused on making sure you, the players, have complete freedom of approach over how, where and when you decide to take out your target. Creativity from players is fully expected, you have the power and intelligence of Agent 47 at your fingertips and it is your choice whether to use brute force or orchestrate a genuine masterpiece of assassination.
Agent 47
Locations are more detailed, more populated and much larger than ever before, full of things to experiment with and targets to kill without any checkpoint systems in there. Contracts mode, which we'll talk more about later in the year, returns and really shines in these big sandboxes. We've brought back save games, so you can save your progress anywhere, and we have revamped pretty much every system in our Glacier engine to enable this HITMAN experience. We promised you these things a while back and we're sticking to them because they are important - and because your feedback is important. In fact, it's so important we're taking things a step further.
A 'LIVE' Experience
One of the reasons why we're calling this a new start for HITMAN is also the idea of ​​releasing a digitally led product. That can mean a lot of different things depending on who you are, but for us it means we're going to make HITMAN available first via direct download.
We're embracing what digital can offer a blockbuster game series like HITMAN - it allows us to do things that are both bold and exciting and entirely new to the Hitman experience.
We are building an expanding and evolving world of assassination. The experience will begin on December 8th and we will release new locations, missions and hits over time at regular intervals through 2016, which means we'll all be able to share in the excitement of a new content drop at the same time. Rather than unboxing a game, playing it and then that's sort of it, we want to deliver a true community experience - creating an ongoing and evolving game which plays out with a finale that brings the story arc together. Our primary goal is to keep HITMAN players fully engaged, so between bigger drops we will be creating one-off live events and live targets to keep you immersed in the experience.
Imagine a target appearing for every player in the world, for a limited time only… let's say 48 hours. Where your one shot counts. And when that target is gone, it is gone forever. A shared experience where we imagine the HITMAN community will come together every time a new mission or new location appears. For $ 60 you'll get full access to all of this content - everything we release as part of this story.
Another big part of this new approach is that we will develop the game with you, the players, and adjust gameplay and create live content and events based on player activity and feedback - so the game will deepen and evolve as time progresses. The experience begins on December 8th on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC and will reach well into 2016.
Exclusives and beta
If you saw HITMAN revealed at the Sony E3 Press Conference, you heard the word “exclusive†a couple of times. We'd just quickly like to run through what that means. PlayStation 4 will be the only console where you can experience the beta and where you can play it first. A PC beta is planned to arrive a week later. The beta is available for pre-orders now. As for the PlayStation 4 exclusive contracts, they are only available to those people who own a PS4 copy of the game.
One more thing
The journey has just started for us all. We are incredibly excited to share a lot more with you as 2015 unfolds. Tomorrow, on June 16th, we'll be showing the first gameplay trailer from HITMAN at the Square Enix Press Conference. You probably don't want to miss that.
We're very happy to invite you into this world of assassination. It's a place full of challenges, contracts, hits, targets, opportunities, choices and freedom. We can't wait to show you more!
See you in the trenches.
Io-Interactive
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Modified on September 27, 2015 by themoderatImpressions of the one who played.
1) How large are the levels?
Huge - The level we played was a massive, three story building, which had 3 completely different events going on in it at once. I can't say much plot wise (at all), but I can count at least 4 unique 'tiers' of disguises I went through while trying to reach the top of the house.
2) Is the detection system the same as absolution? (If you wear a disguise, you would have to press a button to hide your face)
Not at all. It definitely was more blood money esque. The only hint of Absolution left was that certain guards were classified as 'observant' - sometimes these were random people of the same type as your current disguise, sometimes they were people who would make sense to know the staff a bit more than your average grunt ... They were sparsely placed around the map, but provided a challenge in the right places.
For example, one of the targets in the level we played had a bodyguard who would follow him around, and knew everyone on staff. Inherently, getting close to the target was an absolute pain, but in a challenging, fun way.
3) Does it remind you of Blood Money at all? Does it give the same vibes as Blood money!?
Yes and yes. Playing this game felt, in many ways, like playing a modern Blood Money. Which is all I wanted.
It was frustrating at times, it was deep, at the end of it I felt like I had only just scratched the surface of the possibilities of the map. I felt like I could have replayed it for a 4th or 5th time and still be doing a completely different line of events to get a more satsifying outcome.
By the end of our time with the game I had just started to get to the really satisfying part of a Blood Money level, when you know the board, know the big pieces, and can start to abuse that foreknowledge to do amazing things.
1) Does the accident system seem as good as Blood Money?
Yes. I'm not supposed to make any declarations on how I finished levels, but I did find 'accidents' for both targets, and both were very satisfying, I would compare it to a flawless run on the opera house in Blood Money.
Is the minimap back?
-Yes. It even shows an indication of where disguises can and cannot go.
Hoping we'll be able to remove that from the options. Hitman games always had a ton of customization for the options so I'm not that bothered by it though. I am assuming magic pockets are gone, but a conformation would be nice. Also can you tell us anything about how weapons and attachments are received? Is it like Blood Money, money received for completion of a level can go towards weapons and gadgets?
Yes, I carried my sniper rifle in via suitcase, and carefully repacked it to leave. 47 also made attempts to hide weapons when out - for example when approaching a guard from the front, 47 would tuck the handgun behind his back somewhat, meaning I could get closer to guards without alerting them, but not if guards could also see my back ...
We were told the upgrades system was still a work in progress during our build. Is the Map back? Does it have points of interest on it?
Both a minimap and large map were present. They showed POIs where helpful things would happen or be.
Are the maps littered with trash bins like absolution?
There were trash bins, as part of the removal of magic pockets they were to hide weapons in.
If you mess up, is it like Blood Money where everyone comes after you, or more like absolution where it's contained to the area.
So this was actually really neat, when you would mess up, often an area would go into lockdown, where everyone would leave the area for the surroundings, and security would sweep it. After which things would return to normal. You could actually strategically trigger this via fire alarms, which was neat.
Silent Assassin criteria? : D
I don't know. A lot of that and the difficulty is the kind of stuff that wasn't present in our build.
Does HP regenerate?
You know, honestly I do not know, maybe some of my other community members will refresh me. I'm one of those types who, if I take damage I'm rebooting the mission, so it didn't stand out to me. and I'll share one neat new mechanic in the game
-Guards who find remote mines don't just freak out - they're unsure of what this thing they found is, and what it's doing here. In many cases they would carry the mine somewhere else, offering some neat possibilities.
- The levels are huge
- The detection system is more like blood money (in general, the whole game resembles blood money)
- Again, you can adjust accidents (one of the methods was almost as cool as in the opera from blood money)
- A mini map shows in which places this or that clothing is effective (most likely this can be turned off)
- There are no more magic pockets. The sniper rifle is back in the case like a blood money
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In short, apparently we are waiting for Blood Mani 2, which is an incredible wine 
Shikardos, just as he knew that there would still be something in the style of blood money.
In general, pre-order is made
Modified June 16, 2015 by doggyA sniper in a case is very cool, you could endlessly watch 47 take it out and methodically assemble it
even did not understand, it will be just a set of missions with a bunch of options for passing?
I don't understand why the hitman would restart, they made him some sort of smug teenager. The hit was always gloomy, sullen, and it hooked, and not this jerk ...
I don't like it yet, it looks like some kind of f2p, buy the game separately, and the missions will be released separately, there is no plot, they are selling an incomplete game in parts. I'm probably outdated, but it's not mine.
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- There will still be some kind of story arc
looks like some kind of f2p, buy the game separately, and the missions will be released separately, there is no storyline, they are selling an incomplete game in parts. I'm probably outdated, but it's not mine.
all right - some kind of bulshit. They could not immediately release the entire game, and then, in the form of dlts, supplement it with new missions for those who seemed a little.
Modified June 17, 2015 by MRDramaIf I understand correctly, the game will be distributed like episodic games, only here contracts will be added instead of episodes. And at the end, after all the contracts, the final chapter will be released, which will complete the plot.
All in all, Hitman Chapters
Well, I just hope that then when the thread comes out immediately the full version.
As I understand it, the game will have something like a "global plot", which is somehow tied to real time
even not very much, let's see, in December some one contract will be released to protest
David Bateson will voice the 47th again
https://twitter.com/ImDavidBateson/status/610789686336950272
Now it remains to return Kyud and whitewash into a masterpiece
For those who were worried - the disc version will be released in 2016
https://twitter.com/IOInteractive/status/611363665913065473
Preview from video gamer
http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/hitman/preview-3901.html
Goodness me, I'm excited. Going by the initial presentation, Hitman appears to be the game fans have been waiting for since 2006's Hitman: Blood Money, with huge sandbox environments and an unprecedented amount of opportunities to assassinate your target.
Levels are six to seven times larger than the biggest levels in Absolution.
But no matter how much content is included at launch, just like Curtains Down or A New Life, Fashionable Paris is already shaping up to be one of the most iconic missions in Hitman history
Well, here it is necessary to clarify. At launch, the game will be sold at full price, but all additional content will be free, no paid DLC or microtransactions.
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In general, I do not understand what kind of whining about the game and its construction, Splinter Cell came out in one year or two years ago: Blacklist was built according to absolutely the same scheme, there is a hub, in it you costomize and cover yourself with all sorts of perks, then you just fly around the world and perform missions, not necessarily in some sequence, And all this hype "Hitman is no longer a cake", but you go to hell, the awesome Absolutio came out, which I personally really liked, everyone began to say "What is this shit, give us back the gameplay Blood Money and Contracts ", made you a new part where the gameplay of these games is taken to a new level according to the idea, now there are new complaints. Whatever the developers do, there will always be dissatisfied.