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IO Interactive: New Major Hitman Game is 'a Little Bit on Hiatus'

IO Interactive: New Major Hitman Game is 'a Little Bit on Hiatus' - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 March 2023 / 2,632 Views

IO Interactive co-owner and CCO Christian Elverdam speaking with Eurogamer revealed development on the next major Hitman game has been put on hiatus.

"Right now a major, major new Hitman game: that's a little bit on hiatus." said Elverdam.

"As we're building another agent fantasy that's also taking up a lot of our time. But obviously we'll come back to beloved Agent 47. He's still very much in the heart of this company."

IO Interactive on New Major Hitman Game: 'A Litt;e Bit on Hiatus'

The developer changed the name of Hitman 3 to Hitman: World of Assassination on January 26 of this year. long with the name change is the addition to Hitman 1 and Hitman 2 available on the existing Access Pass system. Current Hitman 3 owners will get a free upgrade to Hitman: World of Assassination on all platforms.

IO Interactive recently announced its next game is based on a new IP and is "an online fantasy RPG with the codename of Project Fantasy.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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VAMatt (on 13 March 2023)

I thought it was understood that there was no Hitman game in development at this time. I guess I was wrong about that. If it has gone on hiatus it must have been in active production.

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Zkuq VAMatt (on 13 March 2023)

I think a pre-production phase is a thing, and it appears that in can be quite long in some cases (The Elder Scrolls VI, I'm looking at you...). Whether pre-production can be considered development might be arguable, but it could perhaps explain the situation.

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method114 VAMatt (on 13 March 2023)

Same. They seem to be constantly releasing stuff for the current series.

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