IO definitively affirm they’re making a brand new Hitman

Amidst the fuss over Hitman’s Game of the Year Edition launching yesterday, builders IO Interactive additionally stated just a little about one thing unsurprising however fairly welcome: a brand new Hitman recreation. Last yr’s episodic recreation was a effective return to type for the sandbox stealth-o-murder simulator so I’m definitely glad to see IO proceed.

“One last thing about our next Hitman game,” CEO Hakan Abrak stated in yesterday’s announcement, “I want to let you know that we’re making great progress and we have exciting new features and some franchise firsts, which we can’t wait to tell you all about. You’ll have to wait a little longer as we don’t plan to start talking about that until some point in 2018.”

That’s it. That’s your lot. But isn’t that sufficient?

Let’s assume that when he says “new features” he means Ian Hitman can throw a handful of soccer stickers to distract complete crowds with a basic playground ‘scramble’. The different new characteristic is unquestionably committing long-term homicide by nudging targets’ life in the direction of dying from pure causes. You know: order double-decker Meat-o-rama pizzas to their flat each evening, don a variety of disguises to maintain providing them cigarettes, faux to be a plumber and exchange their plumbing with lead pipes – play the lengthy recreation. As for “franchise firsts”, he can solely imply Ian Hitman will go to Blackpool and journey a donkey on the seashore. Scoops: scooped.

As I stated, it’s no shock. I’ve been anticipating this ever since IO confirmed that they’d stored maintain of Hitman whereas going independent after former studio homeowners Square Enix ditched them. And since they muttered vaguely about future plans. And particularly since they began posting job adverts searching for extra folks to work on Hitman. But now I can say: a brand new Hitman recreation is confirmed.