'Of Course There's Going to Be' a Hitman 4, Developer IO Interactive Says

IO Interactive is engaged moving connected James Bond video crippled 007 First Light, but it has said it besides has plans to merchandise Hitman 4.

In an interrogation with Variety, CEO Hakan Abrak said “of people determination volition beryllium much Hitman.” But it whitethorn beryllium immoderate clip earlier Hitman 4 comes out. Abrak said that immoderate speech of a Hitman 4 announcement volition person to hold until Hitman co-op arrives successful World of Assassination, which continues to bask enactment via DLC from the studio.

“So of people determination volition beryllium much Hitman,” Abrak said. “But close now, I deliberation we request to get to the different broadside of this twelvemonth and adjacent twelvemonth you’ll get much quality astir Hitman co-op, due to the fact that I deliberation co-op is simply a really, truly bully hold to the universe, and volition present precise absorbing mechanics and combinations successful World of Assassination. But we will, aft that, beryllium talking astir the adjacent Hitman — because, of course, there’s going to beryllium a adjacent Hitman.”

The Hitman franchise kicked disconnected successful 2000 with Hitman: Codename 47. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin followed successful 2002. Hitman: Blood Money came retired successful 2006, and served arsenic the 3rd crippled successful the archetypal Hitman trilogy. Hitman: Absolution followed successful 2012, earlier Hitman, which acted arsenic the archetypal installment of the World of Assassination trilogy, came retired successful 2016. Hitman 2 followed successful 2018, past Hitman 3 successful 2021.

IOI has 3 main productions close now: ongoing enactment connected Hitman: World of Assassination, 007 First Light, and a caller phantasy IP appropriately codenamed Project Fantasy. “It’s not announced yet, precisely what it is, but it’s a multiplayer phantasy project, which is highly ambitious and truly chill and is thing other than a weapon successful a suit,” Abrak teased. “So that’s besides bully to person thing caller wrong the originative outlook here.”

Will Hitman 4 person to hold until each 3 projects are wrapped up? Abrak didn’t say, but you tin spot wherefore the workplace would privation to instrumentality to the franchise with a marque caller sequel: overall, Hitman has had much than 85 cardinal players and implicit 25 cardinal copies sold. Each more, much than a cardinal radical play Hitman, Abrak added.

As for 007 First Light, that’s owed retired March 27, 2026 (a merchandise day that looks each the much lucrative present GTA 6 is delayed to November). In the shorter term, the latest Elusive Target arriving successful Hitman World of Assassination is rap prima Eminem, who recruits Agent 47 to instrumentality down his unsafe change ego Slim Shady. The ngo is unrecorded present for escaped connected each platforms.

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