Friday, 21 August 2020
Hitman 3 will only be found on the Epic Games Store for Windows PC when the game is released in January 2021, developer IO Interactive announced Thursday. IO’s deal with Epic, which spans 12 months, “has given us the liberty to create Hitman 3 precisely as we envisioned and self-publish the game to our players directly,” the studio said in a statement.
The Hitman developer added, “It’s also vital to us that we honor the time our existing PC players have spent in our previous games.” PC players will be given the opportunity to carry over saved progress from Hitman 2 on Steam to Hitman 3 on the Epic Games Store, and they’ll also be able to import locations from Hitman and Hitman 2 to Hitman 3.
Hitman 3 is slated to release on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X next year. IO stated in June that players will be able to import locations from the first two games into the third, resulting in “all 20+ locations from the entire trilogy in one place.” Players on all platforms will likewise be able to import progress from Hitman 2 into 3.
Also, Epic Games Store customers will be able to get their hands on the Hitman 2016 reboot, for free. Epic and IO are giving it away for free from Aug. 27 to Sept. 3 via the Epic Games Store.