As we were slowly approaching the December release for the first Hitman of this generation of consoles, IO Interactive and Square Enix have officially delayed the game. Hitman will now be releasing March 2016. Hitman developers released a statement on why they have decided to push back the game.
It’s safe to say HITMAN is the biggest venture we’ve ever undertaken at Io-Interactive. Not just in terms of scope and ambition but also in terms of the size of the game world itself. The playable area and density of our locations goes beyond anything we’ve built before. We’re striving to create a series of living, breathing worlds in those locations and we get pretty obsessed about every detail that you’ll experience.
On top of that, we’re going for a new release model where we put out a good chunk of the game when it begins and then release the remaining locations over time. We want to make absolutely sure you all get the best possible experience when you join, so we’ve made the difficult decision to move the initial release date to March 2016. These few extra months will mean we can add more to the launch content of the game, more than we had originally planned, and then follow with a tighter frequency of updates, which ultimately will create a better game for everyone. And in the end, that’s what we’re all looking for.
Back at PAX Prime 2015, Square Enix revealed the first footage of the game and it looked very polished and awesome. Albeit, with that being said, the developers have also given us a look at the map of one mission and has compared it to the ‘Streets Of Hope’ mission from Hitman Absolution and the size difference is immensely different.
Stick around for anymore updates to come on the release of Hitman.
