Just when the vagueness surrounding 2016’s Hitman was showing no signs of receding, IO Interactive has come out explaining all the details regarding its release. The game is now a completely episodic offering, meaning you can pay for each episode as it comes out rather than paying for all of them at first.
Hitman will arrive in monthly installments, and the March 11 release date will see a prologue mission and a Paris location being made available for gamers. In April, a location in Italy will be launched, while May will take the bald assassin head to Morocco.
Three additional locations also exist in the form of Thailand, the US and Japan, but there’s no word on which month they will be released. However, we do know that all the episodes will be out by the end of this year, and a complete pack will then start being sold it the market.
As for the pricing, the Intro Pack of Hitman which will contain the prologue and the Paris mission will be made available at $15 (approx Rs 1000). Furthermore, each new episode will cost $10 (approx Rs 670). You can just choose to buy the Intro Pack, and get all other episodes as sort of a Season Pass at $50 (approx Rs 3390). The last option is the cheapest, since it gives you every single episode for just an upfront payment of $60 (approx Rs 4000).
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Hitman may have been scheduled for a March 11 release, but it will have a beta test on February 12 on the PS4. PC gamers too will get to jump into the beta a week later, but Xbox One owners will have to wait until the final release.