Square Enix announced today that the upcoming Hitman game from IO Interactive is now a “fully episodic AAA” game.
The game’s first episode, which is the Prologue mission will debut on March 11 and it will take place in Paris, France. Its next release will be then followed in April, which will be set Sapienza, Italy, and in May, in which will be set in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Here is the pricing:
Intro Pack for $15 – It contains the Prologue and Paris levels.
New Locations for $10 – Each new location will be released as a $10 add-on to the Intro Pack.
Upgrade Pack for $50 – Users who buy the Intro Pack can upgrade to the Full Experience through this package.
Full Experience for $60– Includes all of this year’s content as it’s released, and guarantees them not to miss any live or bonus content. (this acts like the game’s season pass)
“We decided to take the full leap and publish HITMAN as a truly episodic game experience,” said Hannes Seifert, Head of Studio at Io-Interactive. “Part of that decision is for that little bit of extra time to ensure every location we release is at the quality level fitting for a HITMAN game. But the main driving reason is that this will allow us to create a living game that will expand and evolve over time and establish a foundation for the future – this is the first game in a storyline which will continue and expand with future Hitman games.”
As for its physical release, it will ship by the end of 2016.
Hitman will be released for Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
