Hitman - World Of Assassination

[Vilham]

Well half the game was outsourced, not sure what IO were doing after that. I imagine trying to make a new game/IP.

[Bastion]

IO's situation has been resolved, they've managed to go fully independent, and were able to also secure full control over the Hitman franchise!

http://www.ioi.dk/the-future-of-ioi/

[Radu]

ioi, that's great news!

[blackdog]

Awesome! Happy the brand stays with the creators.

wonder if Square Enix will still be interested in publishing it lol

[Bastion]

2 hours ago, blackdog said:

Awesome! Happy the brand stays with the creators.

wonder if Square Enix will still be interested in publishing it lol

If they're still going to work on Hitman 2016 with the same business model, not much of a concern until the next season is complete, since they'd put each new location up for digital download.

[Bastion]

Some store changes coming for the game now, they're removing those starter and upgrade packs and replacing it with the first season only

http://www.ioi.dk/store-changes-hitman/

[blackdog]

Good of them to be transparentered,  not even sure was necessary, as it seems it's all fair and easy for customers... there's always someone not happy anyway

[Squad]

Hitman is currently 66% off for the whole first season!

Steam storepage.

[WD]

Finished the current season some time ago. Loved the environments and the intricate details, it's something I've always liked about Hitman games. I also liked the look and feel of the UI, elegant and always showing the relevant information and never too much. I think the minimap/radar was completely useless though since the levels always had signs and they were constructed like real places so there was a certain sense of familiarity to them.

Sapienza was really awesome, like something straight out of a bond film

Edited November 15, 2017 by WD

[blackdog]

Convenient bump WD, this came out yday or day before

https://www.videogamer.com/news/io-interactive-boss-talks-hitmans-future-reveals-kane-lynch-were-lost-in-the-divorce-from-square-enix

[Zarsky]

On 16/11/2017 at 5:29 AM, blackdog said:

Convenient bump WD, this came out yday or day before

https://www.videogamer.com/news/io-interactive-boss-talks-hitmans-future-reveals-kane-lynch-were-lost-in-the-divorce-from-square-enix

Looks like with the GOTY-edition there's a good time to jump on board. No revenue to Square-Enix.

[Buddy]

Love that this got a happy ending, you don't see that very often.

[blackdog]

Sorry for digging this up again, but watching the new stuff this trailer/walkthrough the GOTY edition of World Of Assassination came up. We never posted it, I never realised it came out and is great they spent the time to "remaster" a new game adding some little graphical touches to implement this bonus mission/mini-story that spans across locations... one mission being an adaptation of Sniper Challenge mini-game.

Also they finally implemented the Elusive Targets, which I always contested they should have been available for latecomers, which they finally fixed. I wonder if this carries on to other versions of the game but I guess at this point, when I finally get this, I'll get the GOTY.

 

Edited June 19, 2018 by blackdog

[blackdog]

Sorry for the dig, but the game is now free on Epic Games Store for those cheapasses like me that had never bought it.

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/free-games