14 DAY TRIAL // As teased earlier today, IO Interactive has officially revealed that it's working on a new Hitman game that will star Agent 47 and will debut for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One in the future.
Hitman: Absolution marked the apparent conclusion of the Hitman franchise but it seems that, for the next game in the series, IO Interactive will move the action back in time, as it's going to focus on an Agent 47, who's at the peak of his career, hunting targets all around the world in various open-ended adventures.
This is at least according to an open letter from IO for fans on its website, confirming plenty of the core principles that will guide the studio when building the new game.
"In the next game you will experience a globetrotting Agent 47 at the prime of his career – the apex predator stalking his prey across the world, with the support of his long-term handler Diana Burnwood and the whole of the ICA," the studio said.
Check out the full description of the game's features below.
"The game concentrates on the core Hitman fantasy of using a wide range of tools to take out a diverse group of targets across expansive, exotic locations around the world. We are building this game on the backbone of the Glacier 2 engine, using the best parts and what we have learnt through Hitman: Absolution and drawing inspiration from past titles like Contracts and Blood Money to fulfil the core Hitman fantasy. "
"That means we’re packing in an extreme level of detail on the largest levels we have ever built for a Hitman game. We’ve adopted an open, non-linear level design approach to the game, ensuring the game will play out across huge, checkpoint-free, sandbox levels. Our aim is to create living, breathing and believable levels which will allow gamers to play around with the AI to create those unique moments every fan of the Hitman franchise loves."
The Contracts asynchronous multiplayer experience will make a comeback in the next Hitman game, once again allowing players to create their own adventures and task others to complete them in the most efficient way possible.
Other mechanics, like the infamous magic pockets, were eliminated, so expect a more realistic experience.
It's unclear when the new game will debut, but IO promised that more details were coming in 2014.