Doesnt Sony still own the rights? That is amazing they are perfect for Bond
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GI.biz interview - Hitman 3 recoups project costs in under a week
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Doesnt Sony still own the rights? That is amazing they are perfect for Bond
I'm guessing because of this, they'd also be too proud to sell, but now I want MS to buy them so they clean house lol
Good for IOI, looks like the company as a whole has benefitted from self-publishing.
Sony had (not even now) movie distribution rights for Bond, but never for games.
Really happy for IOI, they deserve every success. Not played Hitman 3 as yet (waiting for the Steam release) but based purely on the first two Hitman games in this trilogy, it's something to look forward to.
Very happy for IOI. I picked up Hitman 3 as a means of playing through all 3 games of the new trilogy. Been an absolute blast so far. In a time where buying AAA games feels gross just because of how gross a lot of the big publishers are, it's nice to see a dev self publish a high quality AAA product and do well. Now I just have to pray that nothing bad ever comes out about IOI.
Well, they were in a good position. They had immense good faith, they already had the tools and processes in place from older games, not to mention assets and such.
Yeah hopefully a couple of levels as well, the second one can end with the car blowing up as usually does in the films :P
So, I have Hitman 1+2 as part of my Stadia Pro sub. (they took some of that Google money too, which is fine by me. As the saying goes "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take").
I've never played a Hitman game. Never thought they looked appealing.
I guess I should....... give them a go?
I've never played a Hitman game. Never thought they looked appealing.
I guess I should....... give them a go?
Well, really It's Hitman : World of Assassination Season 3
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It really is one of those weird things where it's just more of a fantastic game, with no evolution (not that any is necessary).
I thought Eurogamer was a bit silly with the same reviewer noting both in his Hitman 2 and 3 reviews that it was basically more of the same, but giving 3 a Recommend and not 2.
Super happy for IOI. They are an amazing match for the Bond IP and can't wait to see what they do with it.
thanks for posting this
I had no idea earlier versions of Absolution were completely linear and targets were only killed in cutscenes, they only added the few bigger levels later on because they thought the market would accept it again. it was originally intended to be a gears of war style game.
Anecdotal, but I have like 4 other friends with a PS5 / XSX, and all of them bought this game. The next-gen software drought gave this a good little push, and I'm sure it did well on PS4/XBO as well.
Cheers to IO, I'm happy for them, hopefully they keep up their consistency and improve where they can!
Cheers to IO, I'm happy for them, hopefully they keep up their consistency and improve where they can!
True, but in would appreciate a some new additions etc. It has been a decent time and some new gameplay mechanic's would've been nice.
The only thing that still bothers me is that the voices are all the same, and the NPC reactions don't match with their personalities or profession. And everyone speaks English. Would be cool to have a local language option (or English with the correct accents), it breaks the immersion for me.
But like I said great game I enjoy playing it. And I knew what I was getting into. Just some things I like te nitpick about :)
Which in itself is kind of funny as Hitman 2 has more unique things than H1 or H3
Agreed. I'm able to be more charitable by viewing this as the AA (and not AAA) game that it is.