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IO Interactive co-owner and CCO Christian Elverdam speaking with Eurogamer revealed development on the next major Hitman game has been put on hiatus.
“Right now a major, major new Hitman game: that’s a little bit on hiatus.” said Elverdam.
“As we’re building another agent fantasy that’s also taking up a lot of our time. But obviously we’ll come back to beloved Agent 47. He’s still very much in the heart of this company.”
The developer changed the name of Hitman 3 to Hitman: World of Assassination on January 26 of this year. long with the name change is the addition to Hitman 1 and Hitman 2 available on the existing Access Pass system. Current Hitman 3 owners will get a free upgrade to Hitman: World of Assassination on all platforms.
IO Interactive recently announced its next game is based on a new IP and is “an online fantasy RPG with the codename of Project Fantasy.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D’Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
