Developer IO Interactive has announced that the popular game Hitman 3 will be rebranded as Hitman: World of Assassination and will include content from the previous two Hitman games. The rebranding will take place on January 26th, and the content from the previous two games will be made available through the Access Pass system. This is great news for current Hitman 3 owners as the upgrade will be free on all platforms. IO Interactive is also simplifying the purchase experience by making World of Assassination the main entry point to the series. This will allow new players and existing Hitman 3 owners to have the “same base content ownership,” according to IO, and reduce confusion “over which edition to buy, what content you own, how to redeem Legacy packs or import locations.”

This new approach will result in two products being offered to players, The $70 Hitman: World of Assassination pack includes the original trilogy, and the Hitman: World of Assassination Deluxe Pack includes Hitman 3’s Seven Deadly Sins missions and Hitman 2’s Expansion Access Pass for $30. Current players can purchase any missing content from their Hitman library on PC via Steam, with IO explaining that it will not be necessary to pay full price for a deluxe pack when it’s just a single piece of DLC that is needed. Hitman 1 and Hitman 2 will be removed from all storefronts when the World of Assassination edition arrives, although those games will still be available for download if you own them. Since IO Interactive first gave its Hitman series a soft reboot in 2016, the studio has made small but consistent changes to the trilogy in order to create a unified experience.

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