Under gårdagen började Square Enix dra tillbaka alla förhandsbokningar av Hitman till Playstation 4, ett tecken på att något var i görningen. Nu meddelar Square Enix via en pressrelease att äventyret inte får någon vanlig lansering, utan blir ett episodbaserat spel. De skriver:
"Starting with a Prologue Mission and a Paris location on March 11th, followed by the next location, set in Italy releasing in April and then Morocco releasing in May. From there Hitman will deliver regular monthly content updates, including three additional locations; Thailand, the US and Japan until the season concludes in Japan later in 2016. With weekly live events and additional planned content in between the monthly updates."
Detta ganska överraskande drag kräver naturligtvis en förklaring. Och det är precis vad vi får av IO Interactive-bossen Hannes Seifert. Han säger i ett officiellt uttalande:
"We decided to take the full leap and publish Hitman as a truly episodic game experience. Part of that decision is for that little bit of extra time to ensure every location we release is at the quality level fitting for a Hitman game. But the main driving reason is that this will allow us to create a living game that will expand and evolve over time and establish a foundation for the future - this is the first game in a storyline which will continue and expand with future Hitman games."
Intro Pack ska kosta $15, medan framtida expansioner kostar $10 styck. Du kommer också kunna betala $60, vilket fungerar som ett säsongspass så du får episoderna i takt med att de lanseras.
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