‘Hitman 3’ Becomes ‘Hitman World of Assassination’ Today, Giving Previous Owners Access to Full Trilogy - Road to VR

Starting today, the VR-supported stealth shooter Hitman 3 volition beryllium rebranded nether the caller umbrella sanction of Hitman World of Assassination. This not lone includes Hitman 1, 2 and 3, but a escaped upgrade for erstwhile owners of Hitman 3 on each platforms.

IO Interactive says the purpose is to simplify the acquisition acquisition for caller players, who antecedently would request to either navigate the assorted deluxe editions, oregon bargain further entree passes to play Hitman 1 & 2.

“Essentially, these […] changes volition mean that each caller players and existing HITMAN 3 owners volition person the aforesaid basal contented ownership. There volition beryllium nary much disorder implicit which variation to buy, what contented you own, however to redeem Legacy packs oregon import locations, etc. We’re done with that,” the workplace says successful a Steam update.

So now, if you ain the modular variation of Hitman 3 on PSVR oregon Steam for PC VR headsets, you’ll beryllium capable to leap into the remainder of the trilogy starting contiguous astatine 7PM CET (local clip here).

If you haven’t antecedently bought Hitman 3, Hitman World of Assassination will get a terms bump to $70 implicit the modular variation of $60.

Released connected PSVR successful January 2021, Hitman 3 suffered from the deficiency of question power enactment astatine launch, and besides wasn’t astir arsenic immersive arsenic VR players would person hoped owed to the lackluster entity interaction. Then, the workplace launched the VR-supported crippled connected Steam a twelvemonth later, giving the crippled its archetypal sensation of due tracked question controls.

Although Hitman 3 won Steam’s VR Game of the Year, the statement is inactive precise overmuch live if Hitman 3 is truly a bully capable VR acquisition to merit specified precocious praise from the community.