Hitman Briefings, IOI streams (Next one: 30th january 2025, "about what's to come in 2025")

As much as it was less Year 5 informations as I wished for.
(and I think it’s more because year 5 will be less than I wish for in general, with not a lot that could be even hinted at, and besides it was the best that could be said for January)


The dev interview was great.
It was exactly what I wished for.
A look back to the development from today’s perspective.

I’m sure I wasn’t the only one. But it was verbatim what I asked for it the Highlights & Gratitude thread
So it was great to see!
So thanks on that @Combatglue :slight_smile:

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Main highlights from this briefing for me are the below!

  • 25th Anniversary of the Franchise in November. There will likely be a big roadmap around this I think!
  • Freelancer will likely be getting more attention going forward. Samir taking back to the Devs community request for alternate locations to be added to Freelancer rotation. Would be really cool if this comes off.
  • Lots more roadmaps coming across this year!

Looking forward to seeing what’s ahead and there certainly seems to be a lot of surprises coming judging by the hints.

Also, big thanks to @LandirtHome for giving us the breakdown from the briefing. Legend! :raised_hands:t2:

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I spent my time recording the stream and watching Invader Zim; a much better use of my time tbh.

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Ahh… More Celeb ETs huh… Well I guess that means re-runs of all the ones we’ve got so far. (Any word on if they’re gonna rework The Disruptor??) and cool, kinda, I guess, if we’re getting a New one or two this year… Gotta admit, ETs have lost their lustre with me, even if a lot of Hitman 3’s targets tended to add new layouts to the map.

If new maps or alternate locations are out of the question, then I hope at least they can put work into making a map-altering Escalation sometime again… Those were fun…

Anyway, I manifest Keanu :clap: Reeves. :clap: :pray:

No way, he really say this?! :astonished: :two_hearts:

If it actually goes anywhere and they actually implement alternate locations/times of day I’ll be so so so happy. Gosh Freelancer deserves so much more. Or at least some interesting quality of life features as PC Freelancer Modding gets… :pleading_face:

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25th Anniversary of the Franchise in November. There will likely be a big roadmap around this I think!

Lots more roadmaps coming across this year!

If IOI use frases like “Big”, “A lot”, “Huge”, etc you should already know it that everything should be interpreted in antonyms “Small”, “Barely”, “Tiny” etc

I will belive when I see it :wink:

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He read my comment out loud about map variations breathing life into the mode and I felt so honored hahah :laughing:
But it also means that they for sure know its something we want and that gives me a little hope :pray:

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Yesterday, during the livestream, they mentioned the cut mission about the Caruso brothers. I hope it wasn’t just a meaningless mention, but rather a hint about new content to be released during Year 5.

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The Map designer for Sapienza mentioned it, mostly out of hand when asked for mission examples. It means very little I’m afraid.

The more interesting part is that they didn’t mention that idea was reworked for Marrakesh as an ET.

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If they were going to bring back anything related to Renzo and Orlando, it wouldn’t be the mission that they discussed. It would be a reworking of the cut The Brothers ET since it was basically done.

All it needs is a few tweaks to make it fit within the story they ended up telling in the main campaign and its good to go out as relatively cheap “new” content.

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And not making it reside in a public area…

It needs some work because where it is rn feels very…odd. Like it was shoved into a corner.

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Its not that challenging with the various inventory items we have nowadays in WoA. If we were still limited like we were in H1, sure.

But there’s enough opportunities to do enough with it that its no more limited than other H1 ETs.

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Oh, really?

Well done, IOI. I really hoped that there wouldn’t be more of them since I can’t buy new DLCs in Russian region. I’m dissapointed.

Everywhere except Russian region. :rage:

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Glad to see Combaglue and Sparx working together again on livestream, looks like it’s starting to get shape :blush:

Some interesting facts, insights and announcements regarding the game, looking forward to the YEAR 5 of HITMAN :+1:

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Lots of missions are not challenging with the items we have now. That’s kind of a problem in and of itself.

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Thanks for the good vibes in chat! And thank you to IOI for inviting me to chat about the Hitman community <3

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Updating the post with it, but because it’s worth the added visibility:

Higher Resolution version of the dev map of Sapienza showed during the dev interview.

Note:

  • the square, the backstreets, the morgue
  • the restaurant by the beach promenade
  • the green lines are from the cut crate transport by NPC mechanic
  • vents
  • exit by the pier in addition to the harbour
  • greyed out cut hotel
  • the old detective route and meeting point
  • the detective related to Silvio not De Santis
  • Silvio route going in the mansion, the flower delivered in the piano room
  • in general the way freeflow opportunities are backed in the design
  • much more
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Yeah, it would be really cool if it comes off wouldn’t it? He said on the briefing it’s going back to the Devs, so I guess it’s just a waiting game now to see if it comes to fruition. On a positive note, Samir did say it was a really good idea! :wink:

Thanks again for bringing it to their attention. It would be great if it comes off wouldn’t it? :grin:

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I’ve been playing Hitman for a 1/4 of a century!?

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Time flies when you’re having fun! :grin:

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