IOI Showcase (6th June 2025 - 18:00 PDT / 01:00 UTC)

List of Major Hitman Announcements

  • Hitman WoA Anniversary Edition in October 2025, time limited shadowbox, includes the celebrity bundle
  • The Summer 2025 Roadmap with a new Elusive Target Mads Mikklesen as Le Chiffre
  • Two additional new Elusive Targets in 2025 coming this fall, and this winter. For three in total this year
  • Partnership with Mood Publishing for a Hitman Boardgame, soon to be on KickStarter
  • Hitman World of Assassination coming to IOS this summer 2025
  • Hitman Coop, Stone and Knight return for their own missions in WoA locations. Still early days for it. Still early.

(I am still trying to determine what the central 2026 ā€œHitman Classicsā€ panel is. By caution I won’t say more. But the inclusion of C47 is intriguing)

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I gotta give IO credit. After the last year. They really turned it around for HITMAN with these reveals. COOP alone is a big deal.

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Cautiously optimistic… but I have a strong feeling those Hitman classics are going to be for modern consoles/pc.

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I wonder if these showcases will happen more often, it was enjoyable even with the ā€œjankā€ that happened throughout the stream.
They even announced way more than I expected (like I did NOT see the coop and possible c47 rerelease/remake/?? coming), also the fact that they announced two more celebrity ETs makes me wonder if:
1-They’ll update/do another celebrity bundle;
2-What’s gonna happen if another ā€œdisruptor accidentā€ happens (maybe they now have a clause to prevent it just being removed and in limbo?)

Also I’m gonna predict that the board game will just be hitman go (which would be good).

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My assumption is The Trilogy remakes/remasters on the Blood Money rails. So basically the same games but less janky, better controls, more consistent rating system and maybe some changes to the levels. Why Blood Money as a base? Because BM is not in this list, and it’s closest to the classics among BM/Abs/WoA. I might be totally wrong.

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I strongly think this is the first of many 007 Elusive Targets.

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So, I didn’t redeem a tiktok duck, re-stream will be not only on Twitch I hope? Cause it seems nobody streaming hitman on tiktok except ioi themselves

So, i just skimmed through the video and i can’t find anything about the classics except from the little video review that plays after hakan has finished talking?

I’m confused

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Coop is certainly a surprise, even if I’ll probably never get to give it a proper shot.
For a long time, I’ve had the assumption that modes like sniper or ghost mode instead of ā€œrealā€ coop was a symptom of core game not being built in a way that would allow to easily plop more players into the simulation, hence the gameplay compromises. This certainly challenges that assumption. Though I guess we will need to wait and see how it plays out in full.
Too bad I’ll most likely be unable to play Hitman at all until the 17th. At least the new ET should still be active by then.

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If they make a remastered of those classics games including Codename 47 for PS5 I swear I’m going to IOI headquarters and let them gangbang me.

If they make it for mobile gaming is going to be the other way around. I hate mobile games.

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I wonder if they’ll bring back sniper coop to WOA, since they are bringing the whole new coop mode. That would be weird if you can play ā€œStone&Knightā€ as separate mode, but can’t play sniper mission, where they originally came from

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Ok, everything that happened in the last few days is a bit overwelming. Really great stuff here.
007: Love what I’ve seen so far. Seems like a perfect mix between the seriousness of Bond from the novels and the goofyness and gimicky of Bond from the movies. Somehow feels like we’re getting another Hitman but with another protagonist.
New ET: Wow! This one looks brilliant! Love Mads Mikkelsen and can’t wait to play this. And: Two more ET this year.
Classic 47 games: Not really sure what this means. Do we finally get updated versions of these classic games? Judging from the picture it looks a bit like they’re coming to mobile phones.
Stone & Knight: Looks interesting. But hopefully not just a co-op mode. I want to play my games on my own. But also don’t want to miss out on playing with those two characters.
Featured Contracts: Some great creators in those batches. Happy to see @magicdave94 has picked one of mine contracts, thanks!
Twitch/Tiktok Drops: Missed out on those… for now. Trying to get the Twitch one this afternoon. And hoping someone streams Hitman on Tiktok anytime soon. Although not too worried if I’m not able to get those. Would never use them in the game anyway.

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That’s some nice news! The Elisive Target with Le Chiffre looks like fun and I can’t wait to play it! He is one of my favourite Bond villains :heart_eyes:

And I am excited for a Co-op mode. Just a pity that it is with Stone and Knight and not with Grey and 47 :smirking_face:

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Hey, let’s have a social experment, I am really interested in buying MindsEye as not only it is published by IOI but it is also made by a studio of Leslie Benzies, one of the founders of Rockstar Games.
Needless to say that the game looks amazing.
BUT, I am not sure if to wait for reviews or to Pre Order it, so lets do it in a fun way.

  • I WANT YOU TO PRE ORDER MINDSEYE
  • I WANT YOU TO WAIT FOR REVIEWS
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Whatever gets the most votes is what I’ll do.

btw, I wonder if the Co Op mode will allow for split screen or not, I really hope it does.

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Please wait for reviews. I’ve seen some of the game from Twitch online and it doesn’t look… cooked enough imo. Maybe some patches will heal it up?

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That’s the thing, I watched the gameplay shown in the showcase and it looks really promising, I don’t know what to trust

Hmm I’ve seen alot of people say that the driving feels rubbery and weird, the shooting is clunky and unreactive too. Its kinda like Watch Dogs Legion’s shooting in a way, just kinda worse from what I’ve seen.

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It’s somewhat in the middle for me, huh, guess I’ll trust you all and wait for reviews.

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ALSO CO-OP MODE???

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