There will be a Hitman multiplayer, and a Hitman 4 says IOI CEO Hakam Abrak in Variety magazine

Hitman: World of Assassination
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There will be a Hitman 4 says IOI CEO Hakam Abrak, eventually:

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“Since 2021, that love has been focused on “Hitman: World of Assassination,” the most recent game in the franchise, which began with “Hitman: Codename 47” in 2000. “WOA” (originally titled “Hitman 3” before its rebranding in 2023) is the third installment in the modern-day “Hitman” lineup, which launched with “Hitman” in 2016 and was followed by “Hitman 2” in 2018 — but Abrak says it won’t be the last.

“So of course there will be more ‘Hitman,‘” Abrak confirmed. “But right now, I think we need to get to the other side of this year and next year you’ll get more news about ‘Hitman’ co-op, because I think co-op is a really, really good extension to the universe, and will introduce very interesting mechanics and combinations in ‘World of Assassination.’ But we will, after that, be talking about the next ‘Hitman’ — because, of course, there’s going to be a next ‘Hitman.’”

There’s a lot of opinions throughout the gaming community about what “Hitman 4” should look like, with plenty of gamers ready to tell you which “Hitman” games they love and loathe. But lead level designer Jacob Mikkelsen says he doesn’t regret anything they’ve done so far, instead citing how that work has built on itself over time, even giving them inspiration for “007 First Light.”

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We have our hands full, honestly, with three main productions. We’re working on a new IP fantasy — Project Fantasy, we call it. It’s not announced yet, exactly what it is, but it’s a multiplayer fantasy project, which is extremely ambitious and really cool and is something else than a gun in a suit. So that’s also good to have something new within the creative outlook here.

“Hitman,” obviously, is ongoing and strong. “Hitman: World of Assassination” has been an expanding universe for the last 10 years. We have had more than 85 million gamers play it, and we have north of 25 million copies sold. Every month, we have more than a million people playing ‘Hitman’ consistently.

That’s pretty amazing after all these years.

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Very misleading title, all he’s saying is there will be “another Hitman game” (which you’d expect from the company that’s been making them for 25 years). All that stuff about a “Hitman 4” or any supposed ties with the WOA games is just the writer’s wishful thinking.

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Thank you for understanding how to correctly read journalism. Not pointing fingers at anyone around here, just the general behavior of projection and jumping to conclusions based on very little info that is so prevalent in today’s world.

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It will be, for sure, but did he draw any timeframes?
It may be in 10-15 years from now

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Didn’t they understand after 2 attempts at multiplayer that it just doesn’t work on Hitman!?

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Judging by this quote, I don’t think it will be as long as that!

So of course there will be more ‘Hitman,‘” Abrak confirmed. “But right now, I think we need to get to the other side of this year and next year you’ll get more news about ‘Hitman’ co-op, because I think co-op is a really, really good extension to the universe, and will introduce very interesting mechanics and combinations in ‘World of Assassination.’ But we will, after that, be talking about the next ‘Hitman’ — because, of course, there’s going to be a next ‘Hitman.’”

With IOI sharing news about the next Hitman game after dropping more news about Co-Op mode next year, I think it will be around 2031 we get the new Hitman.

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Also, there is a ongoing thread to discuss the next Hitman game:

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Personally I doubt there will be a Hitman 4 in the sense that it is added within WOA. I think WOA is going to come to an end eventually. I imagine the next game will pick up the story where it left off, but will be entirely standalone.

I want them to give us a tailor feature for the next game where we can customize 47’s suit instead of it all just being presets.

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Not important how it will be named, the main thing is the next HITMAN instalment officially confirmed. Like someone doubted. Ha!

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Lets just hope its going to be Hitman and not HITMAN again.

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Difference is not too big

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IOI have already said that Hitman III is the final game in the WOA trilogy, so the next game won’t be directly connected to that particular story/events.

Here is one article from a while ago.

The next game will be obviously cannon to the story (i.e continuing after WOA events), however, new targets will have surfaced and the story would have moved on a bit I’m guessing. I don’t think we’ll even get any reference of Diana and 47 carrying out their Freelance antics as I think we’ll get a time jump set a few years between WOA ending/Freelancer and the next game.

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Freelancer is really just in-between stuff, so we can assume that’s what they’ve been doing in the meantime when the next game starts, assuming they haven’t already rebuilt their own version of ICA by then.

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I hope for no more ICA and if 47 and Diana have rebuilt their own version of it, there isn’t a storyline about it being compromised from the inside. I’ll take a random assortment of targets with no overarching storyline if it means not having to rethread that one again.

Curious about the multiplayer. I’m not sure I’d enjoy it that much but could be fun as a free add-on to WOA.

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No to the first, yes to the second, definitely.

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Yeah I agree. I’ve always seen Freelancer as 47 and Diana just tidying up loose ends before they begin on their next major hits. I doubt the ICA will be returning in the next game given 47 has brought them down essentially twice now, so I’d have thought they’d be working in some type of similar organisation again though.

What do you think?

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The thing is, if there’s gonna be any organization at all, why use a new one and not the one associated with the series brand? There’s a reason why Resident Evil hasn’t been able to quit Umbrella, but they’ve revamped them in recent games as a force for good. If a new ICA appears in the next game, which would not be the first time this has happened, I assume Diana would be the one in charge of it, and it would be less… unscrupulous, as the last incarnation was. More selective with its accepted targets in order to fit the vision 47 and Diana are already enacting with their freelance work. Basically being a company that hires out vigilantes for a fee, rather than just going after anyone as long as there’s money.

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I don’t really care about the International Contract Agency or any organization, really. I’m just up for more structured missions with Agent 47. The problem with Freelancer is that it’s semi-procedural. The targets don’t have scripted kills, mission stories, lore, or anything - they’re just random people. I’d be perfectly happy with a game that was nothing more than 15 more World of Assassination-style missions without any story running through it at all but with the elements that make the regular missions in Hitman 1, 2, and 3 what they are.

  • developed mission stories
  • detailed mechanisms for accidents and other types of kills
  • lore on who the targets are
  • routing and pathing that is more than just “go to bar, get drink, sit down”
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+1 exactly word-for-word what @schatenjager said, but with more ties and fewer cowboy hats.

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47 and Diana cannot start the ICA again, it is a burned name after the leaks. They have to settle for ICA :hitman_2:.

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