Acknowledgement without results is as useful as a wagon with no wheels.
Somebody needs post about the switch 2 items sold as DLC for other platforms and see if the guy gives a thumbs up to that
Yeah Urben confirmed they are one of the devs 
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A concussive elf duckie that turns into a proximity explosive after triggering.
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I still remember they reacted to and answerd “no promises but we will see 
” to my question on their stream at the beginning of the year on TikTok.
Haven’t heard a thing of it since. Was kinda hoping it would be mentioned again during their 25 year stream/roadmap. But nah..
Freelancer need some serious love before they fully move on to 007! Coop is nice and all, but if they wont even support this mode then my hopes are low, sadly.
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Yeah I totally agree. Adding the alternative locations to Freelancer, such as Landslide for example, would be great! Some long overdue bug fixes to Freelancer would go down well with people as well.
I’m bit 50-50 with Co-Op you know. For me, we all fell in love with the franchise for what it was and that is 47 and the overall story of his character. Don’t get me wrong, if Co-Op remains with Knight and Stone doing their own thing for Hitman III and potentially in the next game, I’m cool with that, but I don’t really want to see 47 entering Co-Op mode helping out Knight and Stone. Would seem weird in my opinion as some characters just work better alone. I remember when Tomb Raider had that crazy free-for-all multiplier mode and just didn’t seem right for Lara and her character and so far, we haven’t seen it appear in future games again yet.
I suppose let’s wait and see how IOI finish off Co-Op 
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Amusingly enough, the thing I’m the most curious about for the Co-Op are the NPC barks.
And how they will handle being toward new player characters.
As for Freelancer, variants, other improvements, or other additions.
I trust IOI, even more now that it looks like “historical” devs are back on Hitman.
I was afraid during Year 4 and Year 5 that IOI would carelessly implement “false good ideas” from the community that could drag the overall quality down.
I’m more chill now.
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Wild speculations.
Tomorrow, November 20th, is the Xbox Partner Preview.
IOI will be part of it, as a main event even, for 007 First Light.
I could see them communicating on Hitman during it, just after.
It’s what they’ve been doing this whole year.
At least to celebrate the true dates of the 25th Anniversary of the Franchise.
(November 19th - December 1st).
Maybe the Hitman Classics actual reveal.
Best case scenario:
(if ambitious yet consistent to the usual reveal, communication. and content release patterns)
- November 20th, at Xbox Partner: Franchise Anniversary reveals, and an event in WoA to run around Nov 27th - Dec 4th. If not Nov. 20th to Dec. 11th.
- December 11th, a the TGA: celebrET reveal and launch now, to run to January 11th, winter roadmap published in parallel.
The two major leaps are: actually having something for the Franchise Anniversary, and IOI being able to afford the TGA.
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My biggest question about Cooperative mode is whether there will be achievements or unlocks locked behind multiplayer activity that cannot be earned solo. The Phantom suit (I think it was that one anyway) was not attainable in Hitman 2 without playing Ghost mode with another person. In Hitman 3 when Ghost mode disappeared they changed that to be unlockable by other means, but I’d be against any unlocks being attainable solely by multiplayer gameplay.
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My big hope is that even with co-op there’s still an option to play stuff solo. Especially if there’s new targets/missions, new story, or significant reworks of the existing maps.
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Hopefully the do something similar to what they did with Sniper Assassin in H2 - play the exact same mission and 47, or play in Co-Op with Knight and Stone.
Would be a bit of a dumb move to create new missions and lock them solely behind the mode imo. Especially when they already have people asking for new missions constantly.
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What platform are you playing
Whenever co-op mode launches, there will inevitably be a thread of people on here looking for people to play with on the same platform so they can make arrangements via DMs. So I wouldn’t worry too much about not getting to experience the mode tbh.
Although, with any luck IO will also repurpose Sniper Assassin’s matchmaking too.
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There is activity on the Hitman and IOI youtube channels.
A new video was added to their respective World of Assassination playlists.
Not the Elusive Target playlist.
Videos are still private, but here is the link for when it comes out:
Likewise the 007 First Light was, much more expectedly as its presence in Xbox Partner is announced and central, updated with its own private video.
Separate musing: I wouldn’t be surprised if the Co-Op could work as a stand-alone experience.
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Episode: Marrakesh incoming!
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The dev on the anniversary stream said it is still very early days, sorry <3.
But hopefully there will be something nice on the xbox stream today for Hitman too!
Edit: It could be a teaser for co-op you are right, I thought you meant a release for it!
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I don’t particularly think it’s a Co-Op teaser/trailer. The musing was wholly separate.
Now that you mention it, I could see it though.
I’m much more into a “franchise anniversary” wish.
Because I hope for an in-game event, and not “just” a celebration trailer, as more probable as it is.
It also does not look ET related, at least not new ET related, yet is WoA related.
Then again, I think there might be two new videos added in the Hitman WoA playlist…
And maybe even more not in playlists…
But the long story short is:
I expect something on Hitman at the Xbox Partner Showcase this evening.
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What time is the showcase?
EDIT: EGS’s cover just changed. Looks like we’re getting a re-run of the Undying for the time being.
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I’m on xbox too if co op drops we do it together and learn around the strategies
Beanie boy again how many times have we killed this man but overall looking forward to it again cause he’s my favourite actor