Hitman 3 will not include competitive multiplayer option Ghost Mode when it launches, as IO Interactive plans to remove the feature from Hitman 2 at the end of the month. Writing on its official website, the Danish developer explained: “We have learnt a hell of a lot from Ghost Mode over the last two years and we’ll be taking all of those learnings on-board for what we do in the future with regards to multiplayer.”
If you’re still playing Ghost Mode in Hitman 2, then you’ll have until Monday, 31st August to enjoy it – after that, it’ll be removed. “The Phantom Suit, which can only be unlocked by playing Ghost Mode, will be added as an unlock in Hitman 3,” the developer continued.
In other news, the studio has confirmed that the Sniper Assassin maps will return in the new game, although they’ll be single player experiences only. IO Interactive will close the co-op servers for Hitman 2’s various Sniper Assassin stages prior to the release of its sequel, and promised to “share an exact timeline and a solution to the mode’s multiplayer Trophies in the coming months”.
In more positive news, Elusive Targets will plot a return in Hitman 3, and the developer has teased “some changes to the formula that we’ll reveal at a later date”. It’s also promised a conclusion to the World of Assassination plotline, and confirmed that Contracts mode – which sees you creating your own targets – will feature in the sequel.
[source ioi.dk]
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These Hitman games are incredible, been replaying them again since the VR announcement.
Really good games. I only played the multiplayer a couple of times, just to try it out. I got hooked on the single player so i never went back to it. Cant wait for hitman 3
My kid and I played the mode for a while. It was really fun but got stale due to a lack of content.
What? So hitman 2 will be rendered useles like a paperweight soon? I'm not happy about that 😤😤 I still haven't finished playing hitman 2 either 🙄
@huyi Just Ghost Mode at the end of August.
Hitman 3 is going to feature all of the levels from the previous two games, apparently. I'm thinking about getting it, as someone who enjoyed the PS2 entries years and years ago. That's going to be three games worth of content in one package.
Isn't that headline is a little misleading. It makes it sound like all of the Hitman 2 servers are going offline and if that was the case, anyone who has played while connected to the servers would have their save basically made useless. If its just the MP aspect of the game, fine, but saying "Hitman 2 servers to close" gave me a bit of a fright.
That’s a bad look. It’s been a very small amount of time and it’s very poor service for a successful developer to be closing a MP or any other sort of mode this early after launch. I hope they get some backlash from this.
@Ralizah I think you still need to own 1 and 2, per IO's website: "it will be possible to ‘import’ locations that they own from the previous two HITMAN games into HITMAN 3." That said, the Hitman GOTY Edition is usually on sale for like $12 and Hitman 2 Gold Edition was $20 during Days of Play... it'll probably be there again for Black Friday. And I definitely recommend the 'complete' editions for both, at least when they're on sale.
@Jaz007 Gotta agree, I was really pissed when Sony shut down the servers so early for Gravity Rush 2.
Honestly I played both of these games to death and I even reviewed one of them and I can't remember what Ghost Mode is
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