IO Interactive's Hitman: World of Assassination, housed within Hitman 3 on PS5 and PS4, has now reached an impressive milestone of 75 million total players.

The developer made the announcement on its social channels today:

"Achieving this as an independent studio is monumental," the post reads. "IOI is more solid than ever, driven by ambition and supported by our incredible community."

Hitman: World of Assassination began with the first of the modern titles back in 2016, which was released episodically.

The studio followed this up with the release of Hitman 2 in 2018, dropping the episodic approach and launching it as one package. The first game's content could be brought into Hitman 2 as an add-on, which previous owners received for free; IO Interactive's vision for an all-inclusive experience started here.

Between the release of the first two games, the developer split from publisher Square Enix to become fully independent, retaining the Hitman IP.

In 2021, Hitman 3 was released, with progression from the previous entries able to be carried across. Later, the game would become World of Assassination, including all three modern campaigns as well as all additional content.

It's been a fascinating journey, and while the series is now on hiatus, it's still receiving updates, and a PSVR2 port is coming in March. IO is set to follow up its successful trilogy with Project 007, which feels like a match made in heaven.

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[source x.com]