Developer IO Interactive says “of course there will be a Hitman 4”

IO Interactive is busy working on the James Bond video game First Light, but the company says it also plans to release Hitman 4.

during an interview type“Of course there will be more Hitman,” CEO Hakan Abrak said. But it might be a while before Hitman 4 comes out. Abrak said any discussion of a Hitman 4 announcement would have to wait until Hitman co-op mode launches in World of Assassination, and the game will continue to be supported through the studio's DLC.

“So of course there will be more killers,” Ablak said. “But right now, I think we need to be on the other side of this year, and next year you'll get more news about Hitman collaborations, because I think collaborations are a really, really good extension of the universe and will introduce really interesting mechanics and combinations in World of Assassination. But after that, we'll talk about the next Hitman – because, of course, there's going to be a next Hitman.”

The “Hitman” series launched with “Hitman: Codename 47” in 2000, followed by “Hitman 2: Silent Assassin” in 2002. Hitman: Blood Money was released in 2006 and is the third game in the original Hitman trilogy. Hitman: Absolution launched in 2012, while Hitman, the first installment in the World of Assassination trilogy, launched in 2016. This was followed by “Hitman 2” in 2018 and “Hitman 3” in 2021.

IOI currently has three major works: the ongoing “Hitman: World of Assassination”, “007 Dawn” and a new fantasy IP code-named “Fantasy Project”. “Exactly what it is hasn't been announced yet, but it's a multiplayer fantasy project that's very ambitious, very cool, and not just a suit-and-tie thing,” joked Ablak. “So it’s also good to have something new in the creative landscape here.”

Will Hitman 4 have to wait until all three projects are completed? Ablak didn't say, but you can see why the studio wanted to return to the series with a new sequel: Overall, Hitman has had more than 85 million players and sold more than 25 million copies. Ablak added that more than a million people play Hitman each time.

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