Hitman World Of Assassination has been released, combining Hitman 1-3 and adding a new roguelike mode

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The long-awaited Freelancer mode has been released in Hitman 3, allowing you to play missions from throughout the trilogy with random objectives and other roguelike elements. Hitman 3 is now called Hitman: World Of Assassination and its multiple releases, packs, and DLCs have been consolidated and streamlined. As a result, every Hitman 3 owner now has access to all levels from Hitman 1 and 2, if they don’t already have them.

If you head to the Hitman 3 store page on Steam or on Epic, you will no longer see seven options, but two. Hitman: World Of Assassination includes Hitman 3, Hitman 2, and Hitman 1 with all their DLC. It’s currently 45% off, which makes it £32.17. The other option is the Hitman World Of Assassination Deluxe Pack, which includes all of the above plus DLC for Hitman 2 and 3.

This is much simpler than there was before, but it also means that you can play Freelancer mode with access to a full set of excellent Hitman levels from all three games, whether or not you purchased the first two. Considering how good this trio of killing simulators is, getting some of them for free – or all of them for cheaper – is nice.

The standalone mode also looks interesting. Instead of Agent 47’s destinations, gear, and objectives being determined by a shadowy organization, as they are in the story mode, these decisions are up to you. Between each mission, you’ll return to your hideout where you can decide what job to do next, where you think would be best to pursue an objective, and what equipment to take with you. If you choose poorly, you may discover that it is impossible to aim the way you planned, and if you lose the valuable gear you took with you, it may leave you short of when you really need it in future jobs.

I’ve worked regularly as a freelance journalist for twenty years, so I suppose you’ll also have to do jobs on weekends and file your own taxes.

It’s almost as if IO Interactive’s next major game will be their take on a Bond game, but all of these changes to Hitman are designed to set them up as a platform they can continue to expand with new missions without releasing Hitman 4. This sounds like good news for Hitman. I.

You’ll find more about Patch 3.140 for Hitman here and more about the name change here. You can watch the Freelancer launch announcement below:

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