Hitman 3 reached the number 1 position in the UK game boxed charts, with launch sales up 17% over Hitman 2. [108] IO Interactive also stated that Hitman 3 had the "biggest digital launch" for the franchise. [109] One week after the game had been released, Hitman 3 's sales had already surpassed its development budget. [110] By April 2021, IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak stated that Hitman 3 had performed "300% better commercially" than its predecessor Hitman 2. [111] By November 2021, Hitman 3 was the most successful game from the franchise and the entire World of Assassination trilogy, reaching 50 million players. [112] Awards and accolades [ edit ]

We’ve resolved a few issues in Berlin with several redundant covers being present, both near the gas station and the rooftop stairsEvents in the story do make for some interesting encounters, however. With the aforementioned assassin turned against his former employers the ICA, there’s a brilliant mission in Germany where you’re given the objective of taking down your ex-colleagues. Of course, because they all have the same skillset as Agent 47, that means they’re hiding in plain sight, so you must navigate an industrial nightclub in the capital city analysing the behaviour of its hundreds of guests, trying to figure out who exactly your targets are. It’s a stunning twist on the series’ established rules.

a b Donaldson, Alex (8 January 2021). "Hitman Interview: IO Interactive on lessons learned, the future, and closing out the World of Assassination with a bang". VG 247. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023 . Retrieved 2 August 2023. In Hitman World of Assassination, players will finally be able to play through and conclude the story of Agent 47 and his long-time handler Diana. “Providence”, a super-secret organisation, is at the forefront of the game’s plot and plays a major role throughout all 3 campaigns. IO Interactive has crafted a masterful tale across all 3 campaigns and I won’t dig into the plot as that might ruin the game’s sense of intrigue and mystery for first-time players. While it is possible to skip cutscenes, mission briefings, and potentially entire missions to choose another location in the world, first-time players should absolutely not do this as it’ll ruin the surprisingly well-told story. Yaden, Joseph (10 May 2021). "The Best Stealth Games of All Time". Digital Trends. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023 . Retrieved 19 April 2022. a b c d Evans-Thirlwell, Edwin (19 January 2021). "Hitman 3 review - a satisfying end to a beautiful stealth trilogy". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022 . Retrieved 2 August 2023.a b Onder, Cade (19 January 2021). "Review: Hitman 3 is the peak of the trilogy". GameZone . Retrieved 18 November 2023. We’ve resolved an issue where the DLSS Frame Generation option would be greyed out in the Launcher on the Nvidia RTX 40 series. Goroff, Michael (11 January 2022). "Hitman 3 reveals the rest of its mission locations". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023 . Retrieved 2 August 2023. Bankhurst, Adam (31 January 2021). "Hitman 3's DLC May Be a 'Reimagining' of Existing Locations". IGN. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023 . Retrieved 2 August 2023.

While you’ll be able to see through the six new locations once in around ten hours, the beauty of the franchise is replaying each stage until you’ve seen all of the possible permutations and succeeded in Master difficulty without ever being detected and without ever changing your clothes. As you learn more about each level, you begin to discover how all of the systems slot together, with every single NPC on the map following a routine that exists for you to manipulate. Every item – excluding the controversial ICA Electrocution Phone from Hitman 2 – is available to you if you import your previous progress, so there’s effectively an infinite number of approaches you can adopt.We resolved separate issues where the Deceivers and Appraiser Elusive Target contracts were activated without the accompanying completion challenges. When this happens, we typically release the challenges immediately to improve the experience for anyone playing the mission after that point.

Aken, Alex Van (5 January 2021). "Watch Our Exclusive Look At Hitman 3's Persistent Shortcuts". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023 . Retrieved 4 June 2022. a b c Sarker, Samit (26 March 2021). "In Hitman 3, Agent 47's freedom is more important than yours". Polygon. Archived from the original on 4 June 2022 . Retrieved 2 August 2023. The game's level design received critical praise. Writing for The Guardian, Keith Stuart said that IO had successfully created several intricate locations for players to explore. He enjoyed the openness of each level, and wrote that modern Hitman games have become hugely replayable and "a benchmark for generous sandbox game design". [97] Evans-Thirlwell said that Hitman 3's maps were comparable in quality to its predecessors, and said that they were worth revisiting for their diverse assassination opportunities and side stories. [83] Hurley praised the incidental events featured in the game, which helped flesh out the game world. Reily wrote that the maps in Hitman 3 were among the best IO had created, praising each location's complex layout and verticality and the wealth of assassination opportunities within them. [88] Jeff Cork from Game Informer praised the levels for their consistent quality, and noted that despite the fixed gameplay loop, IO Interactive was able to introduce variety to mission design. He wrote that each level offered improvisational opportunities for players to approach their objectives. [84] GameSpot 's Phil Hornshaw wrote that Hitman 3 was "full of fun and fascinating ideas". He also said that although the gameplay mechanics were similar to the earlier games in the trilogy, the game "finds new ways to challenge seasoned assassins purely through excellent design". [85] The Berlin level, which twisted the gameplay formula significantly, received critical acclaim. [98] [99] Jeff Grubb from VentureBeat wrote that Berlin demonstrated the "maturity of the Hitman formula", remarking that IO Interactive no longer need to rely on mission stories to guide players, allowing players to enjoy a freeform experience. [89] The Dartmoor map was particularly praised for the optional murder mystery elements, [100] drawing comparisons to the movie Knives Out. [85] [87] [86] [101] The final level, set on a train in the Carpathian Mountains, was criticised for its linearity and as feeling out of place for a Hitman game. [83] [102]IO Interactive reduced the file size of Hitman 3—including the data for the first two games in the trilogy—to 60-70 GB, as compared to Hitman 2's 150 GB size. Engine improvements allowed IO Interactive to use lossless LZ4 compression. The team also changed their method for importing content from older titles, reducing data duplication. [46] In November 2020, IO Interactive announced that they had teamed up with Intel to optimise Hitman 3 performance on high-end CPUs with 8+ cores, which allowed the team to include more crowds and destructible environments. They also used Variable Rate Shading, a technique for improving rendering performance by dynamically changing the rate of shading in different parts of the frame. [47] [48] More high-end CPU features were added to the game on 24 May 2022, including real-time raytracing and adaptive supersampling when using Nvidia DLSS or AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution. [49] Rosenberg, Adam (8 December 2021). "Our favorite video games of 2021, 'ranked' (as if)". Mashable. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 . Retrieved 20 July 2022. Bonthyus, Darryn (14 March 2021). "Hitman 3 DLC Series Pits Agent 47 Against The Seven Deadly Sins". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022 . Retrieved 2 August 2023.