'Hitman Trilogy' launches on January 20, directly into Xbox Game Pass

IO Interactive revealed a range of updates for Hitman 3 as function of its Year 2 flavor, including ray tracing on PC, new targets, a new map, a new Freelancer mode, and more than, as part of its anniversary stream. All the same, the developer also had a major update for Xbox fans, revealing an all-new Hitman collection heading straight into Xbox Game Pass.

On January 20, IO volition unleash Hitman Trilogy, directly into Xbox Game Pass, while bringing Hitman three to Steam for PCs for the first time. Hitman iii will as well catch VR back up on PC, alongside diverse other enhancements.

Hitman Trilogy on Xbox includes Hitman 1, 2, and three, alongside all existing content. Hitman already sports a unique UI that allows players to roam seamlessly betwixt games, but bringing all of the titles into ane package creates something of a monstrously big stealth puzzler, offer potentially hundreds of hours of gameplay.

HITMAN iii arrives on Steam to coincide with the start of Twelvemonth 2 and will have full support for PC VR and all of the technical improvements that we mentioned earlier, such as Ray Tracing, XeSS and Variable Rate Shading. We're working on support for Steam Achievements and Trading Cards too – plus we'll be including the Trinity Pack (the HITMAN iii pre-order bonus) for free with all editions of HITMAN 3 for the first thirty days.

The HITMAN Trilogy volition exist available with Xbox Game Laissez passer, PC Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate on January xx, giving you everything you need to jump direct into the World of Assassination. We're excited to welcome a wave of new players to savor the full trilogy through new platforms and services.

IO Interactive is also expected to exist working on underground Xbox exclusive with Microsoft, codenamed Dragon, although we've yet to run into an official proclamation well-nigh this as of yet.

The inclusion of Hitman Trilogy in Xbox Game Laissez passer will no doubt bring the game to a whole new audition. Hitman is one of those rare modern games that bask big ongoing updates without gouging players with annoying freemium elements, as well. It's well-worth checking out.

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