One of the games announced at the Sony State of Play event which took place in August 2020 was the Hitman 3 game, this third series has a story where Agent 47 gets a new mission set in a skyscraper in Dubai. There Agent 47 will be in charge of climbing the skyscraper and must finish off strong fighters who are suspected of being members of the shadow organizations that exist in the previous two Hitman series.
Hitman 3 is planned to be released soon on January 21, before this game is released and before you try this game, it's a good idea to know 7 interesting facts about this Hitman 3 game, here are the facts:
IO Interactive finally officially withdrew from Square Enix in June 2017, with officially parting ways to make IO Interactive an independent game studio, the split of IO Interactive would be news that surprised many parties, because as we know, the copyright and Hitman game licenses are still held. by IO Interactive, with the separation of IO Interactive with Square Enix making Hitman no longer a game from Square Enix.
According to the information provided by Yosuke Matsuda as CEO of Square Enix, according to him the Hitman franchise will be more developed and advanced without being under the auspices of Square Enix, this is because the resources owned by Square Enix are very limited and are currently working on several other projects, like Final Fantasy VII Remake and others, for that reason Yosuke Matsuda did not want the Hitman game to fail in the market due to the lack of resources owned by Square Enix, thus making the Hitman game development process not optimal.
Now the Hitman game has officially become an independent franchise game developed and published by IO Interactive directly and is no longer a part of Square Enix, so for those of you who hope that the Hitman game is still part of Square Enix, it looks like you will be disappointed with this news.
After sharing the latest trailer and information about Hitman 3 at the end of November 2020, IO Interactive officially said that the Hitman 3 game was developed using an in-house engine called Glacier, IO Interactive said that the Glacier engine was more optimal and could support more 300 AI NPCs are active.
You can see this in the trailers that are shared, there you will see many NPCs actively moving when the main character goes to a certain place or to a certain point, even IO Interactive claims that his Glacier engine can create a more realistic looking shadow and water drop effect. IO Interactive hopes that using their latest engine in the Hitman 3 game can provide and add a more immersive playing experience for players.
3. Games that are 20 Years Old
In addition to announcing about the new engine being used, IO Interactive also announced that the Hitman franchise had its 20th anniversary in November 2020, for those who don't know, the Hitman franchise was first released on November 19, 2000 with the first title Hitman: Codename 47 , on this first release Hitman was developed by IO Interactive and published under the auspices of Eidos Interactive, until finally Square Enix acquired Eidos Interactive in 2009, thus Hitman officially became a game from Square Enix, and development and work on the next Hitman series began in 2012.
4. Available on Various Platforms
This can be good news for gamers, because Hitman 3 will be officially released for various platforms or devices, Hitman 3 will be released on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S, Stadia, and will even release on Nitendo Switch, of course for you gamers this is good news because you don't need to bother playing this game on any device.
5. End of Agent 47
After a happy picture, we will now be given whether this is bad news or good news, because after becoming an independent studio, IO Interactive is very serious in developing this Hitman franchise, this is evident with Hitman 2 where many have received positive responses from gamers, even though it does get a lot. real positive response was many obstacles that IO Interactive experienced when developing Hitman 2, it is known that IO Interactive has to reduce employees so that the studio can keep running, this is because there is no more support from large publishers.
If you are curious about the ups and downs from IO Interactive you can watch it in a documentary video released by Youtube Noclip entitled The Fall & Rise of Hitman | Noclip Documentary, there you will see some interesting stories that not many gemers know about the development of the Hitman franchise so far.
The Hitman 3 series will be the closing of the Hitman modern trilogy which was released in 2016, this third series will tell a continuation of the story of Agent 47, which is still a mystery in the previous Hitman 2 series.
6. There is support for VR (Virtual Reality)
Besides being available for many consoles, in fact IO Interactive also announced Hitman 3 which has VR (Virtual Reality) support for the PlayStation 5 console, where for those of you who buy the PlayStation 5 version of Hitman 3 you can also play Hitman 3 in VR mode exclusively using the PSVR anchor. .
Eskil Mohl as IO Interactive's Senior Game Designer said that the VR mode from Hitman 3 will provide a different gaming experience from the PC version or the console version, because the VR version will carry a sandbox element so that players can make their own plans and strategies to knock out targets which exists.
7. Computer specifications for Hitman 3
For computer gamers, of course you need a specification that has to play this Hitman 3 game, IO Interactive has shared information about the specifications of the computer to be able to play this Hitman 3 game, here are the specifications needed:
| Minimum System Requirements : |
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| CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K atau AMD Phenom II X4 940 |
| RAM: 8 GB |
| OS: 64-bit Windows 10 |
| VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 atau AMD Radeon HD 7870 |
| PIXEL SHADER: 5.0 |
| VERTEX SHADER: 5.0 |
| FREE DISK SPACE: 80 GB |
| VRAM: 2 GB |
| Recommended System Requirements : |
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| CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 atau AMD Ryzen 5 1600 |
| RAM: 16 GB |
| OS: 64-bit Windows 10 |
| VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 atau AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 |
| PIXEL SHADER: 5.1 |
| VERTEX SHADER: 5.1 |
| HDD: 80 GB |
| VRAM: 8 GB |
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