Hitman is 'a little bit on hiatus' as IO Interactive focuses on James Bond and its new fantasy RPG
Hitman has been around for more than 20 years now, during which time some entries have been markedly better than others. But it's arguable that the series truly hit its stride with the 2016 reboot, which culminated in a brilliantly good trilogy and eventually into an all-encompassing package called Hitman: World of Assassination(opens in new tab). Unfortunately for fans, we now know there won't be any new adventures for Agent 47 for a good while to come.
You may have forgotten (I did) but Hitman developer IO Interactive is currently working on a James Bond game(opens in new tab). That's a pretty big license, and IO's success with Hitman over the past half-decade has expectations high—and so understandably, that's where the studio's attention is focused.
«Right now a major, major new Hitman game: that's a little bit on hiatus, as we're building another agent fantasy that's also taking up a lot of our time.» IO Interactive chief creative officer Christian Elverdam said in an interview with Eurogamer(opens in new tab), making an obvious reference to James Bond. «But obviously we'll come back to beloved Agent 47. He's still very much in the heart of this company.»
The good news for fans is that World of Assassination, which was recently upgraded with the roguelike Freelancer game mode, will continue to be expanded.
«I hope we can have our cake and eat it too, in the sense that we have such a wonderful platform where we can keep experimenting with what the formula can do and what people expect of it,» Elverdam said. «And then at some point, obviously, as any creative, it would be nice to then go in and say, 'Okay, well, with everything we've learned, what would that be if we had to re-articulate a sandbox—what would that
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