Everything We Know About Project 007! (Preloaded Ep23)
94This week Jackson and Josh talk through everything that's been revealed about IO Interactive's newly revealed James Bond game. They also talk about Hitman 3, the unfortunate Returnal delay, and they introduce an entirely new show format. Tune in!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:25 Which franchises do we want to see rebooted?
5:49 Returnal delayed to April
7:48 Gamestop stocks
9:50 Everything we know about Project 007
28:05 What we're playing
31:05 Mail bag - email us at preloadedpodcast@gmail.com
34:38 Outro
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Hitman 3 (stylized as HITMAN III) is stealth game developed and published by IO Interactive for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia (under the title Hitman: World of Assassination), and Nintendo Switch[2] on 20 January 2021.[3] It is the eighth main installment in the Hitman series and the final entry in the World of Assassination trilogy, following Hitman (2016) and Hitman 2 (2018).[4] The single-player story concludes the plot arc started in Hitman, and follows genetically-engineered assassin Agent 47 and his allies as they hunt down the leaders of Providence, the secretive organization controlling the world's affairs. Hitman 3 received positive reviews from critics.
Like its predecessors, Hitman 3 is a stealth game played from a third-person perspective and players once again assume control of assassin Agent 47. In the game, 47 travels to various locations and carries out contracted assassinations, continuing the story of the last two games. The base game features six new locations: Dubai, Dartmoor, Berlin, Chongqing, Mendoza and an epilogue set in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania.[5][6] Owners of Hitman or Hitman 2 are able to import maps, levels and their progress into Hitman 3.[4]
The game features PlayStation VR compatibility on the PlayStation 4 version, with support for PlayStation 5 via backwards compatibility.[7] The VR functionality also retroactively applies to levels imported from the previous two entries.[8] Unlike Hitman 2, there are no multiplayer modes, with Sniper Assassin being purely single player, and Ghost Mode being removed entirely.[9]
The game was announced on 11 June 2020 at the PlayStation 5 reveal event.[10] Developers have said that the game will be "a lot more mature, serious and darker" than previous installments in the trilogy.[11] IO Interactive will self-publish the game when it releases on 20 January 2021 for Windows via Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and streaming service Stadia.[12][13] It will also be available on Nintendo Switch in the form of a cloud based game. This marks the first time a Hitman game was released for a Nintendo platform in almost 18 years; the last game to be released was a port of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin for the GameCube in 2003.
On 27 August 2020, digital-only pre-orders for the game launched for PlayStation, PC and Xbox players. It was also announced that a Deluxe Edition of the game would be released, which includes Deluxe Escalations, in-game items and suits as well as digital soundtracks for the trilogy.[14] On 8 September 2020, pre-orders for Stadia went live.[15] On 15 October 2020, it was announced that physical copies of an exclusive variant of the Deluxe Edition containing all the digital content and an exclusive physical passport would be released by Limited Run Games.[16] On 30 October 2020, standard retail physical copies for both editions of the game were announced through traditional brick and mortar retail stores.[17]
A week after Hitman 3's release, IO's studio head Hakan Abrak stated they had made back their development costs for the game, and "that puts us in a really good place and allows us to confidently move forward with our ambitious plans for future projects."[18]