We’ve resolved an issue where branches from a nearby tree can be seen venturing through the concrete roof of the Delgado Mansion Garage in Santa Fortuna. We’ve fixed this issue in a surprisingly simple way; we’ve rotated the tree a little bit so that the angles line up and keep the branches out of the garage. Hollis, Daniel (15 January 2021). " 'Hitman 3' has been confirmed to arrive on the Nintendo Switch next week". NME. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021 . Retrieved 2 August 2023. Baker, Sammy (21 January 2023). "Hitman 3: Best Items, Gear, and Equipment". Push Square. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023 . Retrieved 2 August 2023.

Like its predecessors, Hitman 3 is a stealth game played from a third-person perspective, in which 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 the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. [2] A seventh map, the fictional Ambrose Island in the Andaman Sea, India, was added for free on 26 July 2022. [3] Owners of Hitman or Hitman 2 are able to import maps, levels, and their progress into Hitman 3. Maps from the older games incorporate the new gameplay changes featured in Hitman 3. [4] PC and PlayStation players can also play the game in first-person with a virtual reality headset. [5] Yin-Poole, Wesley (31 July 2023). "Hitman: World of Assassination to Get First New Elusive Target in Two Years". IGN. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023 . Retrieved 2 August 2023. a b c Sinha, Ravi (28 October 2022). "Hitman 3: Freelancer Overview Video Details Syndicates, Showdowns, Safehouse, and More". Gaming Bolt. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023 . Retrieved 2 August 2023.Oloman, Jordan (28 January 2021). " 'Hitman III' guide: seven essential tips I wish I knew before playing the game". NME. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023 . Retrieved 2 August 2023. Ivan, Tom (8 July 2021). "Hitman 3's new Ambrose Island map dated with location reveal trailer". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023 . Retrieved 2 August 2023. We’ve resolved a specific issue on the Hantu Port Sniper Assassin map, where certain textures would appear pixelated with many jagged edges for players that had enabled FSR 2 or XeSS. 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]

The making of the 'Hitman 3' murder mystery mansion (IO Interactive interview) | Launcher. Washington Post Gaming. 13 February 2021 . Retrieved 20 July 2022– via YouTube. Robinson, Martin (8 January 2021). "Hitman 3 feels like a well-deserved victory lap for IO's series". Eurogamer . Retrieved 18 November 2023.Rivera, Joshua (15 December 2021). "Polygon 50 Best Games of 2021". Polygon. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021 . Retrieved 27 December 2021. As players assume the role of Agent 47 in his crusade to bring down shady organization Providence, what they will get to engage with are some of the very best stealth sandboxes ever developed. Traveling between all manner of more familiar locations, such as Paris and Dartmoor, to more exotic and remote places, like Dubai and the Carpathian Mountains, World of Assassination excels at affording players freedom in how to approach the many, many targets on Agent 47’s hit list. 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 ]

Lyons, Ben (22 December 2021). "GOTY 2021: #10 - Hitman 3". Gamereactor UK. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022 . Retrieved 20 July 2022. a b Wilson, Iain (4 February 2023). "8 Hitman Freelancer tips to take down the Syndicates". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023 . Retrieved 2 August 2023. Brian (1 January 2022). "2021 EDGE awards and top 10 games of the year". Nintendo Everything. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022 . Retrieved 20 July 2022. Winners". NAVGTR. Baltimore. 14 February 2023. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022 . Retrieved 17 April 2022. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) Avard, Alex (25 February 2022). "The best stealth games you can sneak through right now". GamesRadar+. Contributions from Joe Donnelly. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022 . Retrieved 15 June 2022.We’ve resolved an issue where 47 could accidentally create an elaborate accident kill on himself. He’s just that good. These improvements are all directly linked to Freelancer mode. We’ve added this little paragraph so that we don’t have to put (Freelancer) after each and every one.