PC Version Of Hitman 3 Will Be An Epic Games Store Exclusive
/ Carlos Hernandez
Developer and publisher IO Interactive announced that the PC version of Hitman 3 will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store when it launches in January 2021.
Together with the announcement, Epic Games Store revealed that their upcoming free game will be 2016’s Hitman. You can pick up your copy to keep forever starting August 27 until September 3.
“Self-publishing Hitman 3 is a big step for IO Interactive in achieving our highly amibitious goals as an independent studio” says IO CEO Hakan Abrak.
“Furthermore, this partnership with Epic has given us the freedom to create the game exactly as we imagined, for our fans and our community uncompromised”
“For our long-term fans that have supported us on the World of Assassination, we’re happy to have mastery and location carryover from their existing progress into Hitman 3 on Epic Game Store”
Also, IO Interactive has revealed another Hitman 3 location called Thornbridge Manor in Dartmoor, England. Check out the trailer below.
In consoles, Hitman 3 will still launch on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X sometime in January 2021.
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