WB's Big Announcement This Week Is Hitman 2 [Updated]

Update : WB Games officially announcedHitman 2 .

Warner Bros. announced today that they had a big annunciation project for Thursday , but , thanks to some in public approachable website files , the mystery story has already been solved . A file cabinet on Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment ’s website shows a fresh madeHitman 2logo ( above ) , which has since been polish off . It shares a clean aesthetic that the critically clap 2016Hitmanhad , and it looks to be build upon its open - world stealth gameplay .

Hitmandeveloper IO - Interactive lately regained their position as an independent developer after previously being owned by Square Enix . The studio , which reacquired their multiple intellectual properties , was vocal that they wanted to go on the serial they ’re most well - acknowledge for , so it ’s not a surprisal to see moreHitman . They in the first place plan to do a 2d time of year of substance for the 2016 release , but it looks like they ’re going for a full - fledge continuation instead ( or in addition to a new season ) .

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While IO - Interactive and Warner Bros. ' anticipated reveal may have already leaked , that does n’t mean that the reveal wo n’t be worthwhile . Not only is it probable that the first gameplay of the new claim will be seen , but the developer will probably show off what separates it from the 2016 release . If anything , there are more reasons to tune in .

While the surprisal has been frustrate early on , it was n’t peculiarly difficult to figure out . Most expected the annunciation to beHitman 2as developer IO - Interactive had teased an announcement for the same day ( above ) . Plus , it was announced back in April of this twelvemonth that Warner Bros. had sign a publishing deal for the stealth franchise after IO - Interactive regained its independency from Square Enix recently last yr . The first part of this publication deal was bringing the 2016 release to retail with a newDefinitive Editionrelease .

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Considering how well receivedHitmanwas ( it win several plot of the year award ) , it take in a lot of sentiency that Warner Bros. would want to preserve the buff - favorite enfranchisement in a braggart way . It will be interesting to see if IO - Interactive continue the occasional button of the last secret plan , or if they undertake to release a full product at once . From a gameplay view , it ’s certainly a great fit for episodic releases , but Square Enix was n’t well-chosen with the overall sale and some consumer suppose they did n’t buy the game due to how it was arrange . Warner Bros. might very well be felicitous with a live table service eccentric biz , though . Regardless of what happens , all of these solution will likely come on Thursday .