IO Interactive’s plans will allow PC gamers to Hitman 3 the “perfect” import of Hitman and Hitman 2 for the new game hit an obstacle.
Hitman two remains unavailable in the Epic Game Store, where Hitman 3 will be offered exclusively for the year following its launch on January 20. This game is only available on Steam. “Due to various circumstances beyond our control,” says IO, it is impossible for PC owners of both games to link them and bring their locations to Hitman 3 as intended.
But IO Interactive offered an alternative solution, more or less, for the next two weeks Hitman 3launch of.
- First, the Hitman 1 GOTY Access Pass will be available, free of charge, to those who own Hitman 3 at the Epic Games Store. This pass will be available in the first 10 days after launch for those who buy (or pre-order) Hitman 3.
- Then, owners of Hitman at the Epic Games Store – including those who bought the game for free when it was available in August – get a free Hitman 1 GOTY Access Pass when buying Hitman 3.
- Then the Hitman 2 Standard and Gold passes will be offered at an 80 percent discount for the next 14 days Hitman 3launch at the Epic Games Store, “and will continue to receive discounts regularly”. IO Interactive has not yet charged for access passes, which deliver Hitman and Hitman 2content in the third game.
In August, when IO announced the timed exclusivity of the Epic Games Store for Hitman 3, the studio said that PC players would be able to “import locations from the previous two games into Hitman 3 at the Epic Games Store. ”This turned out to be true on all platforms – but importing is free on consoles and costs money on the PC.
This is because players must import their levels of Hitman 1 inside Hitman 2 first. On PlayStation 4 (and 5) and Xbox One (and X Series), Hitman 3 will automatically detect if the user already has one of the previous games on that platform and allow him to lower his levels of Hitman 3in the game store. Because Hitman 2 is not in the Epic Games Store, this process does not work for PC players.
As for furthering its progress in Hitman and Hitman 2, which is carried out through an IO Interactive website and is not affected by Hitman 2unavailability of EGS.
At ResetEra, customers and upset fans said they would ask for a refund and / or wait the year until Hitman 3 is released on Steam.
“I had just weighed whether or not to accept and buy from Epic,” wrote one. “I think I’ll wait until I get to Steam next year. It’s a shame because it really looked good, but I’m not scolding all the things I already have. “
Polygon contacted an IO representative for more information on how much it will cost and additional comments on the confusion. As it is now, players who already have Hitman and Hitman 2 on Steam you still have to pay for Hitman 2levels to unlock everything in Hitman 3 at the Epic Games Store.