Hitman Beta and a World of Assassination Revealed

<p><em>Hitman <&sol;em>was recently announced <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;hitman-officially-becomes-episodic&sol;">to be fully episodic<&sol;a> following a series of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;square-enix-cancelling-digital-pre-orders-of-hitman-on-ps4&sol;">digital pre-order cancellations<&sol;a> for the PlayStation 4 version&period; The game now seems well on its way to hit its March 11th release date&comma; with IO-Interactive revealing a new trailer for the game that sets up the story for the popular stealth franchise&period; The <em>Hitman<&sol;em> beta will begin exclusively on PS4 on February 12th&comma; with it expanding out to PC users a week later on February 19th&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The beta is available to all those who have pre-ordered the game&&num;8217&semi;s Intro Pack or the full-fledged episodic experience&period; Pre-ordering will also give PS4 users access to a <em>Hitman&colon; Blood Money<&sol;em>-themed pack that includes a requiem suit with all the fixings&comma; a white rubber duck explosive&comma; and a new silenced pistol&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98983" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;04005841&sol;24669842276&lowbar;9e7f87d67b&lowbar;o&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Hitman" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1042" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Story details for the game have been released that explain roughly how the episodic structure will operate for <em>Hitman<&sol;em>&period; Firstly&comma; every episode will contain more isolated pieces of story that center around Agent 47&&num;8217&semi;s target&period; These individualized pieces of narrative are going to be complemented by an overall main story which encompasses 47&comma; the ICA &lpar;International Contract Agency&rpar;&comma; Diana Burnwood&comma; and a new cast of characters&period; It sounds like the first season of episodes is just the beginning&comma; as community manager for IO-Interactive&comma; Travis Barbour&comma; states &&num;8220&semi;The structure is inspired by contemporary TV series’ and <strong>will unfold over multiple seasons&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;strong>&&num;8221&semi; indicating that IO-Interactive have plans for an extremely ambitious story&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The season will also eventually distance itself from a procedural structure by having the more individual stories eventually merge with the overarching narrative&period; The trailer above gives an idea of what kind of story IO-Interactive is attempting to convey&colon; one laden with conspiracies and political intrigue&period; It also highlights the importance of different play-styles to the <em>Hitman <&sol;em>experience from a ruthless amateur to the esteemed Silent Assassin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Hitman <&sol;em>will launch on March 11th&comma; 2016 for PlayStation 4&comma; Xbox One and PC&period; PlayStation 4 users will have access to exclusive content&comma; including a series of targets called the Sarajevo Six&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;us&period;playstation&period;com&sol;2016&sol;02&sol;03&sol;hitman-on-ps4-beta-and-story-details-revealed&sol;">PlayStation Blog<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;