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Agent 47 works alone. But what if he didn’t? Well, sorry, he does. But what if other characters from the world of Hitman<\/a> didn’t have such a hard-and-fast rule about it, but in fact were happy to team up to get things done? In that case, you would have co-op Hitman, and someday in the hopefully not-too-distant future you will <\/em>have co-op Hitman, because IO Interactive revealed during the IOI Showcase that an all-new Hitman: World of Assassination co-op mode is in development .<\/p>\n

“We want you to team up with a friend and enjoy Hitman in co-op,” IO Interactive chief creative officer Christian Elverdam said during the IOI presentation<\/a>. “So two new playable characters, Stone and Knight, return from their appearance in our sniper co-op mode to a full-blown Hitman co-op experience.<\/p>\n

“We invite you to play a set of exciting missions across our World of Assassination [and] challenge you to re-think your approach now that you’re going to play as a duo.”<\/p>\n

A quick pop over to the Hitman fan wiki informs us that Stone<\/a> and Knight<\/a> are both playable characters in the Hitman 2: Sniper Assassin game mode, as well as the Hitman Sniper: The Shadows mobile game. They work together in both games, so they’re a natural fit to bring over to a full-on Hitman co-op mode.<\/p>\n

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There are no details on how the mode will work at this point, nor is there a teaser or anything I can share with you. But a few seconds of gameplay visible while Elverdam is talking reveals picture-in-picture action: One character in the foreground, the other in a smaller window in the bottom left.<\/p>\n

Both characters have also traded in their sniper rifles for silence pistols, and have the option of disguising themselves, indicating that this will be “real” Hitman work and not just a noodle-popping contest.<\/p>\n

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No hint was given as to when Hitman’s co-op mode will be available, but it sounds like a wait is in store. Elverdamn said “it’s still early days,” and added that more news about the new mode will be shared “soon.”<\/p>\n

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Agent 47 works alone. But what if he didn’t? Well, sorry, he does. But what if other characters from the world of Hitman didn’t have such a hard-and-fast rule about it, but in fact were happy to team up to get things done? In that case, you would have co-op Hitman, and someday in the hopefully not-too-distant future you will have co-op Hitman, because IO Interactive revealed during the IOI Showcase that an all-new Hitman: World of Assassination co-op mode is in development . “We want you to team up with a friend and enjoy Hitman in co-op,” IO Interactive chief creative officer Christian Elverdam said during the IOI presentation. “So two new playable characters, Stone and Knight, return from their appearance in our sniper…<\/p>\n

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