{"id":420749,"date":"2025-11-04T09:55:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/hitman-3-year-2-content-includes-new-maps-storylines-modes-and-more\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T09:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:55:40","slug":"hitman-3-year-2-content-includes-new-maps-storylines-modes-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/hitman-3-year-2-content-includes-new-maps-storylines-modes-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitman 3: Year 2 Content Includes New Maps, Storylines, Modes, And More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hitman-3-year-2-content-includes-new-maps-storylines-modes-and-more.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Hitman 3 has been out for nearly a year, and while its first year of content was expansive, Year 2 is shaping up to be just as big, if not bigger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>IO Interactive, the developer behind Hitman 3 and the two Hitman games that came out before it, released a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ioi.dk\/hitman-3-year-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post<\/a> today detailing the game\u2019s first year. IO revealed\u00a0that Hitman 3 is the most successful Hitman game of all time and that its World of Assassination Trilogy has reached the milestone of 50 million players. It also revealed that Year 2 is starting in less than two months.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/11\/22\/hitman-3-year-2-content-includes-new-maps-storylines-modes-and-more\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHitman 3 \u2013 Year 2 will start on [January 20, 2022] with post-launch support confirmed for another 12 months,\u201d IO writes in the blog. \u201cNew maps, storylines, modes, and ways to play are all lined up for 2022, which is set to be another exciting year.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also, coming to Hitman 3 next year is ray tracing on PC. Plus, PC VR support is coming in January, as is a new Elusive Target Arcade mode.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA new way to play Elusive Targets arrives in Hitman 3 in a brand new game mode that we\u2019re calling Elusive Target Arcade,\u201d the blog post reads. \u201cPrepare to take on the ultimate Elusive Target challenge in a change to the established formula in this fan-favourite game mode. All Elusive Target Arcade content will be a permanent addition to the game. Full details on how this game mode works will be shared in early January 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The blog post ends with a \u201c[REDACTED] update that states that IO has a \u201cmajor update to the game planned\u201d for Spring 2022. No other details were given, but the image below was included with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hitman-3-year-2-content-includes-new-maps-storylines-modes-and-more-1.jpg\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/article>\n<p>While waiting for Year 2 to begin, check out our thoughts on the game in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/review\/hitman-3\/hitman-3-review-a-killer-conclusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Game Informer\u2019s<\/em> Hitman 3 review<\/a> and then read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/product\/hitman-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game Awards 2021 nominations<\/a> to see where Hitman 3 appears.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Are you excited about Year 2 of Hitman 3? Let us know in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/11\/22\/hitman-3-year-2-content-includes-new-maps-storylines-modes-and-more\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hitman 3 has been out for nearly a year, and while its first year of content was expansive, Year 2 is shaping up to be just as big, if not bigger.\u00a0 IO Interactive, the developer behind Hitman 3 and the two Hitman games that came out before it, released a new blog post today detailing the game\u2019s first year. IO revealed\u00a0that Hitman 3 is the most successful Hitman game of all time and that its World of Assassination Trilogy has reached the milestone of 50 million players. It also revealed that Year 2 is starting in less than two months. Click here to watch embedded media \u201cHitman 3 \u2013 Year 2 will start on [January 20, 2022] with post-launch support confirmed for another 12 months,\u201d&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/hitman-3-year-2-content-includes-new-maps-storylines-modes-and-more\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":420750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hitman 3: Year 2 Content Includes New Maps, Storylines, Modes, And More | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hitman 3 has 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