Hitman 2: Silver Edition (2018) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Hitman 2: Silver Edition

Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world's most creative assassin, Agent…

13 November 2018

What Hitman 2: Silver Edition is

Hitman 2: Silver Edition is a shooter game developed by IO Interactive and released in 2018. It was published by WB Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Glacier 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Following the events of HITMAN, Agent 47 embarks on a mission to hunt the mysterious "Shadow Client" for Providence, a secretive organization that controls most of the world's affairs. 47's employers, the International Contract Agency (ICA), have formed an uneasy alliance with Providence to stop the Shadow Client, whose actions are causing global panic, and 47 has agreed to help in return for Providence revealing his past.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Hitman series

Hitman 2: Silver Edition is the 35th of 73 entries we hold in the Hitman series. The next entry was Hitman 2: Miami Pack in 2018.

See all 73 Hitman games in release order →

What it launched against

Hitman 2: Silver Edition launched on 13 November 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Battlefield V, Hitman 2 and Spyro Reignited Trilogy. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Battlefield V, Hitman 2, Spyro Reignited Trilogy.

Official trailer