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Hitman: Definitive Edition

Hitman: Definitive Edition includes: - IO Interactive’s 20th Anniversary Outfit Bundle – Three new outfits inspired by Freedom Fighters, Kane & Lynch and Mini Ninjas - Hitman Season One (Main Game) – Seven…

84 15 May 2018

Hitman: Definitive Edition is a shooter developed by IO Interactive, released 15 May 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Hitman: Definitive Edition is

Hitman: Definitive Edition is a shooter game developed by IO Interactive and released in 2018. It was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Glacier 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Hitman: Definitive Edition includes: - IO Interactive’s 20th Anniversary Outfit Bundle – Three new outfits inspired by Freedom Fighters, Kane & Lynch and Mini Ninjas - Hitman Season One (Main Game) – Seven exotic locations from the first season, including Paris, Sapienza, Marrakesh, Bangkok, Colorado and Hokkaido, along with the ICA Facility. - Hitman Game of the Year Edition Content – Four missions from the Patient Zero Campaign, three themed Escalation Contracts that unlock three unique weapons, as well as the Clown Suit, Cowboy Suit and Raven Suit from the recent Game of the Year Edition digital release. - Hitman Summer Bonus Episode – Featuring ICA bonus missions in Sapienza and…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, sandbox and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Hitman series

Hitman: Definitive Edition is the 26th of 73 entries we hold in the Hitman series. It arrived 6 months after Hitman: Patient Zero. The next entry was Hitman: Sniper Assassin in 2018. Its critic score of 84 is 8 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Hitman World of Assassination at 90.

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How it was received

Hitman: Definitive Edition holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 84% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Hitman: Definitive Edition launched on 15 May 2018, within three weeks of Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered and Vampyr. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. 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: Detroit: Become Human, Detroit: Become Human, Dark Souls: Remastered, Vampyr.

Cheats and codes

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When did Hitman: Definitive Edition come out?
Hitman: Definitive Edition was released on 15 May 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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