PSA: Clarification on upcoming HITMAN World of Assassination

[「La+ Darknesss ⸸」]

tl;dr v2
- If you own HITMAN 2 Gold Edition and HITMAN 1 DLCs and want to continue on HITMAN 3
Ans: run HITMAN 3 demo to get DLCs for HITMAN 3, then buy HITMAN 3 Standard Edition elsewhere.

- If you don't own HITMAN 2 and want to start to play this trilogy
or
• If you own HITMAN 2 in any other conditions that is not Gold Edition + H1 DLCs
Ans: buy HITMAN World of Assassination (+ WOA Deluxe Pack Bundle, optional)

- If you want just some of the DLCs in World of Assassination Deluxe Pack Bundle
Ans: you can buy single DLC, but you have to go to their respective pages. Link belows:
• HITMAN 2 Expansion Pass Store Page
• HITMAN 3 Deluxe Edition Upgrade Store Page
• HITMAN 3 Seven Deadly Sins Collection

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The Long Explanation
Q: What are the changes?
A: The reason is the upcoming change mention in IOI Website[www.ioi.dk] that the change occured on 26th as following:

1) HITMAN 3 changed and bundled with DLCs to "HITMAN World of Assassination", The bundle type is Normal Bundle, assumption from not mentioning the bundle type. the price will be increased from $60 to $70
1.1) HITMAN 3 Standard Edition should be available even after the changes. HITMAN 3 Standard Edition was removed

2) HITMAN World of Assassination Included
- HITMAN 3 Standard Edition
- HITMAN 1 DLC for HITMAN 3
- HITMAN 2 Standard Edition DLC for HITMAN 3

3) Every owner of HITMAN 3 before 26th January (Standard/Deluxe, does not matter) were upgraded to HITMAN World of Assassination

4) The previously remaining DLCs will be changed and bundled to "HITMAN – World of Assassination Deluxe Pack". The bundle type is Complete the Set bundle. (Dynamic Bundle)

5) HITMAN – World of Assassination Deluxe Pack included
- HITMAN 2 Expansion Pass DLC for HITMAN 3
- HITMAN 3 Deluxe Edition Upgrade DLC
- HITMAN 3 Seven Deadly Sins DLCs
5.1) You can still buy these DLCs separately.

Q: What the changes affect you if you owned HITMAN 2 (Silver/Gold/Standard)?
A: They mentioned when HITMAN 3 released, that if you owned at least HITMAN 2 (Silver/Gold/Standard), buy HITMAN 3 Standard Edition and launch the game once in order will receive DLCs owned in HITMAN 2 for free. The DLCs that can be transfer are:
- HITMAN 1 GOTY Edition (aka HITMAN 1)
- HITMAN 1 GOTY Upgrade (aka, HITMAN 1 Patient Zero DLC)
- HITMAN 2 Standard Edition
- HITMAN 2 Expansion Pass

It's better to buy HITMAN 3 Standard Edition if you owned any variants of HITMAN 2

Q: Why HITMAN 3 Standard Edition instead of HITMAN World of Assassination?
A:
- HITMAN World of Assassination is likely to be a normal bundle which does not check what you already owned.
- Meaning that you can't receive free DLCs first (as you have to launch HITMAN 3 first)
- And even if you received free DLCs, it does not matter (as you paid for them in new bundle)
- The only thing you receive for free when bought HITMAN World of Assassination is HITMAN 2 Expansion Pass DLC (if you owned HITMAN 2 Gold Edition)

Q: But what if I don't own any of the HITMAN trilogy?
A: Just buy HITMAN World of Assassination now, and buy WOA Deluxe Pack Bundle if you want almost all of the extra contents.

[KamelittaOida]

^ u two need to lay off the pipe and need jesus.

[legallybrown]

I just own Hitman 1 Gold edition, what should I be buying?

[Bonesun]

Sardaukar の投稿を引用：

KamelittaOida の投稿を引用：

yes sure man:

Gray market sellers are not a legitimate solution.

How so? They're not illegal. Steam, Epic and IOI are well aware of their existence and, in my limited experience, I've yet to encounter a key that wasn't accepted with a cheery hello by the platform on which I installed it.

[histeachn]

Very helpful breakdown. Much appreciated.

[Grapefruit]

Wait, if I own H2 gold and H1 goty can I run hitman 3 demo and play levels from those 2 games in hitman 3, without buying world of assassination?

[Bonesun]

Grapefruit の投稿を引用：

Wait, if I own H2 gold and H1 goty can I run hitman 3 demo and play levels from those 2 games in hitman 3, without buying world of assassination?

Yes.

[Dalollypop]

Buying hitman 3 cd key will give me WoA? Or is it just outdated hitman 3?
i own 1 and 2 ofc

[「La+ Darknesss ⸸」]

Dalollypop の投稿を引用：

Buying hitman 3 cd key will give me WoA? Or is it just outdated hitman 3?
i own 1 and 2 ofc

Should just give you HITMAN 3, not WOA

[Palmier]

Thanks for the info guys ! Do you suggest hitman 3 standard or hitman 3 deluxe ? is there a difference ?

[Unkingable]

I bought Hitman 2 gold edtion
And I just know what to get I want hitman 3 + Hitman 1 (because I only played hitman 2)

[bmac1191]

Dalollypop の投稿を引用：

Buying hitman 3 cd key will give me WoA? Or is it just outdated hitman 3?
i own 1 and 2 ofc

I bought a normal key and got WoA. It also picked up my HM2 and gave me the dlc.

[DarkiDarki]

So, I have Hitman 1 & 2 Gold editions, and Hitman 3 on Epic (Already played a bit and transfered content). If I wanted to buy Hitman 3 on Steam (WoA edition since standard no longer exists), would I be able to have all my stuff? Don't really care if I can't transfer my current Hitman 3 Epic progress, but do care about Hitman 1 & 2 progress, This is incredibly confusing.

[KamelittaOida]

^ yes. What non-h3 h1/2 owners complain about is that they are paying $10 more because there is no h3 version without h1/2 must-buy.

[World's Strongest Man 1984]

KamelittaOida の投稿を引用：

^ yes. What non-h3 h1/2 owners complain about is that they are paying $10 more because there is no h3 version without h1/2 must-buy.

No, it's not $10 more, it's $20 more, for content I've already paid for.

Hitman 3, the base game, was $20 two weeks ago.

It's now exclusively in a bundle, with the only addition being that there are two extra games included, which I already own both of, and the price is now $40.

That's a $20 price increase in two weeks with no extra content added for people who already own both Hitman 1 and Hitman 2.

[guppy44]

I’m really confused with what I need to get to have everything. Right now I have Hitman GOTY and Hitman 2 Gold. I’ve completed each to 100% with all challenges, missions and everything. However, I never created nor connected an IO account (silly as I ended up having to complete all the Hitman 1 content and challenges a second time in Hitman 2). If I create an IO account will it still pull over Hitman 1 & 2 data and content? If so, what Hitman 3 game do I need to get to have everything? Or will I end up having to rebuy all the Hitman 1 & 2 content again regardless as it looks like it’s all built and priced into the only purchase option any more.