Expect even more zany weaponry, slick suits, and a bunch of extra missions to push you to the limit.

So what kind of Bond game is IO developing? One that’ll tell a completely new story with an original incarnation of the secret agent character, as the studio is looking to create the definitive video game version of Bond who is wholly separate from his cinematic counterparts.

Hitman 3 won’t have any post-launch levels dropped into Agent 47’s world of assassination, but fret not! There’ll be plenty of new challenging content to power through in the months to come.

After less than a week of being on store shelves, IO Interactive’s final chapter in the World of Assassination trilogy is proving to be a smash hit with players. Who would have thought that there would be so many travel-starved homicidal maniacs out there? Self-published and independtly developed, Hitman 3 has recouped all of its development costs, and from this point on, every new sale just means extra cash in IO’s pocket.

IO Interactive's Project 007 will feature a brand new Bond, wholly original from any of the incarnations seen on the silver screen so far.

I get it, people are super good at video games but this is just ridiculous.

Hitman 3 is full of surprises beneath its familiar systems. It manages to break out of its own sandbox without disrupting its formula too much, ending on a subtle note that brings the world of assassination saga to a satisfying end.  

This week’s launch of Hitman 3 isn’t just another buffet of madcap murder made to look like the unlikeliest of accidents. It’s the final chapter in a long saga, one that developer IO Interactive has been crafting over several years to create the ultimate world of assassination. Thanks to the previous two games being designed with a modular gameplay approach in mind, anyone who has been invested in the Hitman series since its soft reboot is going to have a hell of a lot of content to play through.