During that time, we'll roll out the January update.
Patch notes will arrive later today.
Hitman 2
Game update and server maintenance
During that time, we'll roll out the January update.
Patch notes will arrive later today.
The BigMooney Flamboyancy
How flamboyant are you on a scale from zero to BigMooney?
Good luck.
Elusive Target (and Hotfix details)
Your next Elusive Target is The Revolutionary. Track him down in Santa Fortuna for the next 10 days. Eliminate him to unlock the Casual Tourist with Gloves Suit to use in all locations, and make progress towards other suits too!
Hotfix Details
We are releasing an update for PC players (only) today at 11am UTC that weighs in at approximately 110mb. This update will fix an issue that could cause an infinte loading screen when accessing the save menu.
Thank you for reporting the issue to us and for your patience as we identified and tested a fix.
HITMAN 2 - Update 2.12 & Maintenance
Update 2.12 will arrive on December 18 and we expect it to be approximately 1GB – 1.2GB on all platforms.
We’ll be taking the HITMAN 2 servers offline for maintenance starting at 11am UTC on December 18, to prepare for the release of the game update. We’re expecting to have the servers back online again at 2pm UTC.
PC Specific Improvements
Go to Map
Press the M key to go directly to map, do not pass Challenges, do not collect $200. You can also choose to bind it to another key in the Options menu.
Screenspace Shadows
We've added a new Graphics Option; Screenspace Shadows. Toggle on to give high quality shadow detail.
Reflection Quality
We've added a new Graphics Option; Reflection Quality. Toggle off, low, default or high to control the resolution of the rendered reflections in mirrors and floors.
Motion Blur
We've added a new Graphics Option; Motion Blur. Toggle off, low, default or high to give a smoother look.
Dynamic Sharpening
We've added a new Graphics Option; Dynamic Sharpening. This option counters effects caused by temporal anti-aliasing.
SLI Performance
We've fixed an issue that could cause performance drops for players using NVIDIA cards with SLI enabled.
Simulation Separation
In the release notes for our previous update, we included a new option called "Simulation Quality." In this update, we've split this option into two; Graphical Simulation and Audio Simulation, allowing players to take advantage of the audio improvements but without affecting their GFX performance.
Steam Trading Cards
We've added support for Steam Trading Cards, including badges, profile backgrounds and emoticons.
Read the full patch notes here: https://www.ioi.dk/hitman-2-game-update-2-12/
HITMAN 2 - December Roadmap
Welcome to December in HITMAN 2 – a month full of content that will give you new challenges and new rewards. Each week, you’ll be able to play something fresh and new, including a holiday surprise! Here’s a full look at everything that’s coming your way in December!
December 6 – Occupational Hazards
To kick things off, we’ve cherry-picked 5 Featured Contracts to be added to the game. All Featured Contracts are created by members of the community and then added to the game for all players to enjoy. For HITMAN 2, we will pick our Featured Contracts based on themes – and the first is ‘Occupational Hazards’, as all contracts are focused on jobs, occupations and professions. Later this month, we’ll share information on the theme for January and how you can submit your contracts to be included.
December 13 – The Aelwin Augment
Escalation Contracts focus on your skills as Agent 47 and how you can adapt your playstyles to the various complications that we can throw your way. Escalations are not necessarily about immersion, but definitely give you a gameplay challenge. Our second Escalation Contract (we’ve already released one in Santa Fortuna!) takes you to Isle of Sgail and we think it’ll be a memorable visit.
December 18 – Surprise!
A time-limited holiday surprise awaits you on December 18 for a limited time…
December 21 – The Revolutionary
A new Elusive Target will arrive in Santa Fortuna for 10 days and you’ll be able to unlock the Casual Tourist with gloves suit if you manage to complete it. Check our Elusive Target Rewards blog post for a full overview of the ET rewards. We’ll tell you more about this contract at a later date.
December 27 – The Turms Infatuation
We wrap up the month (pun intended) with an Escalation in Santa Fortuna. Enjoy!
We also want to confirm that there is a game update scheduled for release in December. We saw some questions about this immediately after publishing the Roadmap and we'll considering adding this information to future Roadmaps.
2.11 Game Update Released
Earlier today, we released game update 2.11 for HITMAN 2.
The 2.11 update addresses multiple issues that have been reported by our community in the first week of release. We’ve also included a ton of improvements that didn’t quite make it into the game for launch.
The full release notes can be found here: https://www.ioi.dk/hitman-2-game-update-2-11/
Included in that post are a few PC-specific issues that we've highlighted below:
- Bullet Decals
We’ve fixed an issue that could cause graphical corruption when shooting in the same place multiples times, especially on wooden surfaces.
- PC optimizations
We’ve fixed an issue that could cause frame rate drops and sound distortion on machines with a low number of CPU cores.
- Simulation Quality
We've added an option under Graphics called 'Simulation Quality', which will improve the amount and fidelity of crowds, cloth, destruction and particles system, depending on your CPU. The visual content only applies to the main campaign missions in Miami and Mumbai. The Simulation Quality option also affects audio across all game content.
This setting has three options; Base (CPUs with 4 cores or fewer), Better (CPUs with 6 cores) and Best (CPUs with 8 cores or more).
Sean Bean arrives in HITMAN 2 tomorrow!
The first Elusive Target for HITMAN 2 is scheduled to arrive in Miami tomorrow.
Sean Bean will take on the role of Mark Faba, a former MI5 agent notoriously known as 'The Undying' due to his reputation as a master of faking his own death.
You'll have 14 days to attempt the mission, but only one chance! Anyone who plays the mission will unlock the Explosive Pen! See more on that here: https://www.ioi.dk/hitman-2-undying-unlock-revealed/
Check out the Elusive Target #1 Primer starring Sean Bean now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1-Xz1ONqJ4
HITMAN 2 Hotfix Released
We have released a hotfix for HITMAN 2 that addresses two critical that we’ve seen reported since launch. The download will be approximately 200mb.
HDR Fix
We’ve made a change to our HDR setup on PC. It is now possible to play HITMAN 2 in HDR in Exclusive Fullscreen. For this to work, it is necessary to disable the ‘HDR and WCG’ option in Windows 10 under the ‘Display’ menu.
We’re continuing to work on and improve this feature in future updates.
Phenom CPU Fix
We’ve fixed an issue that could cause players with an AMD Phenom CPU to crash to desktop when launching a HITMAN 2 mission. This issue should no longer occur.
We’re also continuing to look at all issues reported and working on fixes for future updates.
HITMAN 2 is OUT NOW!
HITMAN 2 is now available for all players on Steam! We’re incredibly proud, humbled and excited to put our game into your hands and see what you do with it.
Whether you jump in to the campaign, try co-op in Sniper Assassin or get competitive in our brand new Ghost Mode, we'll be watching the streams and reading all the comments.
Remember that we kick-off our HITMAN 2 live content next week with an Elusive Target. The Undying, starring Sean Bean, will be available on November 20 for 14 days!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ5Bu02IwGk
HITMAN 2 Gold Edition Access is now LIVE!
Good news, Steam Community.
If you have pre-ordered the Gold Edition of HITMAN 2, you can now download and play it. Many of you are already playing and we're pleased to see the extremely positive reaction to the game so far!
On November 13th, Standard Edition owners will get access.
Welcome (back) to a World of Assassination.