Hitman 3 gets free upgrades on Steam in response to player blowback

IO Interactive Hitman 3Last week’s Steam release came one year after Epic Games Store released the PC version as an exclusive. It received a mixed reception. Hitman fans balked at the game’s launch price on Steam — $59.99, the same price it launched at on Epic’s store last year — and flooded Valve’s store page for Hitman 3With negative reviews from users in protest. While many fans heaped praise on the game itself, they blasted developer IO Interactive for the game’s pricing and general business practices.

Many Steam fans desired discounts, or even a discounted price, in order to wait for Steam’s release. HitmanAnd Hitman 2 owners. You can also download Steam Hitman 3 currently has an overall “Mixed” user review, based on 922 reviews.

IO wants to offer a complimentary upgrade to its players. Hitman 3Steam

“Our Hitman 3 launch on Steam didn’t go as planned,” IO Interactive said in an update posted to its player support website. “We were excited to bring Hitman 3We knew Steam would be eager to bring new content, and that Epic had made the Epic game available for one year.

“Ultimately, we didn’t meet our own expectations of a launch experience and we don’t like that our Steam community is beginning their Hitman 3 journey in this way.”

Customers who purchased Hitman 3You can get two upgrades for free on Steam from February 19 to Feb 19.

• Hitman 3Standard Edition Owners will receive an upgrade Hitman 3 Deluxe Edition. Standard Edition is $59.99 and includes the base game. For $89.99, you can add six additional deluxe Escalation contracts, suit and other items to the Deluxe Edition. World of HitmanBook, director commentary.
• Owners of existing properties Hitman 3Get the Deluxe Edition Hitman TrilogyUpgrade to the $99.99 bundle (another sore spot). Seven Deadly Sins: A Collection. The Collection of Seven Deadly Sins adds the 7-part sin-themed expansion, which would costs $34.93 separately (it’s currently discounted to $29.68).

We will see if that can quell the rage of Hitman lovers. But the game itself is good — Hitman 3 ranked in Polygon’s top 10 games of 2021 — and with a new season of content kicking off, hopefully fans will now be able to focus on that as their target, rather than IO Interactive’s pricing schemes.