The main focus of the Starter Pack will be Hitman 3's opening Dubai mission, which highlights the new features introduced in IO Interactive's newest entry including Dark Souls style shortcuts and a camera that can be used to activate electronic devices. In a blog post, IO Interactive revealed that Hitman 3's Starter Pack, which will be available from March 30th to April 5th, will include the ICA Facility tutorial mission from the first entry in the rebooted series, as well as Hitman 2's opening mission set in New Zealand. RELATED: 10 Small Details You Only Notice Replaying Hitman 3 Hitman 3 launched in January 2021 and was self-published by IO Interactive.

Interactive publishing Hitman 2 in 2018, which shipped as a full game. Shortly after Hitman's completion, Square Enix announced that it would no longer be publishing the series and transferring the IP to IO Interactive. The game was criticized for its use of an episodic release structure, which the developers intended to give the game longevity and allow players to experiment with the game's maps. The Hitman reboot trilogy started in 2016 with the release of 'The Showstopper,' the game's Paris map on March 11th 2016, and concluded with 'Sitius Inversus,' the game's Hokkaido map, on October 31st 2016. Now, only two months after the release of Hitman 3, IO has announced Hitman 3's free starter pack, which is only available for a limited time.

Shortly after the release of both games IO released starter packs, which included the first map of each games, playable entirely for free. This trilogy started with the 2016 episodic Hitman reboot and continued with 2018's Hitman 2, which launched as a full game. As the first quarter of 2021 comes to a close, one of the year's most critically acclaimed titles so far is Hitman 3, the latest in IO Interactive's long running stealth-action franchise and the end of its latest 'World of Assassination' trilogy.

Hitman 3 - free starter pack