Thought you wouldn't hear of Agent 47 after IO Interactive and Square Enix split earlier this year? Well, think again as IO Interactive just announced HITMAN – Game of the Year Edition!

This new package includes The Complete First Season, the brand new ‘Patient Zero’ campaign, new Escalation Contracts, new weapons, new suits, new challenges, improvements to existing features and new lighting enhancements to all locations that "make the game look better than ever" – plus "a few more surprises".

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Read more about this GOTY edition on the recently-turned indie dev's site.

HITMAN – Game of the Year Edition will be released digitally on November 7th 2017 for PS4, Xbox One and PC for $60.

If you already own The Complete First Season, either digitally or on disc, the ‘GOTY Upgrade’ includes all of the new GOTY content and will be available digitally for $20. (The $20 GOTY Upgrade is also available to anyone who purchased all episodes individually or previously purchased the Intro Pack/Upgrade Pack combination.)

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[cearp]

Indie? So hitman is an indie game...? lol

Anyway, cool. I played the demo and he was fun

 

[fatsquirrel]

I loved 2,3 and 4 but somehow I really cant stand this game.

 

[GamerzHell9137]

Indie? So hitman is an indie game...? lol

Anyway, cool. I played the demo and he was fun

What is wrong with it being an Indie game?

 

[guisadop]

Indie? So hitman is an indie game...? lol

Anyway, cool. I played the demo and he was fun

Indie is short for independent, though the term does carry some negative connotation.

 

[grossaffe]

There is a suspiciously high number of games coming out per year with "Game Of The Year" Editions.

 

[cearp]

Indie is short for independent, though the term does carry some negative connotation.

I know but thanks
Is mario an indie game if it's just made by Nintendo though? They made it independently I guess

 

[MeAndHax]

So basically they are re-selling the same game for the price of a new game?

No thanks

 

[Goofy Time]

I know but thanks
Is mario an indie game if it's just made by Nintendo though? They made it independently I guess

Not sure if you followed, but IO Interactive has always needed publishers for their games.

Just a few months ago, they cut ties with Square-Enix, meaning this is literally their first time self-publishing.

 

[Jiehfeng]

This game was surprisingly good, but for some reason I got bored of it and never went back to play.

 

[FAST6191]

There is a suspiciously high number of games coming out per year with "Game Of The Year" Editions.

I thought we all collectively agreed that the term was beyond saving some 6-7 years ago, and just became a synonym for what gold edition used to be (and that term apparently continued on as the same thing but also saw it become a word for editions sold from the start with a bunch of crap too). I think the last time anybody really questioned it was when Two Worlds II got such an edition and that was 2011 for a 2010 game -- some people did some articles along the lines of "nobody in our little game journalism bubble gave it the nod".

 

[Smug Wendy]

Indie? So hitman is an indie game...? lol

Anyway, cool. I played the demo and he was fun

Lol kind of made it obvious when they waited 6 years to finally release another game of the franchise on to a next gen (after the system they released it on was basically past it's prime and people either forgot about the franchise or never even heard of it by the release)

 

[Tony_93]

There is a suspiciously high number of games coming out per year with "Game Of The Year" Editions.

Most gaming websites will choose different games as their Game Of The Year based on whatever criteria they use to pick a winner.

Game of the year edition is just a marketing term used by the developers/publishers to include all the DLC, a bunch of crappy quotes from said websites and slap another $60 price tag to the game once again, this is not an official title given by an official organization.

TL;DR Game Of The Year Edition doesn't mean anything other than "includes DLC"...

 

[FAST6191]

this is not an official title given by an official organization

Is there anything resembling an official organisation in gaming? Is there even something as vaguely sort of respected as the Oscars in gaming?

 

[Tony_93]

Is there anything resembling an official organisation in gaming? Is there even something as vaguely sort of respected as the Oscars in gaming?

I guess a lot of people choose the major gaming websites as some sort of official awards, you know the likes of IGN and Gamespot.

But there is no real equivalent I'd say.