Hitman 3 DLC Announced for February: Evasive Targets, Escalations, More

We already knew Hitman 3 got more content soon, but it seems that developer IO Interactive already has a complete plan for February. The studio will release new content every week throughout the month, according to a content plan published Thursday.

Most of the new content will focus on escalation missions, which are variations on the missions already in play. Escalation missions provide new parameters for existing missions by doing things like changing the targets or eliminating players in very specific ways.

In the first mission of the month, scheduled to come out on February 4, IO will send players back to Dartmoor – but this time to eliminate every member of the wealthy Carlisle family while every death looks like an accident. On February 18, players are given an escalation mission called ‘The Sinbad Stringent’, which appears to be with knives, boxes and a turn on Hitman 3‘s first mission in Dubai, although IO did not set out too many details.

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The new February content also includes two popular contracts created by MinnMax (Dubai) and KindaFunny (Dartmoor). An update on February 23 gives players who own the Deluxe version of the game new items to complete the missions of Mendoza and the Carpathians in two Deluxe Escalations.

IO also plans to release a game update that day, but the studio did not explain what would be in it. According to IO’s blog post, the bug will contain bug fixes and some tweaks to the game, and it will prepare players for something called ‘The Initiation Protocol’. While not much to go on, IDE said it would provide more information about the patch closer to the actual release date.

Eventually, IDE will end the month with new elusive targets on the Sapienza map from the original Hitman, which runs from 26 February to 8 March. The game’s elusive targets and escalation missions are free for all players who own the game – and Hitman (2016) in the case of Sapienza – while the Deluxe content will only be available to players who own the Deluxe Edition Hitman 3.