Last week, IO Interactive said players should own Hitman 2 in the Epic Games Store if they want to import its levels into Hitman 3. It was pretty dirty – for owners of the game on Steam, that means you could not have these levels, or you would have to buy them again. Fortunately, IO is looking for a solution, and it’s a guarantee that players will not have to repurchase the game.
‘We continue to work with our partners to allow computer players who own Hitman 1 or Hitman 2 to enter locations from the games on no extra cost, ” they said on Sunday.
‘We guarantee players will do it NOT have to buy back these games. ”
(Lettering in bold and capital letters of IO.)
The problem is that both Hitman 1 and 2 were originally released on Steam, while Hitman 3 started out as an exclusive Epic series. Back in August, IDE advertised that ‘places of 1 and 2 can be imported at no extra cost to existing owners’. But they revealed Friday that it does not count for steam owners, and that they had to buy the Hitman 2 Access Pass on Epic to get the spots.
However, IO is working with Epic to sort things out and says the change will roll out ‘in the coming weeks’ – which is uncomfortable as Hitman 3 will be launched within two days on Wednesday 20 January.
“We never want players to feel compelled to buy back content in the Epic Game Store that they bought in another PC store so they can access features in a new game,” Epic said Sunday.
The Hitman 1 GOTY Access Pass is still free for PC players who pre-order Hitman 3, or purchase within ten days of launch. You will therefore need to play at least a few Hitman 1 levels until the Hitman 2 drama is dealt with.