IO Interactive has today announced a series of free upgrades for Steam owners of Hitman 3, following fan criticism of the game’s arrival there last week.
Steam users have review-bombed the game and complained it should not have released with the same £49.99 price tag it launched with on the Epic Games Store back in January 2021.
Other criticism centred on the game’s various editions and additions (Standard, Deluxe, Seven Deadly Sins Collection, Trilogy, Trilogy + Premium Add-Ons, Hitman 3 Access Pass: Hitman 2 Gold), which users said were just plain confusing.
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“Our Hitman 3 launch on Steam didn’t go as planned,” IO responded in a blog posted this afternoon. “We were excited to bring Hitman 3 to Steam with new content and we knew that anticipation and excitement levels amongst our Steam players was high, especially as the game had been an Epic exclusive for a year.