Hitman reboot takes ‘assassination tourism’ to new heights (hands-on)

Hitman is in its 16th year, but the stealth assassination game is going through a major reboot. Like Lara Croft with the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider, Agent 47 is going back to his origins. This new Hitman is a very ambitious game that will have you searching for assassination targets in luxury locations such as a fashion party with 300 guests.

One of the most innovative things about the high-end console and PC game is that it will have new major episodes and territories debuting throughout 2016, well after the full game launches. The game has traditional multiplayer play, but the new installments are a unique approach to keeping players engaged. New major episodes and new story elements will come out on a regular basis that will offer players more places to engage in “assassination tourism.”

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.