This extended handover period between console generations is a strange time to launch any game, especially one with a mode exclusive to PSVR (a technology that seems to have been a little left behind in the PS5 upgrade.) We shouldn’t expect much in the way of new-gen bells or whistles from Hitman 3. “It is a cross-gen game,” Engström says, and IO prioritised parity between all versions. But there’s one aspect of the new consoles he reckons is a perfect fit for Hitman: the move to SSD, and the fast loading times it enables. After all, he says, “the basic core concept of the series is experimentation, trying things out in the sandbox and failing and reloading.” Proof, if any were needed, that the man truly does understand the Hitman experience.