The (nearly) complete Hitman: World of Assassination experience, including all 25 levels and bald assassin Agent 47 himself, is making the leap from consoles and PC to iPhone and iPad. But folks might be shocked by the high sticker price of this new, portable version of the stealth action game.
On August 27, as previously teased, IO Interactive released Hitman: WOA on the Apple App Store. It supports newer iPhones and iPads and includes almost the full experience, though it isnāt shipping with the wonderful roguelike mode, Freelancer. Instead, that will be added in a later, free update. Still, having all of Hitman, Hitman 2, and Hitman 3 in your pocket is wild. It also isnāt cheap. This version of the game can be downloaded freely, and you can play the first level at no cost, but to play the rest of the game, youāll need to fork over $70. Or you can spend $3 per level, which equals around $72 before tax. Yikes.
According to a press release for the new port, IOI has ādesigned an entirely touch control scheme built specifically for iPhone and iPad.ā Which is neat, but donāt worry, the game supports controllers, too. Still, I canāt help but look at that $70 price tag for a mobile game, one which is a many-years-old console/PC port, and make a weird noise. This same package, with Freelancer, is available on Switch 2 for just $60. It seems odd to charge such a premium for a mobile port, especially when thereās plenty of data to show that these fancy iPhone AAA ports donāt sell well at all on the platform.
But I need to be careful and stop being too critical of this pricey new Hitman phone port because I just noticed my neighbor trimming the bushes outside looks a lot more bald and brooding than usual, and is that a rubber duck in his handā¦oh no.
