IO Interactive promises fixes are coming for Hitman 3 PC VR, Elusive Target Arcade, and Xbox crashes

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Hitman 3 Year 2 launched yesterday across all platforms, marking the start of the game'southward second yr of support and new content from developer IO Interactive. Even so, information technology was a rocky launch with bugs and performance problems noticed by many players.

IO Interactive has explained today that it's aware of the issues affecting Hitman 3 that players have institute since yesterday'south update. Information technology listed the most egregious in a post on Twitter and has promised that information technology's working on a fix that will launch equally presently every bit possible.

A performance hotfix is already bachelor for Steam and the Epic Game Store that should improve the experience of Hitman 3 on VR headsets. Windows PC users that grabbed the game on Game Pass volition have to expect a little bit longer since at that place'southward no release date for their ready yet.

We've started to roll out a PC VR functioning hotfix on Steam and Epic. Nosotros're preparing the same patch for Windows PC (Game Laissez passer), but don't accept a solid ETA yet.

More updates to come. https://t.co/5xHNEk6jYa

— IO Interactive (@IOInteractive) January 21, 2022

At the time of writing, there's withal an issue in Hitman Trilogy that causes PC players to crash to desktops. Beyond all platforms, though, Elusive Target Arcade seems to be thoroughly broken. This is the first new game mode for Hitman 3 Year Two, and it'south proving to exist quite frustrating for fans.

Elusive Target Arcade is a unique game mode that locks players out of a mission for 12 hours if they fail it. However, the game seems to randomly decide when a actor has failed a mission, sometimes in the middle of those missions. Some reports suggest the bug also affects Escalations, though nosotros haven't been able to confirm this.