Hitman 2 is a 2018
stealth video game that was developed by
IO Interactive and published by
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the seventh major installment in the
Hitman video game series, the sequel to 2016's
Hitman and the second game in the
World of Assassination trilogy. The game's story continues the plot arc started in
Hitman and follows
genetically engineered assassin
Agent 47 as he searches for the mysterious "Shadow Client" and his allies, who are trying to destroy Providence, a secretive organization that controls the world's affairs. Like its predecessor,
Hitman 2 features six large sandbox locations that players can freely explore to find opportunities to eliminate their targets. The game also included two online multiplayer modes called
Sniper Assassin and
Ghost Mode, whose internet
servers were shut down in August 2020.
- Like the first game in the World of Assassination series, Hitman 2 is a stealth game that is played from a third-person perspective.
- The player assumes control of Agent 47, an assassin whose targets are scattered across the world. The game has eight missions that are set in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand; Miami, Florida; a village in Colombia; the slums of Mumbai, India; a suburb of Vermont called Whittleton Creek; and a fictional North-Atlantic island called Sgàil. The game's downloadable content (DLC) includes new locations; a bank in New York City and an resort in the Maldives.
- Players can download all of the chapters from Hitman if the player owns it or has bought the content as DLC, which incorporates the gameplay changes added to Hitman 2 and allows Hitman to be played within Hitman 2's improved engine.