IO Interactive today confirmed that Hitman will receive a Summer Bonus Episode on July 19.
The episode contains two ICA missions which involve Agent 47's trips to both Sapienza and Marrakesh. It will not be part of the story arc of the main game, however, and they'll be set apart from the main story as isolated events.
The first of these missions is called The Icon and sees Sapienza taken over by a film crew shooting a science fiction film. Agent 47 is then tasked to 'retire' one of the cast during a scene being staged in the town square at night.
The second mission is entitled A House Built on Sand and takes place in the night markets in Marrakesh where a mole for a construction company is going to sell secrets to their largest rivals. Agent 47 is therefore tasked with ensuring this doesn't happen at all costs.
Hannes Seifert, studio head at IO Interactive, said that "players will revisit the hugely popular Sapienza and Marrakesh locations with a completely different feel". He said that the episode "allows us to show what we can do with Hitman as a live game - we even introduced a crazy giant killer robot, but it's also the perfect midway point in the Hitman season before the final three locations."
The episode will give players a range of new in-game Challenges and Opportunities, as well as a new setting for Escalation Contracts and Elusive Targets. The last three episodes for Hitman are due for release later this year.