Hitman Episode 2 release date announced

The second Hitman episode for the latest installment of the Hitman franchise has been dated. Episode two, Sapienza, will be released on April 26 and is set in Italy.

The announcement comes from the official twitter account of Hitman, which you can check out down below. We saw a little glimpse of Sapienza in previous trailers, but the time has come for players to finally perform the hit.

In related Hitman news, the new Hitman update will bring improvements to load times alongside the Vampire Magician Challenge Pack which includes 10 new challenges that were inspired by how the community have been playing the game. Each challenge requires you to wear the Vampire Magician disguise while taking down targets using a range of different methods.

Unfortunately, we won't be seeing the physical version of the game releasing later this year, as expected. Instead, the first season of Hitman will make a full disc release in January 2017.

The physical game will include the entirety of the digital releases, seven episodes, and six major locations. Alternately, the digital version of Hitman will release at the price of $15 per episode, with subsequent locations priced at $10 each (released as an add-on item to the Intro Pack).

The 'Full Experience' version of the digital release, that will include everything is set to be priced at around $65. IO Interactive also noted that they plan to have all their episodes released by the end of the Summer.