Revision History

Restored a word that had been dropped from inside a quoted description of the standard-difficulty enemy AI

Added the 4 million units milestone announced August 20, 2026; replaced the stale no-awards-yet line with the World Soundtrack Awards Game Music nomination

Reframed sequel publishing as undecided following the July 2026 clarification

Noted the July 2026 DRM removal in the community-response section

Added official IO Interactive sales figures (2.7M first week, 3M within ~two weeks, tracking above forecasts); reframed the superseded 2.2M third-party estimate; added CEO pushback on the reported $200M budget

Expanded Sales with the estimated 2.2M-unit cumulative figure and reported budget/break-even context; added a Sequel and Future Publishing section covering the acknowledged follow-up and the future-publishing arrangement

Added the launch sales milestone: 1.5 million units sold in the first 24 hours, announced by IO Interactive as the studio's fastest-selling title (figure excludes the unreleased Switch 2 version)

Add launch performance on base consoles as an explicit recurring criticism in the aggregate reception.

Added aggregate critic score range to the reception overview

New article: critical reception summary (strong positive), common praises (writing, level design, gadgets, music), common criticisms (driving, late-game action, standard-AI), comparison to Hitman trilogy