Hitman 3has arrived. IO Interactive’s stealth game brings freedom in gameplay (allowing forHitmanlevels to be completed in 17 seconds), beautiful visuals, world-traveling espionage, and more. ButHitman 3also has a few interesting design slip-ups from developer IO Interactive; ones that the team is already working on fixing.
Among themany locations that Agent 47 travels to inHitman 3, Dubai happens to be one of them. And although the game is extremely detailed, one simple mistake has quickly been realized and passed around online by Arabic speaking players. InHitman 3, the Arabic text is backwards.
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Hitman 3released to great praiseon June 01, 2025, just a few days ago. But the game is not without flaws. One issue has to do with the Arabic writing in the Dubai level, something that players have passed along on social media like Twitter and Reddit. While English is written and therefore read from left to right, Arabic is written and read from right to left. But inHitman 3, the Arabic text is spread throughout the level on signs and various locations from left to right, as if it were English.
Graphic designer at IO Interactive Morten Elgaard has quickly caught on to the community calling out this mishap. According to Elgaard, steps are already being made to rectify the issue. While it certainly is not the end of the world for text to be backwards in theDubai level ofHitman 3, it can be disorienting for those who speak the language. The immersion level also gets broken quickly when things like that are not right.
Other than the Arabic text issue, Agent 47’s stealth game is still not a perfect title, unfortunately. Among a few things,Hitman 3has struggled with server hiccupssince the game launched. The hope is that the servers will calm down shortly and that IO Interactive can work on addressing any network concerns. A part of the issue had to do with carrying over progress from previousHitmangames, and IO Interactive had been hard at work fixing the problems.
Overall, the game has been a massive hit, asHitman 3has had the biggest digital launchfor IO Interactive and the series yet. TheHitmangames have also gotten creative over the years, including offering episodic titles, a strategic game namedHitman GOon mobile, and even releasingHitman 3on the Nintendo Switch via the cloud. In a genre once filled with many games,Hitmanis now one of the more popular stealth-based espionage titles.
Hitman 3is out now on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
