Square Enix Montreal releases games for the coronavirus

It will be difficult to forget 2020. The year began with the news of a disease that was beginning to spread throughout China and in a few months it reached Europe, then the United States and finally almost everywhere in the world. In some countries, the infection had a greater or lesser impact, but all governments, companies, and citizens were forced to take a stand against the spread of the disease caused by covid-19.
In the world of video games, saying the word Square Enix is ​​synonymous with history, excellence and quality. The Japanese company was founded in 1975 and has games like Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts in its history. One of its subsidiaries around the world is located in Canada and is the study developed by Hitman Sniper and the saga known as Go for mobile phones and tablets.
The main recommendation of specialists to stop the progression of the coronavirus-generated pandemic is to stay indoors. To this end, the governments of different regions applied more or less strict confinement measures, but which ultimately led to a large part of the population being locked up. This measure increased the use of video games both on consoles and PCs and on mobile devices.
In this scenario, one of the latest news about Hitman Sniper arrives and the possibility of playing for free the popular title based on the stories of Agent 47 along with other important products from Square Enix Montreal.

A successful company

Square Enix Montreal was born in 2011 and is one of the divisions of the important Japanese company. It is the study developed by Hitman Go (2014), Lara Croft Go (2015) and Deus Ex Go (2016). These are titles based on popular video game franchises that were very well received by critics based on the novel mechanics and aesthetics they presented. The three products have a puzzle-type modality to solve with an aesthetic that resembles the scenarios to traditional board games.
The Canadian group was not only tasked with producing Hitman Go, but also based on the video game world's most famous hitman franchise, it created Hitman Sniper in 2015.

A game of 10 million player

The news about being able to play Hitman Sniper for free is an opportunity that cannot be missed. The game was created in 2015 and three years later it celebrated having achieved 10 million players. In addition, it is part of the selection of publishers in the Google Play Store that includes the best applications available in the virtual store.
Hitman Sniper is not only a success due to the number of users it had, but also because the title based on the creation of Eidos Interactive started as a paid one. This feature makes it more difficult to get players in a market where people tend to lean more towards applications that do not have to pay to download them.
In the 2015 mobile installment based on Agent 47 we find missions in which we must eliminate important figures through the use of a sniper. The story takes place in Montenegro, it has more than 150 missions, a survival mode and a wide variety of weapons. The title also has an alternative to play with zombies.

Free games

The possibility of downloading Hitman Sniper for free comes thanks to the campaign that Square Enix Montreal promoted through its official Twitter account (@SquareEnixMtl) with the hashtag #StayHomeAndPlay.
The Canadian developer decided to allow her most popular titles to play for free to collaborate in the situation that the coronavirus generated and left many people inside their homes.
First they published Lara Croft Go, then it was the turn of Hitman Go, third they enabled Deus EX Go and finally, Hitman Sniper.

The latest news about Hitman Sniper and the possibility of it being a free game in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, allows many users to get a title that is part of the most important that went through the Google Play Store and Apple Store. The decision Square Enix Montreal makes shows commitment at a time when we must all come together to fight the disease.