GAMA

The GAMA Private Hospital is the setting of Situs Inversus, the final episode of HITMAN™ Season One. The location features the bonus missions 'Hokkaido Snow Festival' and 'Patient Zero'. It is a state-of-the-art, privately owned hospital and luxury resort based in the secluded, snow-covered mountains of Hokkaido, Japan.

Background[]

GAMA is an exclusive and luxurious clinic known to cater only to the most affluent patients, often using practices not authorized by the Japanese government. The hospital is also involved in the trade of illegal organs, smuggling organs from the developing world to sustain the life of the wealthy. An example of this practice is Erich Soders' right-sided donor heart, which belonged to a young homeless boy from Brazil. The facility has extremely tight security, and initially neither the player nor the ICA will be able to smuggle in any weapons or equipment.

During Situs Inversus, Soders is prepared in GAMA for his three day heart transplantation, while a lawyer of Providence, Yuki Yamazaki, visits the hospital to pick up a list of all active ICA agents after Soders surgery.

The hospital building itself is built at a high altitude and is quite isolated, accessible only by cable car, snowmobile or helicopter, methods which the player may use to escape.

Facilities[]

A traditional Japanese sushi restaurant named 'Sakura Sushi'. This can be used to 47's advantage where a signature kill in Situs Inversus includes killing Yuki Yamazaki with Fugu Fish Poison. The basement area where the food is being prepared also contains a box of rat poison that can be used to sicken a target. The rat poison is on the floor, behind a vertical pipe.
A luxury hot spring and spa (Onsen Hot Spring) which can be used to kill Yuki Yamazaki in a Yoga or Sauna Accident.
GAMA Hospital is partially run by an artificial intelligence called "KAI" (Kronstadt Artificial Intelligence). KAI is in charge of everything from calling patients over the PA to performing advanced surgery procedures. Everything at GAMA is top of the line and even the doors are out of the ordinary. No keys are needed as KAI simply detects the presence of a small RFID chip incorporated into patients and staffs' clothing and grants the appropriate access. Using an opportunity, 47 can cause KAI to malfunction, causing the operation to fail and killing Erich Soders. However, KAI can defend itself by electrifying the floor of the room that contains its mainframe, should the computer detect that the player is not authorized to be there.
According to Yuki Yamazaki, much of the medical technology at GAMA was developed by Kronstadt Industries and the Ether Biotech Corporation, often as a cross-disciplinary partnership to create cutting-edge life-saving technology for Providence clients.
The Main Surgery room is the location of primary target Erich Soders; he is immobile, as surgery is already underway when the mission begins. His surgery is being made by the Artificial Intelligence KAI. There are many ways to kill him. The easiest is to sabotage the surgical procedure.
The Morgue, where dead patients are being stored. You can find Interpol Agent and ICA asset, Agent Smith here, who was found sneaking around and was locked up in a freezer. You can free him by using the keycard in the Director's Office or with a disposable scrambler. Dr. Katashi Ito, also known as "The Curator", is the head of the morgue. He has had a mood chip implanted in his brain which regulates dopamine, and can be used to gain access to the organ storage and destroy Erich Soders' heart.
At the Hospital Research Center you will find medical records of all patients booked in at GAMA during the mission time. A good way to get intel about all the patients. You can also find the medical records for each patients somewhere in their rooms. With the right methods, you can also get a doctor disguise from here undetected. (Works best using an Emetic Injection.)

Staff[]

All notable staff that worked for GAMA. This includes temporary employees as well.

Akira Nakamura: Hospital Director at GAMA. Has access to KAI mainframe and owns a keycard which opens up a freezer in the morgue containing Agent Smith.
Dr. Nicholas Laurent: Chief Surgeon of GAMA.
Dr. Katashi Ito aka The Curator: Head Morgue Doctor of GAMA.
Dr. Pavel Frydel: Surgeon.
Dr. Akane Akenawa: Surgeon.
Dr. Philipa Wallis Fujioka: A doctor in GAMA. She is assigned to take care of Jason Portman's facial surgeries.
Dr. Klaus Lieblied: Head researcher. Doctor of Owen Cage in mission Patient Zero and affiliated with the Ether Biotech Corporation.
Dr. Georg Kron: Researcher & Personal assistant of Owen Cage, while also being affiliated with the Ether Biotech Corporation.
Dr. Hayato Shi: A researcher for Klaus Lieblied, while also being affiliated with the Ether Biotech Corporation.
Dr. Ishii Yoshihito: A researcher for Klaus Lieblied, while also being affiliated with the Ether Biotech Corporation.
Dr. Haruo Nakamoto: A surgeon who is tasked with checking in Jason Portman's facial surgeries.
Dr. Michael Brennan: Doctor.
Dr. Ikuma Nakazawa: Doctor.
Dr. Ellionor Yasuda: Doctor.
Dr. Mitsuko Kinjou: Doctor.
Dr. Andrew Roovers: Doctor,
Dr. Yui Kawarasaki: Doctor.
Dr. Takemi Shiraishi: Doctor.
Bunka Shintani: Morgue Doctor.
Tenri Shinosaki: Morgue Doctor.
Shoudai Kurosawa: Morgue Doctor.
Yukio Matsushima: Morgue Doctor.
Jean Brooke: Yoga Instructor.
John Maverick: (Freelancing) Resort Security Guard.
James Stewart: Resort Security Guard.
Nails: Helicopter pilot.
Keanu Sleeves: N/A.
Kokoro: In the mission Patient Zero, Soders is not present, so his heart was linked to this isolated NPC. His name means heart in Japanese.
Lisa Rickardson: Resort Staff.
Tamami Kuroki: Resort Staff.
Maury Veich: Resort Staff.
Johan Ishibashi: Resort Staff.
Helena Ootsuka: Resort Staff.
Spencer Short: Chef.
Kaname Konishi: Chef.
Lyle Gaulin: A chef that denied Yuki Yamazaki of specific food due to an incident while getting threatened by her.
Kouyuu Okuta: Chef.
Eric SjÖvoid: Handyman.
Takai Janpu: Suicidal Handyman.
Haru Takahashi: Bodyguard.
Hayato Maki: Bodyguard.
Hidaka Uno: Bodyguard.
Shoichi Kataoka: Bodyguard.
Kou Tokunaga: Bodyguard.
Kaimei Kuroki: Bodyguard.
Homare Kanai: Bodyguard.
Kyouta Shinden: Bodyguard.
Akihide Nishihara: Bodyguard.
Hayaki Fukasawa: Bodyguard.
Ikuya Ogura: Bodyguard.
Yamato Hideki: Bodyguard.

Patients[]

Agent 47: In order to provide 47 access to GAMA, the ICA has booked 47 into the hospital under the guise of Tobias Rieper for a standard medical checkup. Medical reports show 47 in superior physical condition, a reference to him being a genetically enhanced clone.
Yuki Yamazaki: A former lawyer to the Yakuza and a current operative for Providence. Erich Soders has promised her a full list of active ICA operatives post operation. She is targeted in order to prevent this transaction. She can be found roaming the Resort areas of the hospital including the Restaurant, the Zen Garden and the Spa. She is not actually undergoing any medical procedure but she has been allowed to stay in one of the patient rooms.
Erich Soders: ICA Board Member who has become a mole for Providence in exchange for a heart transplant. He suffers from the rare condition, situs inversus, in which all his organs are on the opposite side of his body. Finding a right sided heart is an extremely difficult task but is necessary to his survival, which is why he has betrayed the ICA to get it. He is currently undergoing a three-day surgery and can be found on the operating table.
Jason Portman: Former Silicon Valley CEO who recently sold his company, Quantum Leap. He seems to be obsessed with model and author Helmut Kruger (seen in the mission Showstopper). His room is littered with pictures of Kruger, one with "Perfection" handwritten on it. His fixation on the man is such that he has undergone full facial reconstruction to look like Kruger and is scheduled for bandage removal. You can use his disguise in an opportunity to obtain a surgeon outfit.
Amos Dexter: Elderly Texan Patient at GAMA for a lung transplant. A regular at the facility. Owns a pack of cigarettes which are contraband. Can be used for an opportunity which results in the death of Yuki Yamazaki.
Ji-Hu: A former State Secretary Defense operative is scheduled to have his face reconstructed.
- Rhinoplasty Patient
- Otoplasty Patient
- Keratoplasty Patient
Taheji Koyama: A former Controller in the private mercenary company called CICADA, who fought in the Bosnian War and is secretly responsible for a mountain of war crimes. He is the one who contracted the ICA to assassinate his former comrades and himself in act of redemption.
Owen Cage: A Scottish eco-terrorist and conspiracy theorist who is also a Liberationsleeper agent infected with the Nabazov virus. Ether Biotech Corporation are currently examining him before his death led by Dr. Klaus Liebleid. Technically, Cage is considered patient zero.
Dmitri Fedorov: Former arms dealer with a military past and a degree in structural engineering. Following a failed military career, Dmitri recently survived an explosion at one of his infamously unsafe fireworks factories and is now in recovery at the Hokkaido GAMA Facility, waiting to cash in on the insurance.
The Disruptor: MMA fighter and multi-billionaire who woke up during operation after Agent 47 knocked him out in a fight, causing him to lose consciousness.
Oscar Himura: An impatient patient who strongly dislikes Mr. Dexter and tries to argue for his removal from the hospital.
Akiko Kawashima: A friend of Jason Portman and a very nice/sweet person.
Candice Valencia: Patient.
Kathrin Kuster: Patient.
Franco Valencia: Patient.
Huan Yue Hao: Patient.
Yuusou Ishikuno: Patient.
Morris Bjornsson: Patient.
Leah Parker: Patient.
Dwyer G. Pitt: Patient.
Ray Miller: Patient.
Angelina Kleiner: Patient.

Appearances[]

Trivia[]

Many laptop screens throughout HITMAN™ show early concept art of GAMA.
In Situs Inversus, while dressed as the ninja, you can climb one of the Iron girders to access the roof of the hospital section. The game won’t let you climb the girder if you are not wearing the ninja disguise. This Easter egg is also a challenge that can be completed on the map.
The word "gama" is Japanese for "toad".
- On that same note, "onsen 温泉" is Japanese for "hot spring" or "spa"
The opportunity " Ghost in the Machine" which consists of destroying KAI's system is similar to the deactivation of "HAL 3000" the AI that controls the spaceship in "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) by Stanley Kubrick. The challenge "Daisy, Daisy" is also a reference to this film, as "Daisy, Daisy" this is a poem that the failing HAL computer recites as the protagonist shuts its systems down. However, KAI can defend itself by electrifying the floor if KAI determines that the player is an intruder.
According to phone dialogue from Akira Nakamura, KAI was evidently installed at least one month prior to the events of Situs Inversus by a "Mr. Williams."
The four VIP patient rooms are numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 in Japanese (一、二、三、四), with Yuki Yamazaki in room 1, Jason Portman in room 2, Agent 47 (as Tobias Rieper) in room 3, and Amos Dexter in room 4. The latter three patients wear yukata with their patient numbers on the front.
Despite not requiring keycards, electronic key hackers will work on GAMA's doors.
The music that is played on radio are re-used from Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, another game created by IO Interactive. A Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days poster can be found in the snowmobile garage as well.