Hitman

For the first Hitman game in three years—and, oddly enough, the first to be called by this title—developer IO Interactive (a late replacement for Square Enix Montreal, though IO also developed the other games in the series) is trying something a bit different. The game will be almost episodic in nature, first arriving this December as a digital download. New content (including missions and locations) will be added on a regular basis over the following year, with some missions available for a very limited time after they appear. (A physical retail release will follow in 2016, presumably collecting all of the additional content.) The game will be far more open and less linear than 2012's Hitman: Absolution, while also featuring much larger maps and eliminating that game's checkpoint system.