Efter E3 var der nok nogle, der var en smule forvirrede over, hvilken retning det nye Hitman spil egentlig ville tage. Men en ny Q&A på Hitman's hjemmeside har gjort visionen bag spillet meget mere klar. I denne Q&A forklares det, at den næste del af den morderiske serie ikke er en early access titel og heller ikke episodisk i den traditionelle forstand.
"Early access can often mean something unfinished or unpolished. That's simply not the approach we're taking. All of the content we release live to our players will be complete and polished, whether that's the locations and missions we release on December 8th, the live events or the locations and missions that we will release in 2016. It will always be a polished Hitman experience."
"We think the word ‘episodic' sets up the expectation that we will sell individual content drops for individual prices but that's not something we're planning to do.
That said, there are some episodic elements to the story in the sense that it's delivered in chunks over time, so experiencing the story will probably feel episodic. But there is also a ton of other content including live events, which have nothing to do with the story. We'll also be improving and changing the game constantly whilst you're playing it. Our ambition is to have a stream of content available from December 8th until the story arc is finished.
The thing is, there isn't really a term to describe what we're doing. That's why we're calling it a ‘live' experience because it feels like that's what it is - something that lives, grows and evolves. This question was asked a lot at E3 and if anyone out there comes up with a brilliant term, please get in touch. Seriously."
IO Interactive fastslår, at spillet vil blive solgt til omkring $60 (omkring 400 kr.), og at der ikke er nogle skjulte omkostninger eller efterfølgende betalinger oveni den oprindelige pris. Spillet udgives først som en digital titel, men der er planer om at sælge det fysisk engang i løbet af 2016.