I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in feeling a little bit worried about Hitman: Absolution. That nun trailer aside, many of the demos shown far have been decidedly linear and narrower in scope than the Hitman games we're used to. Thankfully, this one's markedly better than those that have gone before, showing off series staples like disguises, stealth, big explorable areas, and a small gaggle of targets going about their lives unaware that a scary bald man wants them dead. It feels a lot more like Hitman, though fans of the series may balk at that Sam Fisher style multi-execution manoeuvre that lets 47 silently take down half a dozen enemies in silence.
He's not Superman, after all. Just a barcoded super-clone genetically engineered to be the perfect killing machine. Here he is, doing what he does best: magically morphing into other people's outfits by touching them.
The Illuminate in Helldivers 2 appear to be inching closer to the black hole we left at Meridia back in June, which is also looking a lot scarier, but I'm sure it's probably fine, stop worrying about it
My favourite extraction shooter, The Forever Winter, adds a playable character with a functional gun for a head, tackles its most divisive mechanic and introduces its biggest region yet
