You may have been wondering why pre-orders for Hitman were being cancelled earlier this week.
Well, it turns out that Square Enix and IO Interactive have decided to adopt a new release structure that will result in a 'truly episodic AAA game experience'.
"We decided to take the full leap and publish Hitman as a truly episodic game experience," studio head Hannes Seifert said in a statement.
"Part of that decision is for that little bit of extra time to ensure every location we release is at the quality level fitting for a Hitman game."
He added: "But the main driving reason is that this will allow us to create a living game that will expand and evolve over time and establish a foundation for the future.
"This is the first game in a storyline which will continue and expand with future Hitman games."
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Hitman is still on track to debut on March 11, though it will now launch with only a Prologue mission and a Paris location.
The next location - set in Italy - will be released in April, followed by Morocco in May.
Monthly content updates will then be made available, including three additional locations - Thailand, the US and finally Japan.
The first 'Intro Pack' is priced at £11.59 ($15), while each subsequent location will go for £7.99 ($10) as an add-on item.
Meanwhile, the disc version of the new Hitman game won't be available until the end of this year.
