Stealth games as a genre have been in decline this generation. We've seen video game publishers move away from games like Hitman: Absolution in recent

IO Interactive gives Hitman another shot and what a good shot it is; this might be the effort that will save the Hitman series. Agent 47 is back and is now hunted by the agency he once trusted and worked for.

The Hitman franchise hasn't been seen in a good several years, despite generally solid critical reception overall. Hitman: Blood Money was the last entry in the series (assuming we ignore the movie, which we really should) for about six years now, and while Square-Enix owned Eidos Interactive...