But there are still stakes to adapting 007 for the current console era: to escape the shadow of GoldenEye and chase the glory of Daniel Craig’s Bond run, still IO had to put a fresh spin on a 72-year-old character without just copy-pasting the Agent 47 playbook.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.

IO Interactive finally confirms what fans already suspected: that another game in the fan-favorite Hitman series is officially on its way.

"But right now, I think we need to get to the other side of this year, and next year you'll get more news about Hitman co-op, because I think co-op is a really, really good extension to the universe and will introduce very interesting mechanics and combinations in World of Assassination.

IO Interactive is busy working on James Bond video game 007 First Light, but it has said it also has plans to release Hitman 4 at some point.

IO Interactive has had some big things to celebrate this fall, including the 25th anniversary of its "Hitman" franchise.

We've already seen bits and pieces of the game, and we know it's a reimagining of the Bond origin story, featuring a young 007. But this first episode, which you can watch in full above, concentrates on gameplay, as the series as a whole looks to cover the design philosophy and creative processes.