The next Hitman game is now episodic

Square Enix's next instalment in its stealthy assassination series Hitman will now be released episodically -- but you'd be forgiven for thinking that was always going to be the case.
Previously, developer Io-Interactive's return of Agent 47 was going to be launched with a certain number of missions included, with more content to be added to the core game later. This, for some reason, was not being defined as episodic -- at least, not in the vein of games such as Life i