If you were capable or resisting the siren call of Black Friday, thought your wallet was secure and wanted to to dig into a sound month of responsible spending, then I’m afraid that I’ve got some bad news for ya. Local retailer Raru still has a few deals up their sleeves, with some prices being especially tempting. There’s a bunch of fantastic games on sale and Fallout 76.

Hitman 2 is out, it’s superb and your first Elusive Target currently available to kill is none other than Mr Bean. No, not Rowan Atkinson (Idea to self: Pitch a Johnny English murder to IO Interactive), but actor Sean Bean, who lends his voice and likeness to Mark Faba. In Many ways, Faba feels like a subtle dig at the entire Hitman franchise.

Hitman 2 is celebrating the many murders of British actor Sean Bean this weekend, but be careful about posting that on Twitter lest you want to get banned.

Hitman 2 feels like a macabre collection of dominos falling and eventually toppling one final piece in a gloriously “accidental” death that can best be summed up as an act of god when the dust has settled. A game that’s more about the journey than the destination, Hitman 2 is lengthy, gruesomely charming and still hiding plenty of secrets up its immaculately dressed sleeves.

The first rebooted hitman was sold off as an episodic game. Despite being a brilliant murder simulator that got the episodic formula so, so right, many consumers didn’t take to it just because it was sold piecemeal. They wanted a finished product, a retail game that they could hold in their hands. And that game is here. With developer IO Interactive nearly murdered themselves when Square Enix decided they were done with Hitman, Warner took the developer and the franchise on, The sequel is, admittedly, more of the same – but when that same is a glorious sandbox that lets you kill people in delightfully inventive ways, that’s a good thing.

November is an absolutely jam-packed month of releases, from all across the industry. From Pokémon to Football Manager, Hitman to more Spider-Man DLC, here’s a look at the month ahead.

Hitman 2 launches on November 13 with every stage completed and thrown into one bundle, much to the joy of fans who skipped the first game because of its downloadable nature. An episodic structure that seems to have been the original design goal, according to leaked PSN trophies.

2016’s reboot of Hitman may have been polished brilliance and a guilty pleasure of creative murder, but the sales numbers simply weren’t good enough for the massive Japanese publisher that was chasing immediate sales over a more steady and consistent stream of fans who were sticking around for a very long run. Kicked to the curb, it looked like IO Interactive’s days were numbered. Fortunately, that proved to not be the case when IO Interactive rose from the ashes like a proverbial phoenix.