Update: Hitman community manager Travis Barbour handled the leaked gameplay footage about as gracefully as possible, saying on Twitter that the game has improved quite a bit from ꦗthis early build.

That's easy enough to say, of course, but it's pretty exciting if true - Hitman's🏅 already looking nice in this early, not-meant-for-public-consumption footage.

, detailing what looks like progress through a single mission, from briefing to execution.

Basically, it looks like Hitman, and that's a very good thing. We see a detailed loadout screen (including the choice to use an Emetic Poison, which sounds like a lot of fun), disguises, improv🍃ised weapons (a crowbar as ⛦a garrote! A screwdriver as a throwing knife!), environmental skulduggery, and, in time-honoured Hitman style, lots and lots of rich people to terrify.

Of course, by the time you're reading this, all of the videos may well have been taken down - 🍰so here are some gifs♔ depicting a few of my favourite moments, including a beautifully stylish weapon selection wheel: