Now more than ever, Square-Enix needs a video game franchise to that comes out on an annual basis and earns the publisher enough to continue funding bigger projects that take years to develop, particularly its core Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series. What series can fill that role? Deus Ex ? Tomb Raider ? Kingdom Hearts ? With six years standing between IO Interactive's Hitman: Blood Money and the newly released Hitman: Absolution, that assassin-starring stealth series doesn't seem like a good fit for perennial work horse, but it appears that Square-Enix will put it to the task.