It's pretty funny that a cornerstone of Hitman: World of Assassination's post-launch content has been all about letting you kill celebrities.
Eminem, Gary Busey, and even Conor McGregor aren't safe from a bowl of poisoned mom's spaghetti, but IO Interactive recently branched out into the world of online celebrities with Seán William McLoughlin, better known as Jacksepticeye. He was added to the game on October 29 for a limited-time elusive target mission, putting him squarely in the crosshair of Agent 47—and the team isn't stopping there.
Mission writer Jen Simpkins was recently interviewed by PCGamesN to discuss the Jacksepticeye mission, and how the team honed in on the "latent horror of the content creation space" with his character. During this talk, she was asked whether IO Interactive would consider bringing more internet celebrities into the fold for future elusive target updates, and it's a "big yes."
"The internet is a weird place full of fascinating characters to take inspiration from, so it's a big yes from me," she said."
Who exactly IO Interactive might recruit to be brutally murdered by Agent 47 in ridiculously elaborate ways is another question entirely, but it's always a bit of a...
