Agent 47, you’re up. It’s time to kill a YouTuber.
That’s according to HITMAN: World of Assassination’s latest gratuitous celebrity cameo, or Elusive Target as the game calls it, Jacksepticeye. Both his likeness and voice are coming to the game as part of it, and he will be playing a bit of a parody of himself and other content creators.
In the mission, the next target scheduled for deletion is “Finn Colton, better known by his online handle Finnvictus,” who is described as “a popular, controversial, and now very wealthy content creator.” The online persona lampoon is “secretive and paranoid, spending most of his time at his remote content complex in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, where a camera setup livestreams every aspect of his life 24/7.” And the rest is up to you.
“I’ve been playing HITMAN with my community for years, so getting to actually step into the World of Assassination is unreal,” said Seán McLoughlin, better known as Jacksepticeye. “Finn is loud, paranoid, and completely obsessed with content, and playing him was an absolute blast. I can’t wait to see all the creative ways you take him down, so make sure you’re recording it!”
I guess now’s a good time to admit I’ve never played a HITMAN game, although I’ve watched a lot of it throughout the years via content creators like Jacksepticeye, so it’s pretty cool to see him join the ranks of celebs who have been taken out by 47 over the years. McLoughlin is now on the list of celebs like Mads Mikkelsen, Eminem, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Conor McGregor, Milla Jovovich, and more that have all been scanned into HITMAN to get stabbed, shot, poisoned, have their necks snapped, et cetera.
The new mission is available today and is part of a free trial period for World of Assassination, which runs through Nov. 25.
