Hitman Targets Slim Shady Persona
Summary
This high-profile celebrity integration signals IO Interactive’s continued strategy of using unique, narrative-driven Elusive Targets to drive player engagement.
- Interactive Crossover Confirmed: Hitman World of Assassination features a new Elusive Target mission involving the rapper Eminem 1.
- Target Identification: The objective for Agent 47 is to eliminate Eminem’s famous alter ego, Slim Shady, who has reportedly gone rogue within the game’s narrative 1.
- Mission Uniqueness: The tie-in is described by Polygon as one of the most unusual and unique interactive entertainment crossovers seen in the Hitman franchise 1.
- 1 - Number of unique Elusive Target missions featuring Eminem’s persona 1.
- Agent 47 - The primary assassin tasked with eliminating the target in the mission 1.
- Slim Shady - The specific alter ego targeted for elimination by Eminem himself 1.
Key Moments
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Eminem hires Agent 47 to kill Slim Shady
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Hitman's weirdest mission yet
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Different Perspectives
Supporting View
Polygon highlighted the bizarre nature of the premise, where the celebrity hires the assassin to kill his own persona.
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