Agent 47’s subsequent assassination goal is Conor McGregor, the MMA fighter and star of this 12 months’s Roadhouse remake, developer IO Interactive introduced Thursday. McGregor will function the subsequent elusive goal in Hitman World of Assassination, and he’s obtainable in all variations of the sport from June 27 by way of July 29.
McGregor’s Hitman character is called The Disruptor, and he’ll be portrayed in recreation as — what else? — an MMA fighter. The Disruptor is ready to compete towards Tim Quinn, the CEO of Quantum Leap, who beforehand appeared within the Hitman 3 mission “The Farewell.” In line with IO Interactive, stakeholders at Quantum Leap worry that Quinn can be humiliated by The Disruptor, and have tasked Agent 47 with taking down McGregor’s character earlier than the match can occur.
The Disruptor mission sends gamers to the island of Sgàil “throughout a conclave of the secretive Ark Society, a company composed of the world’s most wealthy and highly effective individuals,” IO Interactive mentioned in a information launch. The mission can be obtainable to play at no cost for Hitman newcomers as a part of the sport’s Free Starter Pack.
Hitman World of Assassination gamers may also entry the mission at no cost, and should buy a $4.99 Disruptor DLC pack, which provides a brand new fur-coat beauty, in addition to kettlebell, resistance band, and cane objects, which you’ll be able to presumably use to kill Conor McGregor. That DLC pack additionally provides everlasting entry to The Ostentatious, a two-level Arcade contract that includes The Disruptor elusive goal.
The power to get rid of McGregor nearly ought to be cathartic for the UFC fighter’s detractors, whether or not they’re wroth over his normal perspective, his clownish efficiency within the pointless Roadhouse remake, the sexual assault allegations levied towards him, or his historical past of out-of-the-ring violence.
If killing Conor McGregor feels like your cup of tea, the Disruptor elusive goal mission is obtainable beginning in the present day on the Nintendo Swap, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X variations of Hitman World of Assassination.
The Hitman sequence has included celebrities as elusive targets earlier than, notably with actors Gary Busey and Sean Bean serving as limited-time assassination victims in Hitman and Hitman 2, respectively.