Nice, you can kill Conor McGregor in Hitman’s new DLC

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 accessible in all variations of the sport from June 27 by means of July 29.

McGregor’s Hitman character is named The Disruptor, and he’ll be portrayed in recreation as — what else? — an MMA fighter. The Disruptor is ready to compete in opposition to Tim Quinn, the CEO of Quantum Leap, who beforehand appeared within the Hitman 3 mission “The Farewell.” In accordance with IO Interactive, stakeholders at Quantum Leap concern that Quinn will likely 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 corporation composed of the world’s most wealthy and highly effective individuals,” IO Interactive mentioned in a information launch. The mission will likely be accessible to play free of charge for Hitman newcomers as a part of the sport’s Free Starter Pack.

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Hitman World of Assassination gamers may entry the mission free of charge, and should purchase a $4.99 Disruptor DLC pack, which affords 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 affords everlasting entry to The Ostentatious, a two-level Arcade contract that includes The Disruptor elusive goal.

The power to get rid of McGregor nearly must be cathartic for the UFC fighter’s detractors, whether or not they’re wroth over his basic angle, his clownish efficiency within the pointless Roadhouse remake, the sexual assault allegations levied in opposition to 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 on the market beginning in the present day on the Nintendo Change, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Collection X variations of Hitman World of Assassination.

The Hitman collection 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.

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