This week in HITMAN, we’re officially releasing the first ever ‘Elusive Target’.
At some point on Friday during European hours, we’ll update the Elusive Target tile on the Featured Hub in-game and the contract will be live. Make sure you’re ready, because you'll only have 48 hours and there won’t be any second chances.
An Elusive Target is the closest thing to the Hitman fantasy that we've ever created. Each one is a custom-created character with their own backstory and their own unique reason for being in that location. We call them Elusive Targets because they are added to an existing location for a limited time in real-time and you'll only have one chance to take them down. If you kill them, that's the way that you killed them. There are no do-overs and no second chances. When an Elusive Target leaves the game world, they never return.
As always, Diana will brief you with critical intel that will help you track down and kill the target. That intel is more important than ever because Elusive Targets do not appear as targets on the mini map or instinct. You'll need to explore, find your target, study their movements and come up with a plan to eliminate them - all whilst playing. The pressure will be on when you've got the target in your sights. If you miss the shot and chaos breaks loose, you will need to have a plan B, because the save-game is disabled during an Elusive Target contract.
We know that Elusive Targets are not going to be easy, they were designed that way. If you can prove yourself, you’ll earn in-game rewards for completing multiple Elusive Target contracts. You will receive the first reward for successfully completing 5 Elusive Target contracts and the reward will be the signature suit from Hitman: Absolution. The reward for completing 10 Elusive Target contracts is the signature suit from Blood Money. Future rewards will include versions of those suits with gloves. Check out the signature HMA suit below.
Need a recap? This is Elusive Targets in a nutshell:
- Elusive Targets are added to the game for a limited time in real-time. They won’t return.
- You only get one chance to take them down. If you die, you fail the contract and cannot retry it.
- Elusive Targets do not show up on the in-game map or Instinct. You need to locate and identify them with limited intel.
- Earn in-game rewards for completing multiple Elusive Target contracts throughout the season.
That’s the big news, but there’s a lot more happening in HITMAN this week,
aka the week after the week after Sapienza.
We’re adding two new Escalation Contracts to the game. You'll need your Battle Axe for this first one in Paris.
The Kotti Paradigm is a very unique Escalation Contract, which was based off a contract created by Hitman speedrunner,
TheKotti. And then we ramped up the difficulty.
This Escalation Contract has only three stages, but each stage has two complications. We've shown some of the contract on our
Twitch channel but could only complete stage one successfully - and it was a long way from a Silent Assassin run. We know you can do better. Good luck.
When you've completed it (or need a break from the Battle Axe), this week's other Escalation Contract is in Sapienza.
The Scarlatti Covenant features the usual five stages and you'll need to make use of a priest disguise and explosive kills to complete this one. This contract will also be the focus of our next livestream on the
HITMAN Twitch channel at our (semi-)regular slot of 2pm CEST on Fridays. Sidsel, Torben and Travis will broadcast live and direct from the IOI studio and will be taking your questions from chat.
This is a genuinely exciting week for us, we can’t wait to see your reactions and playthroughs of the first Elusive Target. We recommend you keep your eyes on our
Twitter page for all the latest updates.
Remember that there are no second chances. Good luck and don’t miss out.
