Hi everyone! It looks like we are in for a fresh batch of content coming for us for the rest of December 2024 and January next year of 2025! IOI’s blogpost primarily includes the Splitter Celebrity Elusive Target but there are a few other details too.
We can expect this to drop after the usual maintenance server downtime slated to begin on December 12th at 11:00 am CET, 10:00 am GMT and during that time, patch notes should be releasing on IOI’s main Twitter and I will upload the Roadmap image here when we can expect it! The roadmap blog has also released! Patch notes found in thrison’s post too.
3 new challenges arrives to the World of Assassination. 1 challenge is releasing within the Splitter Season but Samir has confirmed that there will be a roadmap following the end of the ET which should hopefully contain the other two announced challenges.
At the moment, we only know of the Staying Warm Challenge on December 12th that unlocks the Krampus Little Helper Suit:
The Elusive Target release includes to mention an Arcade Pack for the Splitter releasing at launch. This includes the standard weapons and Freelancer ET-inspired decorations (more info found in Samir’s thread most likely)!
The Pharmacist ET begins December 20th alongside the Warlord and the Sensation until January 12th. Sadly no ET re-run galore this year!
@Quartz_tan has also been nominated to choose a selection of Christmas themed contracts releasing December 12th from @Hamushi, @Switcher, @djsojus; linux_penguin, BlueberryMuffin, Crewdy, Gaddy, ICA_677, White-Half and finally Quartz Tan
Two new Twitch inspired content releases - the first one starting from December 12th 2024 to January 8th 2025 to commemorate the ET’s release by watching one hour of World of Assassination streams on Twitch. For this, you will unlock the Purple Streak ICA19 Classicballer.
Secondly, you will be able to unlock the Purple Streak Boxer Suit by supporting your favourite World of Assassination Twitch Streamers with a subscription with this campaign’s length being the same as the one above. This is the first time IOI have done this sort of promotional subscription campaign so am curious how much interest this gets.
And for our PC players, there is a surprising announcement that Ludeo SDK (www.ludeo.com) will be implemented within the game which enables players to instantly capture themselves within moments of stealth and beyond inside missions and for example, inside this Elusive Target. Playable Elusive Target gameplay highlights will be served up across the HITMAN website, newsletter, and @HITMAN on social platforms. Presumably off of their blogpost, these moments are able to played in the highlights option in the menu/within the Picture In Picture mode moments of the game. As a console player, I’ll be missing out on this but am quite intrigued for our fellow PC agents!
This is my first time trying this sort of thing out so hope you have all enjoyed reading this summary of events post the Splitters’ ET run! And sorry if I miss out any important details (will try and get the Roadmap image when it releases)!
What? When they’ve (re-)released the CelebrETs this year they’ve had the arcade at launch (see The Disruptor). Granted The Drop didn’t have one in it’s initial appearance but that’s only because they hadn’t got the formula down yet. The Undying didn’t have one because well… the arcade didn’t exist in Hitman 2, but its first appearance in H3 had an arcade.
I just want to post that TheKotti is currently re-doing his “mastery 20” speedrun, updating them from the ones he did back in Hitman 2016. So with the new xp requirement, updated mastery tracks, and recent challenges.
(Start at mastery 1, go to 20 as quickly and interstingly as possible)
I find them neat, and a love-letter to the game design.
And since I’m posting neat video to wait the time.
Appropriately for the future ET that seems to change quite a bit of Chonqging.
Lasse Bruun Hansen (Principal Game Designer and I believe @Lasse_ioi on the forum) talked a few months back about how tracks and level iterations work in Hitman / the Glacier engine, and their design history as the trilogy unfolded.
It is very interesting, and went a bit unseen at the time.
I’ve absolutely been loving these videos, so thank you for sharing them! A great way to bide the time. Might make me want to do the same honestly as I’ve had little to do since finishing 100% on here haha
I gotta say I’m at a real loss for what the heck the Good Quark Vol 3 VHS Tape will be. My first thought was maybe an audio distraction or audio explosive like The Iconator, but that would fit a cassette tape more than a VHS tape. Given its name, does throwing it spawn a bunch of gold-pressed latinum?
I’m starting to wonder if it could be an inconspicuous EMP device. One that won’t be seen and picked up when placed. Maybe a few other tweaks in radius or behaviour toward it.
With the following association:
VHS, evidence recorders.
Quarks, sciences!
(imagine if it was an EMP that when seen is automatically brought next to the recorder by the guards )
Wouldn’t be surprised if the pack items have some unique properties. It was a criticism to the previous packs, and previous Y4 items unlocks. And IOI worked pretty well on what was told since August, if with the fair pipeline delay.
The Drop did it pretty well with the legal shurikens, and the “red” flash-bang (a bit of literal dud this one tbh).
Splitter SMG looks to have four barrels. Might be multi-shot. Ragdoll maybe? Maybe it’s a striker SMG.
Splitter Kukri knife seems to just be a reskin. But I could see it having some poison in the hilt.
I just hope for a good patch and some good unlocks too, the save bug, the midnight black suit and even the kalmer glitch would be some nice stuff to plug the holes of but really I am mostly looking forward to this ET being great
Stream is finished.
Next stream will be next week.
And streams will be regular going forward.
There will be devs, but they will also try to bring in larger names, streamers…
(rooting for your wishlist one @Sparx)
Nicole (newly hire from IOI Barcelona of two weeks), global marketing manager for the Hitman brand passed by.
And then the audio cut exactly when she talked about her goals for the future of the franchise. But there is eagerness and energy. But there might be something for the Hitman franchise 25th anniversary, next year, from the way they talked about it.
(C47 remaster when?)
Louis, an IOI old-timer, Senior Designer, involved on the design and content, then joined.
He went to Belgium to record with Jean-Claude Van Damme, which was a great experience.
A behind the scene clip of the voice recording was showed, and behind the scene photos of the mocap too.
He was also wearing a special ballcap. A limited run of a specifically design ballcap were made for the Splitter event.
One of them will be a giveaway by the Stuntwoman, and other one by the Designer. the rest will be put to auction for charity next week.
To quote Combat to Nicole “it’s going to be amazing to see what we’ve already (done) this year, and what we will be doing next year”.
So I’m jumping to conclude Year 5.
No big announcement for the roadmap. It was mostly a test stream.
Expect for a general “unlocks are coming and they were asked by the community, wink, wink, nudge, nudge”.
So, a bit hyped.
(and they really need to fix the mic)
Already posted them in the announcement topic, but still:
Some Behind the Scenes pictures:
They did mocap the split.
(I actually was going to half-jokingly ask if they had someone doing it. My esteem for truly doing it)
She will run a give away of one of the special made Splitter ballcap. A limited serie.
The custom designer are https://www.instagram.com/00_drops/ and they will giveaway a second one.
The rest will be put on auction for charity.
