HITMAN Season of Eminem vs. Slim Shady: The Wildest Elusive Target Ever Drops This December

TL;DR — The “Don’t Waste My Time” Summary

Eminem and Slim Shady are both in HITMAN, and Agent 47’s job is to help Eminem finally kill his own alter ego inside a warped Hokkaido asylum. The mission is free for everyone (Dec 1–31), with a €4.99 DLC pack adding weapons, suits, cosmetics, and a permanent two-level Arcade contract.

The season includes:

• New challenges, new Featured Contracts, and two returning winter events

• Jean-Claude Van Damme returning as The Splitter on Dec 31

• Three waves of Twitch Drops

• Year 5 Elusive Target Galore returning in January

• HITMAN now fully portable on ROG Ally / Ally X + Xbox Play Anywhere

• A Chainsaw Duck, because IOI stopped pretending to be normal years ago

Bottom line: A surreal rap-opera assassination season with the boldest crossover HITMAN has ever pulled. Perfect chaos.

If you’re diving into this season without proper gear, you might as well show up to Popsomp Hills with a pool noodle. Grab HITMAN World of Assassination on Green Man Gaming before Slim Shady grabs you first. And if your controller looks like it’s been through three wars, replace the bloody thing, your aim will finally stop wobbling like a toddler on roller skates.

Season of Eminem vs. Slim Shady

IO Interactive just handed us the most unhinged Elusive Target in years, a rap battle turned psychiatric assassination tango.

Copenhagen wakes up today and says:“Yeah, sure, let's drop Eminem AND Slim Shady inside HITMAN. What could go wrong?”

Turns out: everything, and that’s the point.

From December 1 to December 31, players get a free, reality-bending Elusive Target where Agent 47 must essentially delete an alter ego. Eminem wants Slim Shady gone for good, and in classic HITMAN fashion, the paperwork says: “Help Slim rest in pieces.”

The mission takes place in a Hokkaido facility reimagined as Popsomp Hills Asylum, which is probably the closest we’ve ever been to entering Marshall Mathers’s brain without paying a therapist.

This is not a gimmick, it’s a fully produced crossover with Eminem, Paul Rosenberg, and IO Interactive. It’s weird. It’s audacious. It’s exactly the kind of chaos CRIMENET lives for.

THE MAIN HIT: Eminem vs. Slim Shady (Dec 1–31)

You play hitman therapist.

Your job is to infiltrate a re-skinned Hokkaido, dodge hallucination-grade nonsense, and assist Eminem in finally killing the part of him that keeps respawning every decade.

This is Eminem as himself and the homicidal alter ego. Two roles. One mission. Zero chill.

The entire thing is free via the Starter Pack, except on Nintendo Switch, where “free” apparently still requires a purchase.

THE DLC – €4.99 of Pure Chaos

For the completionists and collectors, IOI drops the Eminem vs. Slim Shady Pack, available until Dec 31.

Included:

• The MC Fit – look like you’re about to drop a diss track instead of a body.

• The Prank Pistol – legally distinct clown energy.

• Mr. Chainsaw Jr. – yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like.

• Mom’s Spaghetti Sauce – wear gloves.

• Four Safehouse cosmetics

• THE ANTITHESIS – a two-level Arcade contract for permanent access

For €4.99, it’s cheap, it’s flashy, and it absolutely screams:“Hey mom, I joined a cult. A stylish one.”

PLATFORMS: HITMAN Goes Fully Portable Murderhobo

HITMAN launches today on:

• ROG Ally X

• ROG Ally

And it’s now an Xbox Play Anywhere title, meaning your PC progress and Xbox progress finally stop acting like divorced parents.

VR? Yes. Mobile? Yes. Switch? Technically.

If you own a screen, Agent 47 is already inside it.

Twitch Drops – Because Murder Looks Better in Purple

December 1–14

Bomb-Ass Dynamite: Watch 30 minutes, get a bomb designed by someone who definitely isn’t allowed near fireworks.

December 21 – January 9

The Solstice Suit: 47 in a holiday outfit that looks like a Vogue assassin special.

January 22 – February 22

Twitch Drops Galore: Old rewards return, including:

• Purple Streak ICA Briefcase

• Purple Streak Boxer Suit

• Neon Duck

• Purple Streak Baller

• And more “I can’t believe they made this cosmetic” items

It’s essentially a clearance sale for fashion-conscious murderers.

If you're planning to chase Eminem around a psychiatric hospital on a 4K potato, don’t. Treat yourself to a proper headset so you can hear Slim Shady breathing behind you like an asthmatic squirrel. And if your PC fans scream louder than Eminem on tour, get a cooling pad before your laptop melts into modern art.

NEW CHALLENGES

Dec 1 — A Tie to Die For

Unlock a classy fiber wire red tie. Dress for the job you want, not the one you’re eliminating.

Dec 18 — Keeping the Magic Alive

Do good deeds. Unlock a festive suit. A wholesome detour before you snap someone’s neck in the next room.

FEATURED CONTRACTS

Dec 1 — OzzyGrl’s Wicked Bunch

A community pack with enough attitude to slap a guard unconscious.

Dec 31 — Cherry’s Animation Chronicle

Contracts inspired by animation, probably the only time you can commit homicide “Looney Tunes style” and not get sued.

RETURNING EVENTS

Dec 18 — Holiday Hoarders

Stop Paris’s worst burglars: Harry “Smokey” Bagnato and Marv “Slick” Gonif.

Rewards:

• Lil Flashy

• Explosive Xmas Gift

• Cozy Christmas Suit

• Santa 47

The only Christmas event where you actively ruin someone else’s holiday.

Hokkaido Snow Festival

Return to winter paradise, eliminate Dmitri Fedorov, and unlock:

• ICA19 Iceballer

• Ice Pick

• Krampus Little Helper Suit

• Snow Festival Suit.

Cold, clean, clinical murder, just as the season intended.

ELUSIVE TARGETS (Returning & New)

Dec 12 — The Food Critic

A man with opinions so sharp they count as a weapon.

Dec 26 — The Sensation

If arrogance was lethal, you wouldn’t need to show up.

Dec 31 — THE SPLITTER (Jean-Claude Van Damme)

JCVD returns with a mission involving an ICA board member, a conspiracy, and one extremely punchable assassin named Max Valliant. A triple-objective mission with actual movie star energy.

Jan 16 — Year 5 Galore (1–12)

A big dump of returning ETs for holiday grinding.

Jan 30 — Year 5 Galore (13–25)

Even more. IOI basically said: “You wanted second chances? Here’s an avalanche.”

IOI ACCOUNT REWARD

The Chainsaw Duck

Unlock by playing the Eminem ET or The Antithesis with a linked IOI Account.Yes, it quacks. Yes, it’s a chainsaw. No, you’re not dreaming.

BOTTOM LINE

Season of Eminem vs. Slim Shady is:

• part psychological thriller

• part rap opera

• part asylum fever dream

• part holiday murder buffet

And absolutely the most ambitious, deranged, and entertaining seasonal content IOI has released in ages.

IO Interactive didn’t just drop an Elusive Target. They dropped a cultural event in assassin form.

Keep your suits pressed. Keep your fiber wire warm. And if Slim Shady starts talking to you……shoot him. The paperwork says it’s fine.

If this season made you grin like an idiot, you might as well play more villain games while you wait for January’s ET Galore. Pick up a cheap crime classic on GMG, grab an external SSD so your loading times stop resembling a tax audit, and subscribe to the newsletter unless you hate joy.

FAQ

1. Is the Eminem vs. Slim Shady Elusive Target really free? Yes, fully free from Dec 1 to Dec 31 through the HITMAN Free Starter Pack, except on Nintendo Switch, where you must own the full game to play. HITMAN WOA owners get it as a standard Elusive Target.

2. How long does the mission last, and can I retry it? The mission is available for one month, but, classic HITMAN rules, you only get one attempt. If you fail, Slim Shady lives to rap another day. Permanent access only comes through the Antithesis Arcade contract included in the €4.99 DLC.

3. What’s actually included in the Eminem vs. Slim Shady Pack? The DLC gives you an Eminem-themed suit, the Prank Pistol, Mr. Chainsaw Jr., a jar of Mom’s Spaghetti, a collection of Safehouse cosmetics inspired by the mission, and permanent access to The Antithesis two-level Arcade contract. It’s a complete crossover bundle built around the theme, tone, and absurdity of the mission.

4. How do I unlock the Chainsaw Duck? Simple: Play the Eminem vs. Slim Shady Elusive Target or the Antithesis Arcade contract with a linked IOI Account. Finish either one → claim duck → fear nothing.

5. Are Eminem and Slim Shady voiced or physically present in the mission? Yes. Eminem performs the role of both himself and Slim Shady. It’s an officially produced collaboration with IOI and Paul Rosenberg, not a parody or look-alike.

6. What else is happening this season besides Eminem? The season also brings back Holiday Hoarders, the Hokkaido Snow Festival, a new Jean-Claude Van Damme Elusive Target on December 31, two new challenge unlocks, two new Featured Contract packs, three separate waves of Twitch Drops, full support for the ROG Ally lineup, and the Xbox Play Anywhere rollout. January continues the chaos with twenty-five returning Elusive Targets split across two Galore batches.