Here's When Hitman's Next Elusive Target Will Appear

The next Elusive Target in IO Interactive's Hitman will appear on August 26 at 5 AM PT, Square Enix has announced. The mysterious figure will be around for 72 hours and players have a single shot at taking him out.

IO is being cryptic about the target is this time, so there isn't much any information on who he is. The teaser suggests he's some sort of hacker. Take a look below.

Special rewards are usually given to those that take out Elusive Targets, but there hasn't been any indication of what it will be this time.

During a recent interview with GameSpot, lead online designer Torben Ellert suggested future Elusive targets could be more challenging than those we've seen so far.

"We probably want the first couple at least to be quite approachable experiences, because it's really important that we make it clear that these are not impossible missions," he said. "Yes, they're tense, because if you screw up, you're finished. But they're totally doable. I think we need to keep that for the next couple, but as we go down the line, we will improve on their perceptiveness, where it makes narrative sense."

The fourth Hitman episode, Bangkok, launched on August 16 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Titled "Club 27," it tasked players infiltrating a luxury hotel to find two targets. The first, Jordan Cross, was the lead singer of an indie band named The Class. Cross reportedly killed a young actress by pushing her off of his New York penthouse a year ago.

The second target, Ken Morgan, was a "corporate fixer" who helped cover up the woman's death. The police had stopped pursuing the case, which is why Agent 47 got involved.

For more on Hitman, check out coverage from the first three chapters below.

• Hitman Episode 1 Review
• Hitman Episode 2 Review
• Hitman Episode 3 Reviews From Metacritic

Episodes 5 and 6 are set in the United States and Japan, respectively. Both will be out before the end of 2016, though specific release dates have not been announced.

In other news about Hitman, developer IO Interactive has stated that there will "of course" be a Season 2, as well as a third one.