Snoop Dogg is the latest celebrity to appear in Hitman: World Of Assassination, playing elusive target Dr Crysu Cane.
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Hitman: World Of Assassination launched in 2023 and brought together the best bits of the original Hitman trilogy. Since then, a number of limited-edition missions have been added to the stealth shooter with a number of celebrities also getting involved.
Already this year, Wiz Khalifa, Eminem and Dmitri Vegas have joined Hitman: World Of Assassination as elusive targets and now Snoop Dogg is being added to the game as part of the new The Herbalist mission.
Available from tomorrow (August 27) until September 26, 2026, The Herbalist mission sees Agent 47 going up against Dr. Cyrus Cane, “an eccentric entrepreneur famed the world over for his wide-ranging and unconventional business ventures.”.
A new snack 🍪 is about to take the world by storm, and it’s up to you to serve Dr. Cyrus Cane a taste of his own medicine. 🎯.
Snoop Dogg enters HITMAN World of Assassination as the next Celebrity Elusive Target. @SnoopDogg.
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The mission delivers a brand-new character and an all-new storyline set on Haven Island. “The rap icon lends both his likeness and voice to the mission, bringing his unmistakable presence and personality to Agent 47’s world in a way only Snoop Dogg can.” He’ll be joined by his son Cordell C.
Broadus, marking the first joint appearance for the father-son duo within a video game.
Next year, Snoop Dogg will star as Orpheus in Stranger Than Heaven, a new game from the creators of the Like A Dragon series. Other musicians Tori Kelly (Kelly Day), Ado (Keiko Shirai) and Satoshi Fujihara (Takashi) are involved in the game, which will also use Tupac’s likeness for a character.
In other news, to celebrate the upcoming one-year anniversary of Dispatch, its soundtrack is getting a vinyl release.
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