Seán McLoughlin, best known as Jacksepticeye online, is a very busy man. He's made a comic book, he has a coffee company, he is producing the animated Bloodborne film, and now, he's getting killed by Agent 47 in a new Hitman update. The creator will be added into the game as an elusive target for free starting today. Players will have a chance to take him down until November 25, so you've got time to find creative ways to kill him.
He won't be playing himself, however. Jacksepticeye is filling the shoes of a character that he describes as a "flanderized" version of content creators, particularly ones in the so-called manosphere. It seems like the character may pull a bit from controversial influencers like Jake Paul, Andrew Tate, and notable podcasters that have become divisive figures online. Ultimately, it makes for an interesting space for Agent 47 to operate in.
We got the chance to ask him about being in both Hitman and 007 First Light, how the Bloodborne movie is shaping up, and much more.
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
IGN: How did all of the Hitman stuff come about?
Jacksepticeye: I mean, I get pitched a lot of stuff, I guess, just because I played various games from different studios, or I'm in a very fortunate position where people come to me sometimes and ask if I want to be in something cool. And this was one of those. I think because I played so many of the Hitman games before, it put me on IO's radar, and then we just kind of chatted naturally about different things and they floated this idea a while ago, and it just never really aligned. We tried hard to make it work, but either I was doing stuff, or they were doing stuff, and then 007 [First Light] was coming out. So they were super busy on that and all hands on deck. So it took a while, but we're here.
IGN: Did you have any say in how you were incorporated?
Jacksepticeye: Yeah, I mean they're super collaborative. They immediately were like, "What do you want to be? Do you want to be you? Do you want to be somebody else?" Which I immediately was like, "Someone else; I don't want to be just me. So make up a flanderized version of me or just all content creators in general within the current landscape." So it's more fun to do that because then I get to live in something else rather than just trying to be me. And there's nothing to talk about when it's me. It's like, “Oh, I sit in my room, and I play video games.”
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