The Season of Eminem VS Slim Shady (Winter Roadmap)

For the last 3 CelebET’s theres been a twitch drop related to the ET itself (Dragon Duck, Casino Coin, and the Purple Boxer Suit) so I think this might have something to do with Slim Shady target.


I hope the first fuse-based explosive isn’t locked behind a twitch drop…

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I thought we’d have seen a picture of the roadmap by now! :thinking:

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Nope, those come out the same day the patchnotes do these days.

Which is still very arbitrary and still annoying.

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More salient: the roadmaps come out the same day as their headline events become available.
Which is suited.


I expect it December 1st.

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I always preferred it when we got in a few days before, along with the patch notes, so we had chance to digest it all before the roadmap dropped :slightly_smiling_face:

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Strange, usually the twitch drops rewards are just equipment or outfit reskins, most of them purple, if the bomb ass is what you say, a fuse bomb, i think it will be a reskin of the one we could be gettting in the ET pack on the store.

No point in them waiting until then when they’ve already detailed it in text form. They’re just pointlessly edging us.

Hey everyone,
I wanted to share, that we will release the new roadmap at 15:00 CET on Monday December 1st.
Greetings Arti

Edit: It was in British Time so the correct time is 16:00 Central European Time. I’m sorry. :sweat_smile:

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That’s good news.
While I’d be happiest if they released the roadmap itself sooner,
knowing when the roadmap will be announced is the next best thing.

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Great to know! When will the patch drop?

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10am to 11am UTC is the usual patch release window.

Source: Previous patch notes.

We now know the name of the ET (The Reflection) and it’s Arcade (The Antithesis) the rewards for playing the ET are the Only Overalls and the reward for playing either of the arcade or the et is a chainsaw ducky also a look at the 2 new twitch drops plus some of the returning ones but not all of the returning ones are in the image so maybe a mistake or they forgot

The Eminem vs. Slim Shady Pack includes:
• The MC Fit
• The Prank Pistol
• Mr. Chainsaw Jr.
• Jar of Mom’s Spaghetti Sauce
• A set of four Freelancer Safehouse cosmetics items, inspired by the Elusive Target mission
• The Antithesis – a two-level Arcade contract featuring Eminem

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It’s fantastic that the roadmap is available for viewing the day before.
I can’t wait for tomorrow’s update.
I really hope you keep up this speed of information delivery going forward.

Additional note.
Come to think of it, I just realized that since they’ve already announced Elusive Target Galore, it seems like
“The Serial Killer” won’t be coming this year.
It’s a bit disappointing that you can’t get the “Suburban Suit with Driving Gloves” on Switch 2.

Further additional note.
Switch2 users will be able to play Elusive Targets released before “The Stowaway” in this Elusive Target Galore event, but the total number seems lower than expected.
Could it be that we won’t get a chance to play not only “The Serial Killer,” but also the initial releases “The Undying” and “The Drop”?

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Summary: no new notable bug fixes or improvements.

Roadmap stuff:


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Twitch drops

The Eminem vs. Slim Shady Pack includes:
• The MC Fit
• The Prank Pistol
• Mr. Chainsaw Jr.
• Jar of Mom’s Spaghetti Sauce
• A set of four Freelancer Safehouse cosmetics items, inspired by the Elusive Target mission
• The Antithesis – a two-level Arcade contract featuring Eminem
The Elusive Target mission will be available to play from December 1st to December 31st.

Et suit is the Slim Shady one, you also get a duck (or it can be obtained through the arcade and your ioi account)

Challenges:


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New tie fibre wire challenge

December 18th: new xmas challenge suit

ELUSIVE TARGETS

December 12th

The Food Critic

December 26th

The Sensation

December 31st

The Splitter

The Splitter is back! Movie legend and action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme takes center stage in our latest Celebrity Elusive Target mission.

Agent 47’s mission will be threefold: escorting an ICA board member within the facility, uncovering Max Valliant’s sinister agenda, and most importantly, taking down Max Valliant. He’s a ruthless and unforgiving assassin whose only weakness seems to be his self-confidence.

January 16th – Year 5 Elusive Target Galore 1-12

January 30th - Year 5 Elusive Target Galore 13-25

During the holiday season and the start of 2026, we will be making a whole bunch of returning Elusive Targets available for you to complete, giving you one more shot at completing as many contracts as you can.

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So they give a tie as a fiberwire and a really dynamite?How does 47 ignite it?:thinking:

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Thank you for releasing these patchnotes earlier than usual! It helps with the wait!

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They swapped the pin!
The litmus test was passed, they cared!

I think the brass Ducky pin will quickly grow on me. :yellow_duck: :providence_pin:
Yes, it’s a bit goofy, but I like the subdued texture, and it’s unique.
And unmistakably 47.
Good on IOI for making it theirs.
It makes me smile. It’s a surprise (complimentary).

Thank you @Combatglue @IOI_Artjoms @krainert :orange_heart:


The Tie fibe-wire looks very nice.
It’s just good “Hitman” aesthetic.

I wonder what the challenge suit will be.
But from the last six months, I now trust them on quality.

Even if goofy, it’s balanced by the other unlocks.
Which was my core issue the last few years, the lack of balance between the two, with exclusively goofy unlocks for a long time.
Because I actually like goofy unlocks!

It’s good to be back.


As for the pack items.

Mom’s Spaghetti is a Jar, I wonder if it’s going to be akin to the doubly-lethal Almond Dagger, an item that is both a non-lethal melee, and a emetic vial, or maybe it breaks on impact and creates a slipping hazard.
Curious on the Prank Pistol, could just be a reskin with some flavour in sound and effect, maybe it’s an empty pistol you can use to make noise, maybe it’s a bomb looking like a pistol to attract guards…

The mind wanders…

The dynamite drop looks to be on fuse.
I imagine it’s using the wristwatch mechanic, but explosive.

(the wristwatch is an almost forgotten for being in only two levels, one NZ, underrated item by the way)


Also, in january/february:

  • Twitch drop galore
  • ET galore

IMPORTANT: apparently the Purple Boxer outfit will be a drop during the galore. No need for subrscription this time.

Same with the Neon Duck.

So for anyone who did not get it then, by principles, means or otherwise.
Here it is.

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I noticed that the blogpost doesn’t mention anything about the DLC being time limited, in fact, it specifies only the ET will be time limited. @IOI_Artjoms can you confirm whether or not the DLC will be time limited or not? Because we have two conflicting sources with the xbox partners article saying it will and the blogpost impliying that it won’t.

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It seems like they really did forget about doing The Serial Killer - Year 5, which means that nobody has had a chance to unlock the Suburban Suit with Driving Gloves this year! Hopefully they remember to do it in Year 6!

Other than that, I’m super excited for the red tie fiber wire! And for finally having the Solstice Suit officially added! Now how about the Black Winter Suit and the three versions of the Aluminum Travel Briefcase having a chance to be unlocked? I’m also glad that they’re finally getting rid of the silliness surrounding The Neon Duck and its weird social media requirements, and that they’re finally doing the Purple Streak Boxer Suit as a normal Twitch Drop!

But I hope that in Year 6 there’s a plan to add many of the older Twitch Drop items permanently into the game via challenges or other unlock methods. Even though they are reactivating some of the drops this January, there’s a ton that aren’t listed as being reactivated: Remote Explosive Purple Duck, The Purple Streak Baseball Bat, The Purple Streak Coin, The IOI Showcase Duck, The Purple Streak Swimwear Suit, The Purple Streak Fiber Wire, Star Apple, The Purple Streak Crowbar, and The Dragon Duck

It’s already quite cluttered with 17 total Twitch Drop-related items (counting the two in this season), and it’ll only get more messy if they continue to keep all of these as potential drops while also adding 2-3 new drops each roadmap in Year 6!

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I suggested as much for a challenge before so I suspect you may be right..

I also suggested the tie fibre wire before too!

Not trying to say that’s where these ideas came from (they’re items that existed before as cut content in Absolution).
Just glad to see some, imo, slightly more interesting items like these added.

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