Mobile players will soon be able to dive into a new Hitman adventure, as Square Enix Montreal announced Hitman Sniper: The Shadows for iOS/Android devices during the E3 2021 Square Enix Presents livestream. The game is slated for release later this year.

The Shadows follows 2015's Hitman Sniper, utilizing its unique environment-based sniper gameplay. The brief trailer shows off a few instances of the assassin using the world as a distraction, dropping a chandelier with a bullet just before pulling the trigger on his victim. The trailer also shows the five unique assassin players will choose from in the game while mentioning that the series' iconic hero Agent 47 has gone missing, marking the first time in Hitman's history that a game will not feature him.

With Hitman Sniper: The Shadows the team looks to expand Hitman even further, this time including the story of this universe along with its gameplay. Agent 47 is gone, and "Initiative 426" has been activated. GameSpot recently spoke with two key members of the game's development team, lead game designer Fahad Khan and senior producer Simon Doongoor, about why this new Hitman Sniper "takes the franchise to a new level."