It’s been over a decade since James Bond final starred in a full online game, with the latest launch being 2012’s extensively maligned 007 Legends, itself each a fiftieth anniversary celebration of the movie sequence and a tie-in to that yr’s Skyfall. Fortunately, Danish online game writer IO Interactive has been arduous at work on a brand new Bond sport for years, initially introduced in 2020 below the working title Project 007 earlier than it was formally unveiled as 007 First Light in June 2025. After sharing a trailer as a part of Sony’s PlayStation State of Play, IOI held a particular showcase occasion in affiliation with Summer Game Fest 2025, which included a panel with the sport’s builders.
The trailer and builders verify that this Bond sport isn’t primarily based on any current film or novel by creator Ian Fleming, however is quite offering the franchise with a recent and fashionable origin story for the British super-spy. As such, it is a youthful Bond nonetheless in his 20s, recent out of serving within the British Royal Navy, with a status for getting the job carried out as a lot as he does defying his superior officers. Matching Fleming’s literary description of the character, this Bond is tall, dark-haired, and with a visual scar down the best facet of his face.
IOI CEO and co-owner Hakan Abrak described 007 First Light as “just the beginning of our journey with 007,” hinting that the upcoming sport is the inaugural installment in a line of titles starring the key agent. In addition to the trailer and panel dialogue highlighting a Bond not primarily based on the likeness of any pre-existing depiction, First Light additionally options its personal authentic takes on franchise mainstays together with M, Q, and Moneypenny, as properly a brand new character, John Greenway, performed by British actor Lennie James from The Walking Dead and Blade Runner 2049. The trailer alludes to Greenway taking over a mentorship and handler position for the fledgling 007, not solely working immediately with M on Bond’s MI6 growth, however actively working within the area alongside the younger operative.
Though 007 First Light is developed with IOI’s proprietary Glacier Engine, which it beforehand used with its Hitman video games, the developer is cautious to tell apart the gameplay from these gamers are aware of starring Hitman’s Agent 47. Bond can take a multifaceted strategy in resolving missions in First Light however, not less than judging by the footage seen to date, there’s a better emphasis on motion than with the extra stealth-oriented Hitman. During the IOI Showcase panel, franchise director Jonathan Lacaille identified that the sport was not supposed to really feel like a Hitman sport that merely featured a protagonist swap for James Bond, however quite its personal distinctive gameplay expertise and tackle the long-lasting franchise.
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