The latest PlayStation State of Play broadcast offered our first official glimpse of 007 First Light, the upcoming James Bond game from IO Interactive, the studio behind Hitman, scheduled for a 2026 launch.
A cinematic trailer introduced a young, new James Bond at the very start of his career as a secret agent.
The trailer also confirmed the participation of Lennie James from The Walking Dead, who will play a role in the game.
007 First Light's trailer reveals that this James Bond witnessed his parents' tragic death at just 11 years old, during a mountain climbing accident where they sacrificed themselves by cutting their ropes to save him. Bond then managed to descend the mountain alone.
IO Interactive's James Bond project was initially unveiled in 2020 under the codename Project 007, and few details have emerged since then. From the beginning, however, the developer stated it was crafting an original origin story for James Bond, completely independent from the events of any existing film.
More recently, IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak expressed his ambition for 007 First Light to kick off a new game trilogy, although the studio's popular Hitman series is currently on hold during development. We also learned in April that the game, in addition to PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, is planned for a Nintendo Switch 2 release.
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