James Bond online game blockbuster 007 First Light has bought 4 million copies in simply three months, developer IO Interactive has introduced.
The achievement comes amid uncertainty over the way forward for the James Bond online game franchise below Amazon, regardless of widespread popularity of First Light itself, constructed by Hitman maker IO.
However for now, no less than, there’s lots to have a good time — with 4 million copies in three months a powerful achievement, with the sport’s Nintendo Swap 2 launch nonetheless to return.
Immediately, IO additionally recommitted to updating First Light additional with an array of post-launch updates, together with a New Sport+ marketing campaign possibility, a contemporary mission starring pirate king Bawma (portrayed by Lenny Kravitz), plus addition Tac Sim challenges, weapons and cosmetics, in addition to a photograph mode.
What’s going to come subsequent for the First Light franchise stays unsure, nevertheless. Constructed as the primary a part of a possible Bond trilogy, any future sequel, if formally greenlit, will now have to be revealed by Amazon Video games.
IO revealed First Light itself, just like the way it dealt with Hitman 3, one thing which permits it to recoup a better share of the tasks and have full inventive management over the sport’s course and story. However this deal was signed when the Bond franchise was below the management of MGM and EON Productions.
It stays to be seen how the collection shall be handed with Amazon backing the venture, with the U.S. firm doubtlessly having an even bigger say in what it desires to see in the sport, together with synergy with its personal plans for a brand new James Bond film.
One factor stays sure, nevertheless: 007 First Light is excellent. IGN gave the sport a 9/10 in our 007 First Light overview, noting that it was “obsessive about bringing the Bond fantasy to life in a approach nobody has ever managed earlier than” and describing it as “the most effective Bond sport I’ve ever performed.”
Final month, IO was compelled to cut back work on its under-wraps fantasy RPG codenamed Venture Dragon, which had been partly funded by money from Xbox. However now — with Microsoft shedding hundreds of staff, offloading studios and scrapping numerous exterior partnerships — IO’s sport has additionally fallen sufferer to tightening purse strings.
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