Earlier this month, Hitman developer IO Interactive formally unveiled 007 First Light, the primary James Bond recreation for consoles since 007 Legends in 2012. The primary trailer for the sport revealed a brand new origin story for Bond and the motion that goes with it. Nonetheless, IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak not too long ago pressured that 007 First Light goes to be about extra than simply James Bond taking pictures his approach out of bother.
“We do not wish to make a recreation the place it is solely about taking pictures and working,” Abrak advised IGN. “It is also about delivering that fantasy for a Bond the place he can traverse in social areas and converse to folks and determine in inventive methods how you can clear up the obstacles in entrance of him. So there’s rather a lot that we all know from from Hitman: World of Assassination that we introduced into that, however James Bond is a really completely different expertise than Hitman.”
Abrak went on to elucidate that IO’s recreation engine was modified to permit the workforce to create the “spectacular motion set items” that James Bond is understood for. That features hand-to-hand fight in addition to driving sequences, that are a staple of just about of each Bond movie and online game.
Whereas this model of Bond is not based mostly on any of the actors from the flicks, Abrak prompt that the character nonetheless has his roots in Ian Fleming’s unique character, together with the scar on his face. The sport will chronicle Bond’s highway to changing into a double-0 agent, which was solely briefly touched upon within the 2006 adaptation of On line casino Royale.
Astute followers efficiently recognized Dexter: Unique Sin star Patrick Gibson as IO’s James Bond even earlier than the corporate confirmed his casting. 007 First Light will not arrive on PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X|S, Change 2, and PC till 2026. Within the meantime, IO is bringing in On line casino Royale’s Mads Mikkelsen to reprise his position as Le Chiffre for an Elusive Goal mission in Hitman: World of Assassination. That mission is accessible now.