Warning: spoilers for 007 First Light comply with. Proceed with warning.
It could not shock you to listen to that 007 First Light has its fair proportion of spycraft Easter eggs. From lethal devices seen in James Bond motion pictures to extra refined nods to the world of real-life espionage, IO Interactive has layered in treats for probably the most informal and nerdiest of followers alike. We’re not pretending to have discovered near all of them right here, however what we do have is 33 good little particulars from the world of Bond and past.
1. What higher place to start out than with 007 himself? James Bond’s facial scar is a element from Ian Fleming’s authentic novels that has been borrowed for Patrick Gibson’s in-game mannequin. Described as a three-inch line above the cheek in the books, it’s by no means formally defined how he got here to sport such a function. By the way, no on-screen Bond has borrowed this element earlier than, apart from Pierce Brosnan, who truly has an analogous scar above his mouth that he gained whereas filming Tomorrow By no means Dies.
2. The obvious Bond film Easter eggs in First Light come below the legacy collectibles banner. There are 9 to search out, and a few are properly hidden away, so we’ve solely found six thus far. The primary one you could find is throughout the Iceland prologue, the place James can choose up a golden key with an eye fixed form in it. This is among the keys from, you guessed it, GoldenEye, that are wanted in order to launch the satellite tv for pc weapon.
3. One other is a pair of sensible sneakers with a pointy dagger hidden in the only real of every. These are replicas of Soviet-turned SPECTRE agent Rosa Klebb’s signature weapon from 1963’s From Russia With Love.
4. From the identical period, a Trilby Hat will be discovered in the wearables space of Q later in the sport. The primary on-screen Bond, Sean Connery, typically sported this headwear over the course of his seven movies as 007.
5. In Vietnam, you’ll be able to take somewhat further time nosying round Ramon Hernandez’s villa at The Pearl resort and discover a deck of Tarot playing cards. All portraying the Lovers, this can be a reference to Reside and Let Die and Roger Moore’s encounter with tarot reader, Solitaire.
6. Should you pop into the Kensington gala cafe for a fast break, you can even seize a poster for a live performance that includes a Czechoslovakian cellist. This can be a nod to Kara Milvoy from The Residing Daylights.
7. Elsewhere in First Light, you could find a Blades Membership Badge. The Blades is a fictional gents’s membership from the novels that M is a member of, in addition to Hugo Drax, the villain of Moonraker.
8. Although not formally a legacy collectible, when wandering round Aleph’s black market, you could find a field containing prosthetic gold fingers, belonging to Lenny Kravitz’s Bawma. That is clearly a reference to Goldfinger, and its massive unhealthy, Auric Goldfinger.
9. One other sort of collectible is the enjoying playing cards discovered all through every degree. These are Swiss-German, and of the identical type James Bond performed along with his mom, Monique Delacroix, when he was a boy in the books.
10. Sticking with Bawma, he additionally owns a Jaguar Kind 00. There’s an extended lineage of Jaguar automobiles showing in Bond movies, however curiously, James has solely ever pushed them on one or two events. They virtually solely belong to villains.
11. You’re more likely to search out 007 behind the wheel of an Aston Martin, as occurs twice in First Light. The Yellow DBS used in the Slovakia mission is a shout-out to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and the Valhalla armed with machine weapons and missiles is from Daniel Craig’s last movie, No Time to Die.
12. The Transworld Consortium is a fictional enterprise from the Bond books used as a canopy for MI6. It first appeared in The Man with Golden Gun novel.
13. Equally, Common Exports was the central London cowl constructing for MI6 in the books till Blofeld discovered all about it, and so they needed to rebrand to Transworld. Common Exports remains to be used as the duvet enterprise in the films, although.
14. Inside MI6, you’ll meet M’s secretary, Ms Ponsonby. She’s from a few the books the place she’s truly Bond’s private secretary.
15. Another person you stumble upon at MI6 is Cressida Vivid. She’s seemingly named after Joan Vivid Astley (Penelope Vivid), who was an intelligence officer throughout WW2, in a relationship with Bond creator Ian Fleming, and reportedly impressed the character of Moneypenny.
16. Q Lab is buried deep beneath the workplaces of MI6, and right here you’ll discover many nods and easter eggs. The primary you’ll probably spot is a phone field. Though completely different in type, a cellphone field lure will be seen in GoldenEye, in which an airbag incapacitates whoever walks inside.
17. A observe on a whiteboard mentions a jetpack, in addition to a brief dialog being had by two technicians concerning the risks of a ‘60s one. This might properly be a nod to the Thunderball movie.
18. Keep somewhat longer, and so they’ll additionally point out a one-man submarine disguised as an alligator, which is from Octopussy.
19. And thirdly, the weird Bagpipe flamethrower from The World is Not Sufficient.
20. A particular reference to the films is the On Her Majesty’s Secret Service theme enjoying throughout the quarry truck chase. A second assured to ship a tingle down the backbone of any Bond fan.
21. A few different basic Bond moments embrace James sipping his first Martini on the boat after Isola makes him one.
22. And it wouldn’t be a Bond story with out 007 being positioned in a near-death lure. A basic in the laser between the legs state of affairs, which will be seen right here, in addition to most famously in Goldfinger.
23. It’s not simply the Bond motion pictures being referenced, although, however different spy and motion motion pictures. At one level, James bluffs his manner by way of by utilizing the identify Kittridge, a personality from the Mission Not possible sequence.
24. Through the Aleph Public sale, one of many bidders belongs to the Three Storms clan. Might this be associated to Huge Bother in Little China?
25. And on one go to to Q Lab, you’ll be able to overhear some chatter about an “adventurer archaeologist.” Steven Spielberg famously created Indiana Jones after desirous to make a James Bond film of his personal, however not getting the prospect to.
26. Additionally in the lab, some scientists proper on the again will be heard speaking about an exploding conch and cigar. These are each supposed Fidel Castro assassination makes an attempt, as they talk about their “cousins” on the CIA.
27. Extra real-life spycraft is alluded to in the type of a poison-tip umbrella being the reply in a recreation of hangman in Bond’s condominium. This can be a reference to the notorious “Bulgarian Umbrella” concerned in the assassination of author Georgi Markov throughout the Chilly Conflict.
28. Additionally from real-life, is social media Khaby Lame, full along with his well-known and well-memed expression at this luxurious Vietnam resort. We don’t know why he’s right here, both.
29. Equally, British drum & bass stars Chase & Standing will be seen and heard DJing at this small London membership. This one makes somewhat extra sense.
30. Sticking with music, when infiltrating Webb’s Antarctic facility, James can tickle the ivories of a grand piano. The tune he performs? The Finish of the World by Skeeter Davis. Acceptable for a person who loves nothing greater than saving Earth from the brink of catastrophe.
31. And it wouldn’t be an IO Interactive recreation with out a few little winks to the digital camera concerning the Danish developer’s different video games. A bottle of Chateau de 47 wine will be seen in the Carpathian Resort supervisor’s workplace in a nod to Hitman.
32. However that isn’t the one Agent 47 Easter egg, as a Rubber duck in a Bond tuxedo will be noticed at Webb Industries.
33. And at last, it’s not simply Hitman getting some love, however Kane and Lynch, too, as bins of Ok&L sneakers will be discovered stacked in Bond’s condominium.
That’s every thing we’ve noticed in 007 First Light, and there are little doubt many different little secrets and techniques and particulars littered round its expansive environments to hunt out. What did we miss? Tell us in the feedback under.
Simon Cardy is a Senior Editor at IGN who can primarily be discovered skulking round open world video games, indulging in Korean cinema, or despairing on the state of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Observe him on Bluesky at @cardy.bsky.social.