With Summer time Recreation Fest coming on the finish of the week, the deluge of online game information that accompanies the annual occasion is about to start quickly. IO Interactive has kicked issues off with the information that Mission 007–the studio’s new journey starring well-known spy James Bond–will formally be generally known as 007: First Light, and the sport is about to be revealed later this week.
007: First Light is a “wholly authentic Bond origin story” in response to the sport’s official web site, that may let gamers “step into the footwear of the world’s favourite Secret Agent to earn their 00 standing.” No different new details about First Light was shared, together with which platforms it’s going to seem on–the solely recognized platform thus far is Nintendo Swap 2, after a quick teaser appeared in the course of the Swap 2 Direct in April.
Beforehand, IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak talked about that First Light shall be “the beginning of a brand new trilogy” targeted on James Bond, and that IO’s model of Bond is not going to be based mostly on some other model of the character. “What’s thrilling about that mission is that we truly received to do an authentic story,” Abrak mentioned, “so it is not a gamification of a film. It is utterly starting and turning into a narrative, hopefully for an enormous trilogy on the market sooner or later.”
007: First Light was one among many third-party video games confirmed for Nintendo Swap 2 in the course of the Swap 2 Direct, together with From Software program’s subsequent mission The Duskbloods, Ultimate Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Yakuza 0: Director’s Lower, and Road Fighter 6. First-party Nintendo titles introduced in the course of the occasion embody Donkey Kong Bananza, Mario Kart World, and Kirby Air Riders.
Summer time Recreation Fest Reside kicks off at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET on Friday, June 6. Whereas 007: First Light has not been confirmed for the present, a mysterious game called Ill has been teased for the present, in addition to an look by Kojima Productions head Hideo Kojima.