IO Interactive has now released a major PC visual update for 007 First Light, adding full path tracing and NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction to the excellent James Bond origin story. As you may remember, the game was supposed to include these features when it launched back in May, but they were delayed until now, presumably for optimization reasons. The update is available alongside the game's existing DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation support, giving GeForce RTX owners a significantly more demanding but visually superior way to experience the action/adventure game. The headline feature is the introduction […]

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Today, IO Interactive and Amazon MGM Studios proudly announced that 007 First Light has surpassed 4 million units sold in its first three months on the market, which makes the action/adventure game one of 2026's fastest-selling premium titles. The press release highlights that the milestone proves the global excitement for 007 First Light. The game's remarkable success, both critically and commercially (especially with the upcoming launch on Nintendo Switch 2 still on the way later this year), highlights the franchise's lasting charm and the favorable response to the studio's ambitious goal of delivering a premium, original Bond experience to audiences […]

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IO Interactive's 007 First Light was a resounding success, especially when it comes to the reception of critics and fans, and yet Jeff Gattis, the new general manager for Amazon Luna and Amazon Game Studios, had previously floated the idea that Amazon, as the holder of rights to James Bond's IP, could take the sequel away from the Danish developer. That did not sit well with the millions of players who enjoyed the action/adventure game. A few days later, Gattis clarified that nothing had been decided yet, and now, in a new interview with GamesIndustry, he has opened the door […]

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Last week, IO Interactive announced that it was forced to cut some of its staff after Xbox abandoned funding for the Project Fantasy IP, first revealed over three years ago. Today, the developer has confirmed that it regained complete control of the intellectual property and the project, which it still wants to fund out of its own pockets. However, the downside is that the Istanbul studio, which opened in March 2023, will have to shutter. Following the end of our external finance partnership on Project Fantasy, IOI has regained full ownership of the project and our IP. We will continue to develop and […]

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007 First Light is a very interesting PC release to analyze. On the one hand, IO Interactive’s latest game can look quite good in the right scenes, especially thanks to its strong lighting, high-quality character rendering, solid animation work, and cinematic presentation. On the other hand, it is also a rather frustrating PC port in several important ways, as most of its graphics settings barely scale, some of its temporal reconstruction options behave strangely, and the game can suffer from truly massive performance drops during large explosions. This guide should hopefully help you strike the best balance between visuals and […]

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In the middle of making 007 First Light, developer IO Interactive suddenly found itself working with a different partner than the ones it had successfully pitched its James Bond game to. At the time, Amazon taking over the James Bond IP didn't mean much, as 007 First Light would still get made without issue or interference from the company. Now that the game is out, however, the question of a sequel has been muddier than expected, and Amazon Games general manager Jeff Gattis is trying to clear the air. Part of the concern and questions around a sequel are a […]

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BioWare veteran Mark Darrah, who we recently saw put out a defence of Anthem, has also potentially found a solution for the issue of video game budgets reaching unsustainable levels that isn't just 'hope you have a hit live service game to keep paying everyone.' It's a solution taken from the film industry, which basically points to something game creators like Hideo Kojima were already doing, and argues that more creators should take note. Spotted by Eurogamer, Darrah believes that game publishers and developers can help get their games made through product placement, just like the kind we saw in […]

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IO Interactive's first non-Hitman game in years is a smash success, as 007 First Light has officially sold 1.5 million copies in its first 24hrs after launch, the studio announced in a post on X (formerly Twitter) today, one day after its full release and two days after its early access release for deluxe edition owners. The last time IO Interactive developed and shipped a game that wasn't centered around Agent 47 was the last release in its long-dormant Kane & Lynch series, which saw its last release hit store shelves all the way back in 2010. Ever since, the […]

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Colorful launches a limited edition RTX 5070 inspired by the 007 First Light following the game's official launch. Colorful Introduces iGame NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ultra OC 007 First Light Edition, Featuring Game-Inspired Design Just a day after the 007 First Light launched on Steam, popular hardware maker Colorful brought a new GPU inspired by the IO Interactive title. We usually see special editions inspired by new game launches, and this one is no different. Colorful says that it's a Limited Edition NVIDIA card, featuring visuals inspired by the new James Bond game, and has shared some details on it. […]

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Another week means another batch of games arriving with support for NVIDIA's DLSS 4.5 with Multi-Frame Generation upscaling technology, and this week features several major new releases as well as an older title finally adding support for the upscaler two years after its release. The biggest release of the week is undoubtedly 007 First Light, with developer IO Interactive's take on James Bond now available for players who went for the Deluxe Edition of the game to start playing 24hrs ahead of its May 27, 2026 release. Wccftech's review of the game from Alessio Palumbo also went live today, where […]

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The interface lived for nearly two decades and served us well, but now it's time to switch to the latest NVIDIA App. NVIDIA Announces the Official Retirement of Control Panel, One of the Most Popular Tools for NVIDIA GPU-Based Systems The popular NVIDIA GPU tool, NVIDIA Control Panel, launched in February 2026. It has been just over two decades since the tool went live and has remained the most used utility on NVIDIA GPU-based systems. From offering simple settings to change refresh rate, resolution, and multiple-display setups to manage 3D settings, the Control Panel remained one of the easiest to […]

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It's been nearly 14 years since the last James Bond game, 007 Legends, was released by Eurocom and turned out to be a spectacular failure that also ended the British studio. Gaming fans of the most renowned fictional spy in the world had to wait two entire console generations before IO Interactive came with its 007 First Light. The long wait, however, has more than paid off. Whereas 007 Legends was a mediocre Call of Duty clone featuring a disjointed medley of levels inspired by films like Die Another Day, Goldfinger, Licence to Kill, Moonraker, and On Her Majesty's Secret […]

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007 First Light launches this week on PC and consoles, but if you were hoping to pre-load the game ahead of release so as to experience James Bond's new story as soon as it becomes available, and you are not getting the game on PlayStation 5, you will be disappointed to know you won't be able to do so. "I unfortunately have to confirm that 007 First Light will not have a pre-load on Steam or Xbox," IO Interactive representative Arti_IOI wrote on the game's official subreddit. "The earliest point to download the game on Steam and Xbox will be […]

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IO Interactive revealed on the official PlayStation Blog that their soon-to-be-released James Bond origin story game 007 First Light will launch with the new PSSR 2.0 algorithm on PlayStation 5 Pro. On other console platforms, the studio is using AMD FSR 3.1.5, but PSSR 2.0 offers significant visual improvements on the PS5 Pro hardware. Henrik Schlichter, Technical Director at IO Interactive, said in a statement: Upgraded PSSR gave us a meaningful jump in image quality across the board — cleaner, more stable, and noticeably sharper on the kind of fine detail that’s hardest to get right. It’s a clear upgrade […]

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Team Green is giving away one of its most popular high-end RTX 50 series GPUs, coupled with the upcoming IO Interactive title. NVIDIA Hosts Giveaway for 007 First Light-Inspired Custom RTX 5080 Founders Edition Apart from bundling games with the GPUs, NVIDIA also organizes GPU giveaways occasionally. The company has therefore started a promotion for one of its high-end custom RTX 50 series GPUs on Twitter, allowing fans to enter the competition to win the GPU. The company announced that it's the first prize, which could mean more giveaways could be coming soon. The winner of this giveaway will win […]

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IO Interactive's long-awaited James Bond adventure, 007 First Light has officially gone gold, the developer announced today ahead of the game's release in two weeks. It's a milestone that we've been waiting a while for, after it was delayed from its initial March 2026 release date to its May 27, 2026, release date. Now we have an official marker that the game is ready ahead of its launch, with the rest of the remaining time left for IO to continue fixing as many bugs and tidying things up as much as possible before it's live for all players. 007 First […]

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NVIDIA's latest GeForce drivers are now available for players to download ahead of a couple of major releases within the week, including Forza Horizon 6, Directive 8020, and Subnautica 2 all arriving with support for DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution and DLSS with Multi-Frame Generation. Beginning with Directive 8020, which just released yesterday, Supermassive Games' latest horror adventure arrives with support for DLSS 4.5, as mentioned, and it also supports DLSS Ray Reconstruction and Path Tracing at launch. If you're curious about Directive 8020 but have yet to jump in yourself, you can check out Kai Tatsumoto's review for Wccftech, and […]

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This might be the first time NVIDIA is giving away a game with a 60-class card in the RTX 50 series. NVIDIA Bundles 007 First Light With GeForce RTX 50 Series; GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Also Included Along With Higher-End SKUs In around two weeks, the 007 First Light will be available on Steam, but users have the option to pre-order the game now. It's currently listed at $69, and being a popular triple-A title, the game is already attracting significant attention from gamers. This is why NVIDIA has collaborated with IO Interactive A/S to provide a free game code […]

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IO Interactive has updated the PC specs for 007 First Light once again ahead of the game's launch at the end of this month. Thankfully, the update doesn't return to the first iteration of the game's PC specs that would've had you go into debt just to afford the RAM required to run the game. Instead, it adds specifications for Enthusiast and Ultra settings, showing what you'll need to run the game at 1440p and 60 FPS or 4K at 60 FPS. Everything save for Ultra requirements has stayed at 16GB of RAM, with the recommended CPUs staying the same […]

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