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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The rumored Xbox cuts are underway, with at least five first-party studios potentially closing: Double Fine, Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory, Undead Labs, and Arkane Lyon. But Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is also trimming Xbox's funding for third-party studios: today, they officially pulled out of funding Project Fantasy, IO Interactive's fantasy online action RPG announced in early 2023 and still largely under wraps, given that the Danish developer was busy making 007 First Light. IO Interactive revealed the news in a tweet, confirming that Xbox's decision inevitably forces the studio to lay off staff. However, they also made it clear that […]

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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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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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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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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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IO Interactive's James Bond licensed game, 007 First Light, is now just three weeks away from its debut. As we got closer to the launch, the developers started revealing new details; now, YouTuber JorRaptor has reported that Gameplay Director Andreas Krogh confirmed the game's average length is around 20 hours. That's without counting the Tactical Simulator mode (inspired by HITMAN's escalations), which will repurpose main story locations with added difficulty, restrictions, and online leaderboards, with new missions added post-launch. Notably, all cosmetic outfits (including pre-order and special edition ones) are restricted to the Tactical Simulator and cannot be worn in the main campaign, where Bond's wardrobe […]

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There's a new media blowout for 007 First Light ahead of the game's launch, which is planned in less than a month on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S|X, and Nintendo Switch 2. IO Interactive's Global Brand Manager, Laurine Deschamps, was interviewed by Inven Global and revealed how combat and stealth in this licensed James Bond game differ greatly from the studio's HITMAN franchise: combat is not a failure, and returning to stealth is possible even after entering combat. We wanted to give players various opportunities to achieve their goals. That's why we designed stealth and combat to flow naturally […]

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IO Interactive's upcoming James Bond action-adventure, 007 First Light, is weeks away from its arrival on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S (its Nintendo Switch 2 version was delayed). But you can already go see how the game ends if you want to find it, as a new report from VGC reveals that what appears to be the last hour of the game's story, along with significant spoilers for other unreleased games, have leaked online thanks to the Indonesian Games Ratings System (IGRS). Gameplay footage sent to the IGRS by IO Interactive, so the IGRS could give 007 First Light […]

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IO Interactive has long proven itself as a maker of excellent stealth sandbox games through its Hitman series, so the idea that the studio would make a game based on one of the most famous spies in the history of fiction felt like a better combination than peanut butter and chocolate. Thankfully, that's more than just an idea, and we got out peanut butter and chocolate combination when IO Interactive revealed its James Bond game, 007 First Light. You can learn everything you need to know about the game in this roundup. Release Date, Platforms, Pricing First revealed back in […]

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There's good news and bad news for those eagerly anticipating 007 First Light, the James Bond origin story from Hitman developer IO Interactive. If you own a PS5 and were looking forward to playing First Light next month, then you're in luck because you get the good news. If you were looking to play it on Nintendo Switch 2, then unfortunately, you get the bad news. Bad news first: the Nintendo Switch 2 version of 007 First Light has been delayed, and won't arrive until "later this summer." IO Interactive made the announcement in a quick post on the game's […]

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