By Justin Carter Published September 4, 2025 Comments (2) 𝕏 Copied! IO Interactive Just yesterday, IO Interactive revealed its first gameplay from its James Bond game, 007 First Light. While its set in its own continuity, itll still have some ties to the films and booksin fact, those ties are how IO got the reins of Bond in the first place.
Press like IGN got to visit the studio prior to the recent unveiling, and it was there game director Hakan Abrak revealed part of IOs pitch for the game was sculpting Daniel Craigs face onto Agent 47, the star of its stealth-action franchise Hitman. This Craig sculpt was just for demo purposes, said Abrak, to give an impression of what these living, breathing spaces mean in an IO game.
The demo was set in the 2016 Hitmans Sapienza level, a fictional Italian town with a compound in the caverns with the levels villain working on a virus. Among the Hitman reboot trilogy, its also a fan favorite that lets players get into some Bond-like situations to complete their missions.
With that demo, Bonds license holders MGM and Eon saw our angle would be trying to deliver a 360 experience where you can explore the part of the Bond fantasy where he is in social spaces where he is using not only his fisticuffs, continued Abrak, but also his charms and bluff and figuring out different ways in those social spaces to overcome the obstacles or get what he wants. How would a charming Bond fare in a situation like this where he doesnt have to necessarily resort to violence? The 007 First Light reveal also featured multiple avenues for Bond to infiltrate places, from bluffing his way in to swiping credentials and regular sneaking.
*Reporting by Gizmodo.*
