IO Interactive has lastly revealed its upcoming James Bond recreation, which can formally be titled 007 First Mild, and extra info is coming later this week.
The sport’s title and art work have been revealed in a put up on X earlier right now, and though there’s not a lot to go on, it is good to know that IO remains to be engaged on the sport, given how lengthy it has been because the preliminary announcement.
First Mild shall be an origin story for Bond, detailing how he earned his 007 designation. In case you want a reminder, on the earth of Bond, the 007 classification grants whichever agent carries it a license to kill within the subject.
As revealed on the official 007 First Mild web site, the sport shall be a “wholly unique” story, so it will not be primarily based on any of Ian Fleming’s unique novels or tales, nor will or not it’s primarily based on any of the films.
We do not but know the place First Mild shall be set, nor do we all know a lot concerning the gameplay, though provided that it is IO Interactive on improvement duties, we will assume it’s going to at the least be somewhat much like the Hitman video games.
It has been fairly a while since 007 First Mild was first teased. We first bought wind of IO’s intent to make a James Bond recreation all the way in which again in late 2020, and with not a lot information coming between then and now, you’d have been forgiven for pondering the sport had been quietly canned.
That’s, till July 2023, when IO opened up a brand new studio within the UK. At that time, it was additionally confirmed that Challenge 007, because it was then recognized, was nonetheless in improvement, together with one thing often called Challenge Fantasy (which nonetheless hasn’t formally been revealed).
In addition to improvement, IO Interactive can also be shifting extra into publishing. In October final 12 months, it was revealed that the studio could be publishing MindsEye, the upcoming action-adventure recreation from ex-Rockstar head Leslie Benzies.
Extra information on 007 First Mild is coming later this week, so keep tuned for that as quickly as we get it.