IO Interactive·Released May 27, 2026·Single player
Earn the Number. 007 First Light is a thrilling espionage action-adventure game from IO Interactive. Follow James Bond as a young, resourceful, and sometimes reckless recruit in MI6's training programme, and discover an origin story of the world’s most famous spy.
007 First Light is built on the bones of IO Interactive’s Hitman, and makes no effort to hide that fact. But it’s far from just Agent 47 in a wig and doing his best posh English boarding school accent. The section that properly convinced me of this, ironically, is…
The game's Bond, James Bond. James Bond is undoubtedly one of the most famous names in all of fiction, which is a pretty funny thing to be able to say for a secret agent. With a multitude of books, movies, games, magazines, and countless items of merchandise, the character, and…
IO's take on the Bond-iverse shines, but not enough to compensate for the very familiar game around it.
Confident and charismatic, James Bond's long-awaited return to games is the best since GoldenEye.
007 First Light review: "Bond's greatest game to date, this is a well-oiled spy thriller machine"
IO Interactive's James Bond origin story mostly excels as a playable movie but struggles under the weight of some grander ambitions
The magic of 007 First Light is in the bluff. When IO Interactive 's young James Bond is caught out yet again trying to sneak through some restricted area, he has numerous ways to resolve the situation. Gadgets. Fists. Guns. Whatever's lying on the nearest surface. But the most…
When IO Interactive was first announced as developing a James Bond game, people connected the obvious dots: James Bond inspired Hitman, the series IO is best known for, so the studio seemed like a great fit to take on a proper 007 game. But it’s where those two experiences would…
