James Bond video game 007 First Light announced at PlayStation event, what to expect
The IO Interactive has revealed its first new James Bond video game 007 First Light. The game will explore Bond's early days with MI6. It is expected in 2026 and will be available on PS5, Xbox, PC, and Switch 2. The IO Interactive also revealed that it began working on this project in 2020.
The James Bond game 007 First Light will explore his early days with MI6. It is expected in 2026 and will be available on PS5, Xbox, PC, and Switch 2.
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Video game company the IO Interactive has officially announced 007 First Light , its upcoming third-person action-adventure game, at Sony's State of Play online event on Wednesday. It revolves around a standalone re-imagining of James Bond 's origin.The official release date of the game has not been announced but it is expected to come out in 2026, according to PlayStation Blog.The James Bond video game was announced at the PlayStation event. In the debut trailer, it was confirmed that the game will also be released on Xbox, PC, and the Switch 2 in addition to the PS5, according to The Verge. The game is expected to follow a much younger version of Bond.The IO Interactive, developers of the Hitman video game franchise, also revealed that it began working on this project in 2020.The cinematic trailer for the game revealed a fresh-faced James Bond at the start of his career as an agent, IGN reported. He joins MI6 and meets new versions of classic characters M, Q and Moneypenny.The trailer also showed the involvement of The Walking Dead's Lennie James. He will portray the role of Bond's mentor John Greenway.According to PlayStation Blog, in 007 First Light, Bond is shown as a 26-year-old and he isn't the fully fledged 007 but a man with sharp instincts who is still learning when to fight, when to bluff, and when to disappear into the shadows.The game will be released on PlayStation 5 in 2026. It will be enhanced for PlayStation 5 Pro, using PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) and having optimized performance. The game will be playable at 60 FPS in Quality Mode.
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