🗓 Announcement & Release Window
Officially revealed as 007 First Light during Sony’s State of Play on June 4, 2025, after being known internally as Project 007
🕵️♂️ Concept & Story
An original origin story—not tied to any James Bond films—centering on a 26‑year‑old Bond, fresh from service in the Royal Navy and recruited after a heroic act in Iceland
.
Bond is tracking down a rogue 009 agent, with locations spanning Slovakia, Vietnam, and tropical locales packed with cinematic flair—including tense moments like being tied up in crocodile pits
.
Classic MI6 figures—M, Q, and Miss Moneypenny—appear, alongside a brand-new mentor, John Greenway
.
🛠 Gameplay & Design
Plays as a third-person action-stealth title blending IO Interactive’s Hitman expertise with Bond’s cinematic style
.
Expect a versatile mix of:
Cover-based gunplay
Hand-to-hand combat
Espionage gadgets (laser watches, tranquilizer darts, bike jets)
Vehicle sequences (cars, boats)
Detective vision modes
.
Missions will likely include campaign playthrough plus replayable levels with modifiers, akin to Hitman “escalations”
.
🎙 Character & Tone
Bond portrayed as young, impetuous, and learning on the job—described as a “bullet without a target” who can be both stealthy and direct
pcgamer.com
.
A stylistic change from cinematic Bond; some critics liken his presentation to characters like Nathan Drake or Tom Holland—raising mixed feelings
pcgamer.com
.
🎙 Voice Actor Buzz
Patrick Gibson (known from Dexter: Original Sin) is the voice of Bond in-game, fueling fan speculation about a future cinematic role
thescottishsun.co.uk
.
🏆 Developer & Long-Term Plans
Created by IO Interactive, the studio behind the Hitman series, using their Glacier Engine and stealth-action resources .
Studio leadership has confirmed ambition for a multi-game Bond trilogy, starting with this origin story, and may draw on Hitman’s live-service structure