IO Interactive has announced the name of its upcoming James Bond game, and says we'll get out first look at it this week. The title is 007 First Light which certainly sounds like an origin story, and the studio [[link]] has previously made clear this is what to expect.
The announcement post also adds a tagline: "Earn The Number in 007 First Light, a new game by IO Interactive. Mission brief is headed your way soon." And it's accompanied by an image which shows the first silhouette of IO's new Bond, who's holding what looks like a Walther PPK and wearing what looks a bit like a bomber jacket: I may be wrong about the coat, but it's certainly not the dinner jacket some might expect.
Abrak says IO's Bond is "built from ground up for gamers. It's extremely exciting with all the tradition and all the history there is there … to work on this together with the family of creating a young Bond for gamers; a Bond that the gamers can call their own and grow with."
The "family" Abrak is referring to is the Broccolis, who produced all the Bond films and controlled the rights to the character until Amazon MGM bought the whole thing earlier this year. It seems doubtful this will have any impact on IO's project, though it does mean this game could well be considered the final Broccoli-approved take on Bond.
The announcement says we'll see the game this week: that almost certainly means a big reveal at this Friday's Summer Game Fest. I'm hoping not to be shaken, but stirred.
