In the Gamescom 2025 in Colonia (Germany), next to the journalists, the whore of the halls returns from the first images finally seen from 007 First light. At the moment, everything must remain silent and it is difficult not to be able to share it. It should be said that the formalization will have to wait, it was decreed that its revelation will be carried out during the PlayStation State of September 3 at night.
However, there is a secret that we must reveal when we talk about the next IO Interactive baby, is confident by Hakan Abrak, head of the studio, but above all a man behind the game. “More than 25 years have passed that we have played games HitmanWe believe the fantasy of the secret agent. We can say that we have worked involuntarily on this game (007 first light) For more than two decades, in one way or another, “said Tech & Co, head of the Scandinavian editor.
And it is true that the latter has some serious arguments to affirm, such as its ability to create several environments, to make its hero travel in exotic places (Agent 47 goes from Dubai to Paris, from Miami to Bangkok and dozens of other places throughout the planet). “It’s part of our strength and also made an acceptable developer for a franchise like James Bond,” he says. And this is probably what led the eye of the bull to Amazon MGM Studios, owner of the franchise.
“We wanted to put a piece of us in the franchise”
However, it is a heavy task to create an original story from zero to zero for such a popular hero. But in Io Interactive, we are very proud to have been chosen. He permeated to develop a game experience that was not “just a film game, with action scenes, fights and shots.” “We wanted to put a piece of us in the franchise and have our own interpretation,” adds the strong man of the study that worked for the first time in an external license. “We also stand out in the creation of spaces where Bond can walk, use its charm, its intelligence to frustrate the plans and be where it must be.”
007 First light Therefore, it returns on the genesis of James Bond’s myth. How a young man burned a little, casual and rebellious will become a high -flight secret agent. A period ultimately unprecedented in the adventures of the future member of my 6, British Intelligence. The images of the first game show the explosive cocktail that Io Interactive configured, completely occupying the codes of the hero created by Ian Fleming (humor, gadgets, waterfalls and explosions to Gogo, beautiful cars) while brings a homemade touch. “It is not yet a 00. It is a training story. He is a young man who introduces himself in this world of espionage. He is not naive, but he is ambitious and then meets the hard realities of espionage,” summarizes the game director.
Because the developer has a clear idea of what he wants to do with his 007 in process. “The key element of our experience is to see him become who is destined to be. How will he find his aspirations, his conception of the world, then he will be surprised, surprise, have to overcome everything and mature through him to find his way,” adds Hakan Abrak, who hopes that players will pass through all these emotions, can pouring a tear, but will come out with a blow experience.
And what Io Interactive wants above all is “to offer a complete, holistic experience and 360 ° Leap.” “This is part of our secret ingredient and our Pedigrí. Add that to action scenes and humor, and I hope the players say it is a true experience of James Bond,” he smiles, the Danish study manager.
Hitman the meticulous, James Bond the impetuous
The sequence of the game presented during the PlayStation game suggests great things. In a magnificent, great and worthy environment of a film, a world promised as “living and breathable”, 007 First light Take James Bond and his acolytes (we find Moneypenny Young, M, P …) in the Carpatos, in a luxury hotel where they must stop a mysterious employee, find 009, a double agent and succeed. We discover what will make the salt of this game with its missions of infiltration, rotation, environmental analysis and firing sequences “of plot” where James Bond can draw his “license to kill” in front of enemies who want their skin.
What to fear a paternity too big between James Bond and Agent 47? No, says Hakan Abrak. “Hitman It is a planner. He premedite, plans, observes. It is attentive to the smallest details, analyze the objectives, memorize everything, almost as if it were in the spectrum [autistique]. Then act perfectly, slowly, “summarizes.
For his part, James Bond, younger and younger, has a more instinctive and fast approach, according to him: “Bond enters the room, looks around. Appropriates the room, then quickly analyzes, not spending much time planning and reacts. Just take this fabric and enter as a server, for example,” he laughs at the CEO of the study. “It is much more proactive and much more impulsive.”
Meticulous planning of one, improvisation of the other, this is what differentiates the two secret agents. And this translates into the rhythm of the game. Very important approaches to the tempo and the sensation offered by the title. “This is one of the big differences,” he insists.
But a Hitman as in 007The players will not be disoriented and will find what makes IO an interactive renown, the talent for the solo narrative game. With the last Hitman World of murderThe Danish giant gave life to a solo game with a story to immerse himself, an experience to live “that gives the players.” Will we have to wait for such an constantly enriched universe for years? This should not be excluded when the pattern of the game and the study says that it wants to continue “demonstrates that solo experiences can be durable, expansive and evolve over time.” In any case, we cannot wait to see if a young James Bond more human can make a video game hero as good as a secret agent. Answer on March 27.
Source: BFM TV
