{"id":528760,"date":"2026-06-10T21:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/528760\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:54:20","slug":"007-first-light-updates-bond-sequel-developer-io-on-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/528760\/","title":{"rendered":"007 First Light Updates, Bond Sequel: Developer IO on Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWhile the overall future of the James Bond video game franchise is up in the air, the next 12 months have been laid out for the IO Interactive<\/a>-published \u201c007 First Light<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWith more than 2.7 million copies sold in the first week after its May 27 launch, the popularity of \u201c007 First Light\u201d \u2014 and a tease at the end of the game \u2014 led to widespread online conversations about the potential for future Bond games. However, comments from James Bond rights holder Amazon<\/a> MGM Studios called into question whether IO Interactive would be part of those possible projects.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re not speculating about that at all. We have a really good relationship with them, as they also said,\u201d IO Interactive CEO and co-owner Hakan Abrak told Variety last week during Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles. \u201cSo we\u2019re really happy about that relationship. And right now it\u2019s 200% on \u2018First Light,\u2019 because for us, the start is only the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAmazon GM of gaming Jeff Gattis said in an interview with Polygon<\/a> June 3 that future Bond video games will be \u201cdone by MGM and, theoretically, by Amazon Game Studios,\u201d the owners of the James Bond IP. That\u2019s because the latest Bond game was put into development at IO Interactive before Amazon acquired the \u201cfull rights to this\u00a0\u2018First Light\u2019\u00a0James Bond game,\u201d Gattis said.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn a followup statement, an Amazon spokesperson said: \u201cAmazon MGM holds the rights to any future James Bond video games but it\u2019s still too early to discuss future projects. We have a great relationship with IO Interactive and are proud of what we\u2019ve accomplished together on\u00a0\u2018007 First Light.\u2019 Our partners at IO will reveal more about\u00a0\u2018007 First Light\u2019\u00a0in the near future and we\u2019re looking forward to sharing what\u2019s next.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThose plans were unveiled June 5 with the year-one content roadmap for \u201c007 First Light,\u201d including a post-launch support plan featuring new story missions, including one with Lenny Kravitz\u2019s character Bawma, exotic locations and regular Tactical Simulation updates.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cRight now, we want to improve loading times, we want to drop these updates and content, so people feel also with the Tactical Simulation and the missions, that this is a living, breathing world that we\u2019ve created that just keeps on expanding,\u201d Abrak said. \u201cIt\u2019ll be many, many, many, many more hours added to \u2018First Light,\u2019 and hopefully something that will grow with the community as we go along. So that\u2019s 100% our focus right now, but I feel like we created something great and we\u2019ll see what the future brings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSee below for more from Variety\u2018s interview with Abrak about the future of \u201c007 First Light\u201d below.<\/p>\n

\t\tThere were many loose ends at the conclusion of \u201c007 First Light\u201d and the tease that \u201cJames Bond will return\u201d \u2014 does that mean a sequel is in the works?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst of all, we are focusing on \u201cFirst Light\u2019 right now. So sequels and whatnot, theories about that, that\u2019s like far away for us right now. We\u2019re just focusing on \u201cFirst Light,\u201d and if anyone knows anything about us and the concept of single-player as a service that we kind of introduced with \u201cHitman,\u201d you can expect some great content coming in \u201cFirst Light.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s always nice to end with a cliffhanger like that after hopefully a page turner for people playing this game that promises more content to come. We have the concept of Tactical Simulation where you can get all these different modes and challenges. You can take the Aston Martin Valhalla for a first spin outside to get some wind under your wings. There\u2019s stuff like that but also more advanced challenges and missions and gadgets and upgrades. We\u2019ll keep on supporting all that and that part is free. People know all the added value that we put in from \u201cHitman,\u201d and we\u2019ll continue the same style and build a community like that. Then there will be new missions as well, where it\u2019s not just the Tactical Simulation, it\u2019s actually where Bond he puts on the suit again. And this time he\u2019s double 0. He\u2019s a fully fledged double 0, and he\u2019ll go on custom missions.<\/p>\n

\t\tOne new update will include the return of Bawma. What can you say about that? Does it involve his missing sister?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tSome people when we announced him, they were like, \u201cOh, he\u2019s a villain.\u201d He\u2019s kind of a villain, but he\u2019s kind of also not. It\u2019s this complex person. And we didn\u2019t want to kill off all the baddies, and he\u2019s not a through-and-through baddie. He has this thing against the ecosystem that he lives in, and what he has to do to survive. So Bawma is coming back. It\u2019s gonna be very exciting to revisit some of these characters in different settings. And you\u2019re bang on there, there\u2019s probably something with the sister. So that\u2019s the mission, and we have plans for other proper missions as well, down the line.<\/p>\n

\t\tGemma Chan\u2019s character, Selina Tan, wasn\u2019t in the game as much as I thought she would be. Is there more planned with her?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tI think a lot of people appreciated and really like the Tactical Simulation. There\u2019s really a lot of replayability in there. But there\u2019s also people like, \u201cOh, but \u2018Hitman\u2019 had all these things.\u201d But \u201cHitman\u201d started at a different place as well, and evolved and expanded from there. So, Gemma Chan is certainly a franchise character there in \u201cFirst Light,\u201d and somebody who\u2019s gonna be with you and evolve with you throughout Tactical Simulation. So, yes, you will see more of her, and she will be presenting some of the new stuff in Tactical Simulation, and maybe down the line she\u2019ll be part of these missions as well.<\/p>\n

\t\tVery few complaints here \u2014 but the loading screens were killing me and I know I\u2019m not the only one. Are you working on that?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWe are always optimizing. We\u2019ve already patched the game several times and just keep on improving it. Loading times, next to other things, will be improved. Rest assured, there\u2019s a very good team working on optimizing these things. I don\u2019t like loading screens myself, so it\u2019s completely fair.<\/p>\n

\t\tBy the end of the game, we know very little about Isola \u2014 except that she does choose to save Bond rather than leave him to die. Is she being set up to be a franchise-long \u201cvillain\u201d?\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThat moment when we were doing that cinematic getting close to her with the camera to try to translate that contemplation she has. She obviously has got some emotional connection built with Bond, and she\u2019s obviously a much more well-versed spy than Bond is. She\u2019s ahead of him in many ways. But despite that, maybe it\u2019s not bond only with a heart. And even though maybe it\u2019s hidden a bit more behind, maybe there\u2019s something there for her. And as you go along, we might explore that more in the future. <\/p>\n

\n\tWith a Bond story, the way we\u2019ve approached that is you start with the villain because the villain is pivotal and important for every Bond story. And we wanted the first reveal trailer with 009, and the car chase, and whatnot, we wanted people just to focus on that red herring and save our bit more complex villains. Also villains like [Nicholas] Webb with this flawed logic. They think they are doing the right thing, but it\u2019s a flawed logic to most of us. I think those are the things make up the most interesting ones.<\/p>\n

\n\tIsola\u2019s backstory, that\u2019s one of those things that you could expect we would pursue and explore more. I think we left it in a great place. The thing Bond has been looking for is gone and now he\u2019s got his title and maybe the work really starts now.<\/p>\n

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