It’s been over a decade since James Bond final starred in a full online game, with the latest launch being 2012’s extensively maligned 007 Legends, itself each a fiftieth anniversary celebration of the movie collection and a tie-in to that yr’s Skyfall. Fortuitously, Danish online game writer IO Interactive has been exhausting at work on a brand new Bond recreation for years, initially introduced in 2020 beneath the working title Challenge 007 earlier than it was formally unveiled as 007 First Mild in June 2025. After sharing a trailer as a part of Sony’s PlayStation State of Play, IOI held a particular showcase occasion in affiliation with Summer season Sport Fest 2025, which included a panel with the sport’s builders.
The trailer and builders affirm that this Bond recreation isn’t based mostly on any present film or novel by creator Ian Fleming, however is moderately offering the franchise with a contemporary and fashionable origin story for the British super-spy. As such, it is a youthful Bond nonetheless in his 20s, contemporary out of serving within the British Royal Navy, with a repute for getting the job performed as a lot as he does defying his superior officers. Matching Fleming’s literary description of the character, this Bond is tall, dark-haired, and with a visual scar down the best facet of his face.
IOI CEO and co-owner Hakan Abrak described 007 First Mild as “just the start of our journey with 007,” hinting that the upcoming recreation is the inaugural installment in a line of titles starring the key agent. Along with the trailer and panel dialogue highlighting a Bond not based mostly on the likeness of any pre-existing depiction, First Mild additionally options its personal unique takes on franchise mainstays together with M, Q, and Moneypenny, as nicely a brand new character, John Greenway, performed by British actor Lennie James from The Strolling Useless and Blade Runner 2049. The trailer alludes to Greenway taking up a mentorship and handler function for the fledgling 007, not solely working straight with M on Bond’s MI6 improvement, however actively working within the discipline alongside the younger operative.
Although 007 First Mild is developed with IOI’s proprietary Glacier Engine, which it beforehand used with its Hitman video games, the developer is cautious to tell apart the gameplay from these gamers are conversant in starring Hitman’s Agent 47. Bond can take a multifaceted method in resolving missions in First Mild however, at the very least judging by the footage seen thus far, there’s a better emphasis on motion than with the extra stealth-oriented Hitman. Throughout the IOI Showcase panel, franchise director Jonathan Lacaille identified that the sport was not meant to really feel like a Hitman recreation that merely featured a protagonist swap for James Bond, however moderately its personal distinctive gameplay expertise and tackle the enduring franchise.