Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Hakan Abrak

IO Interactive says 007 First Light was 'always' supposed to be an origin story — 'We wanted to take that risk and introduce a fresh Bond for the gamers'

IO Interactive has confirmed that 007 First Light was always intended to be a young James Bond story, and it collaborated frequently with Amazon MGM Studios.

TechRadar

007 First Light speeds ahead of studio expectations with 3 million copies sold in 10 days

Absolutely deserved.

Destructoid

'007 First Light' Director Teases a Possible Sequel Despite the Game Not Releasing Yet

IO Interactive's 007 First Light may be getting a possible sequel, as teased by the game's actual director.

Player One

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

"Why not?": Hitman studio IO Interactive is open to a 007 First Light sequel if people like the James Bond game enough

Shaken, not stirred, of course

GamesRadar

007: First Light devs were in a "really, really bad spot" with only "3 months to survive" before Hitman saved them

"I think Hitman, as a franchise, and our fan base and community, has never been in a better place than we are today"

GamesRadar

James Bond Game 007 First Light Delayed — New Date Set For May 2026

IO Interactive has delayed James Bond origin game 007 First Light to May 2026, with CEO Hakan Abrak calling it the studio's most ambitious project yet.

International Business Times UK

IO Interactive says that, once Bond is out of the way, hell yeah we're getting back to the good stuff: 'Of course there's going to be a next Hitman'

"Hitman has been our flagship game, our long love for all the time IO Interactive has existed."

PC Gamer

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Hitman and 007 First Light studio admits there were "many, many mistakes" made with Agent 47, but that Telltale veterans' new game is teaching them some lessons

IO Interactive is paying attention to AdHoc Studios

GamesRadar

007 First Light CEO is glad GTA 6 got delayed since now "spring looks really good," but thinks Rockstar could help "the industry as a whole" once it finally ships its masterpiece

Hakan Abrak thinks the release will encourage people to return to gaming as a hobby

GamesRadar

007 First Light might have its own James Bond, but the Hitman studio is borrowing from "the Daniel Craig era" in one major way: his physicality

But it isn't a "one-to-one" comparison for IOI, either

GamesRadar

007 First Light studio "didn't want to create this superman from day one" with its fresh-faced James Bond: "It's not very relatable"

"It is pretty insane [how] Dr. No starts"

GamesRadar

James Bond game 007: First Light "would not have happened" unless it was an origin story: "We weren't interested in pushing pixels on how good we could make Pierce Brosnan look"

"Everyone knows how Bond takes his drink, how he dresses, what he drives. That stuff gets shallow very quickly"

GamesRadar

MindsEye's messy launch shenanigans has IO Interactive hesitant to play publisher for more games in the future: 'That remains to be seen'

IOI Partners might be a one-and-done situation.

PC Gamer

"We actually did put Daniel Craig in there": Hitman developers secured the 007 First Light license by modelling James Bond's face onto Agent 47's body

IOI wanted to show the game's "not necessarily about only shooting and cut scenes"

GamesRadar

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

International Business Times

First Bond Game In A Decade Seeks Licence To Thrill

Developing the first James Bond video game in over a decade has felt like returning "back home" for IO Interactive, the Danish studio known for its own globe-trotting agent fantasy series "Hitman".

PC Gamer

007 First Light is the first time IO Interactive has taken on an outside project, but CEO Hakan Abrak isn't worried: 'We're able to stand on the shoulders of ourselves'

IO Interactive made new animation, combat, and music systems just for First Light.

PC Gamer

IO Interactive stuck with a young Bond for 007 First Light because it wanted to make 'something for the gamers'

"I certainly hope a few people will be surprised."

GamesRadar

"Everyone knows GoldenEye, it's a legendary game": 007 First Light boss says his goal is to make an all-timer James Bond game, even if the result is "very different" to Hitman

Gamescom 2025 | IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak explains how the studio tackled James Bond's origin story

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

PC Gamer

007 First Light's opening mission was enough to convince me that I have to play this game, if only for IO's newer, younger Bond

I wish I could pick up a shotgun like that.

PC Gamer

IO Interactive CEO estimates that Hitman 3 only cost a fifth of Hitman 2016's budget because the studio was brave enough to stop making new bathrooms for every game: 'I swore never to do more new toilets'

How close is anyone really looking at the bathroom fixtures anyway?

GamesRadar

007 First Light could feature live-service missions in the vein of Hitman, as IO Interactive teases "you could expect that we'll be applying some of our learnings from World of Assassination to Bond"

Maybe costume DLC to make him become Robbie Williams instead of just looking like him

Player One

'007 First Light' Developer Teases Game's Upcoming Bond Villain, But Will It Be a Familiar One?

Developers tease James Bond's villain for the game 007 First Light, and it may be someone you did not expect.

GamesRadar

007 First Light leads say James Bond is no Agent 47: "If Hitman is a single-minded killer and basically the bad guy of the game, Bond is the hero"

IO Interactive promises a fresh take on 007, putting real character into the next James Bond game

GamesRadar

007 First Light: Everything you need to know about IO Interactive's new Bond game

007 First Light is the James Bond origin story you've been waiting for and it's officially here on most platforms

PC Gamer

IO's James Bond game is called 007 First Light, will be revealed later this week

The name's Light. First Light.

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.