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IO Interactive creates a refreshing take on the British spy by improving on its stealth formula to offer more improvisation ...

IO Interactive's long-awaited Hitman-with-hair game 007 First Light is out today, and as an astute observer of videogames you will have noticed that we don't have a review up just yet. Why might that ...

The first rule of spycraft, we learn early on in “007 First Light,” is to always do the unexpected. The thing is, “First Light,” an origin story chronicling how James Bond becomes a 00 ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. For the antihero in Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale, 9/11 was a recent headline—something M ...

Ahead of 007 First Light 's launch on May 27, 2026, IO Interactive clarified that the Nintendo Switch 2 version required some ...

007 First Light revives Bond with heart, danger, and elegant spycraft; an exciting return that finally understands the character.

Author's Note: The author was provided a PlayStation 5 code by the publisher for the purpose of this review. In a lot of ways, 007 First Light is for James Bond what the Batman Arkham games were for ...

After decades of waiting, '007 First Light' has finally brought James Bond back into the gaming fold – and with style, to ...

Going into 007 First Light, I fully expected the studio behind Hitman to hand me a Hitman game wearing a tuxedo. That’s not quite what this is. After roughly 17 hours to roll credits and some time in ...

The new James Bond video game from Hitman developer IO Interactive, 007: First Light, arrives on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC tomorrow, and the first reviews are in. Over ...

If there was ever a name synonymous with the job of spy its that of James Bond. His forays into the gaming world have been plentiful but not bountiful. You see, Bond is no run of the mill master of ...