

It's unclear if the game will be in first-person like GoldenEye 007, third-person like Hitman, or a combination of the two. The company perfected stealth shooters with its Hitman series, proving that they can handle a spy thriller like Project 007. IO Interactive is the perfect developer for the newest James Bond video game. Between technological advancements in gaming and a new James Bond film on the way, the timing is just about perfect for a 007 video game revival. The announcement teaser for Project 007 which was shared by IO Interactive didn't reveal too much, but it's still got plenty of James Bond and Hitman fans excited.

While expectations may be incredibly high, Project 007 can potentially be the best James Bond game since GoldenEye 007. Related: Hitman: Why Agent 47 Has A Barcode On His Head Because of this legacy, Project 007 has a lot to live up to, but it is also in the best possible hands. Just about anyone who played the game has fond memories of it, and despite the plethora of titles that have released bearing 007's logo since, it still remains one of the most well-regarded James Bond experiences.
IO PROJECT 007 SERIES
The studio released Hitman 2 in 2018, and Hitman 3 is set for release in January on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X, finishing out Agent 47’s most recent trilogy.Widely considered to be one of the best first-person shooters on console at the time, GoldenEye 007 created a massive fanbase by allowing players to step into James Bond's shoes while he completed dangerous assignments and utilized a variety of gadgets and weapons, while also keeping the good times rolling with fun multiplayer action. Project 007 will be IO Interactive’s third self-published title after its emancipation from Square Enix. True Detective’s Cary Joji Fukunaga directed the film, for which we’ve already gotten Billie Eilish’s new Bond theme. No Time to Die has a packed cast and crew, with Rami Malek as the film’s villain, Safin, and Lea Seydoux as Bond’s love interest and partner. It is Daniel Craig’s fifth and final film as the infamous 007 agent.
IO PROJECT 007 MOVIE
The next James Bond film, No Time to Die, is slated to hit movie theaters on April 2, 2021, after being delayed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, no game studio or publisher has held the rights to Bond video games.
IO PROJECT 007 LICENSE
The publisher started with 007: Quantum of Solace in 2008 before remaking GoldenEye 007 for the Wii in 2010.Īctivision lost the license in 2013, during the development of a game called 007 Legends. Activision then held the license throughout most of the Daniel Craig run as Bond, from 2006-2013. The publisher announced a Casino Royale game that never came to fruition.

After a Game Boy game called James Bond 007, Electronic Arts took over for Nintendo for the next six years.ĮA launched several Bond titles during its time with the license, such as 2001’s Agent Under Fire, 2002’s Nightfire, and 2004’s Everything or Nothing. In the ’90s, Nintendo held the MI6 agent’s license, leading to Rare’s beloved GoldenEye 007 in 1997 for the Nintendo 64 - based on the Bond film of the same name starring Pierce Brosnan.
IO PROJECT 007 WINDOWS
The game is currently in active development at IO Interactive’s offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmö, Sweden, on “modern systems and platforms” - presumably meaning current-generation consoles PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, as well as Windows PC.īond has a long history with video games, starting all the way back in 1983 with James Bond 007 for various 8-bit consoles.

The teaser trailer is only a few seconds long, but IO gave a few more details on the website for Project 007, which the studio noted is a working title. Project 007 will “feature a wholly original Bond story exclusively as a video game,” one in which players must “earn their 00 status,” the studio said in a news release. Hitman developer IO Interactive announced Project 007 on Thursday, a new game starring James Bond that will tell the British Secret Service operative’s origin story.
