# 007 First Light - IO Interactive
**URL:** https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827
**Category:** Games
**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827 "2020-11-19T14:15:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 23
### Author:  [@Gobi-1](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Gobi-1)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2026, 8:56am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/445 "2026-05-03T08:56:09Z")
I hadn’t played any of the Hitman games before but Hitman: World of Assassination was on sale for $20 and I couldn’t resist. I’m glad I couldn’t. It’s amazing and my anticipation for First Light is building daily. I played the Hitman Le Chiffre mission and unlocked the black tuxedo skin for First Light. May 27th can’t come soon enough.
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/446 "2026-05-05T18:13:47Z")
> **[Legendary 007 composer on making 'musical violence' in Lana Del Rey's Bond...](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/james-bond-composer-david-arnold-first-light-lana-del-rey-musical-violence/)**
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> New Bond game 007 First Light tapped up some major musical talent for its theme song. Read more at Empire.
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### Author:  [@sharpshooter](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/sharpshooter)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/447 "2026-05-06T10:47:06Z")
The campaign length is about 20 hours, which is more than I imagined. This doesn’t include tactical simulator missions either. Everything or Nothing was about 8 hours and similar for Nightfire. So this is huge.
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/448 "2026-05-06T15:46:26Z")
And yet another Guardian story on First Light. Seems like at least the media is happy to get their fangs into this game…
> **[Licence to thrill: could 007 First Light be the best Bond game since GoldenEye?](https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/may/06/pushing-buttons-007-first-light-james-bond-game-amazon?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other)**
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> James Bond games have always fallen short of capturing the precise feel of the classic movies. But Amazon’s first dip into the 007 mythology seems to have a character of its own
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### Author:  [@sharpshooter](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/sharpshooter)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/449 "2026-05-06T20:40:25Z")
It’s really tiring to see the narrative that the only good Bond game is GE. I have nostalgia for it, but at the core it’s an all guns blazing first person shooter. Dismissing the likes of Everything or Nothing by saying the games have “fallen short” of capturing the feel of the movies is disrespectful and lazy. What’s really pleasing to see is the number of posts by youth saying they’re checking out the films for the first time, and they’re excited about playing First Light. I’m hoping that’s really the case, because if so, it’s mission accomplished.
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### Author:  [@secretagentfan](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/secretagentfan)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/451 "2026-05-07T05:26:39Z")
> [@sharpshooter](#):
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> What’s really pleasing to see is the number of posts by youth saying they’re checking out the films for the first time
That would be great!
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### Author:  [@Matt\_13](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Matt_13)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/452 "2026-05-07T12:37:32Z")
I’m always shocked that Nightfire gets overlooked when discussing the best Bond games. An awesome single player campaign coupled with a really fun and varied multiplayer experience. Nightfire to me represents the refinement of the Goldeneye model, but it never gets its due. Everything or Nothing is the proper evolution following that refinement, and it’s shockingly good. I would have loved to see its sequel, I believe tentatively titled Phoenix Rising, over the FRWL experience, which was neat in its own way but not terribly exciting as a game.
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### Author:  [@sharpshooter](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/sharpshooter)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/453 "2026-05-08T03:21:44Z")
> [@Matt\_13](#):
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> I’m always shocked that Nightfire gets overlooked when discussing the best Bond games. An awesome single player campaign coupled with a really fun and varied multiplayer experience. Nightfire to me represents the refinement of the Goldeneye model, but it never gets its due.
Nightfire is so good. Still holds up today and I agree it’s a refinement of GE. The best first person shooter we’ve had with Bond with great vehicular action. Even dismissing Agent Under Fire feels wrong to me. It provided an original story and the feel of the movies, especially considering the era of the technology. A fun game and I’m sure still has a lot of fond memories in the fandom.
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### Author:  [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 5:30am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/454 "2026-05-08T05:30:50Z")
The EA trilogy of Agent Under Fire, Nightfire, and Everything or Nothing is the peak of Bond games. 3 fantastic games with stories that could stand up against the films. And even though AUF feels a bit underbaked (the game is cobbled together with reused assets from the cancelled PS2 version of TWINE and a rushed new story), it amazing the game is as satisfying to play as it is.
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### Author:  [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/455 "2026-05-08T12:16:33Z")
I’d also recommend Hitman Absolution. It’s a bit more linear and story-focused, but still with the semi-open Hitmanstyle levels. IMO, its the most Bond-Ian Hitman game.
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### Author:  [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/456 "2026-05-15T17:03:18Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wne-K8h6Lak?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
Interview with our new Bond.
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### Author:  [@sharpshooter](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/sharpshooter)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/457 "2026-05-15T23:59:39Z")
Not long to go now. As per the video I’m looking forward to seeing how Bond evolves throughout the story, and what those incidents are. There’s a criticism that Bond never ‘becomes’ Bond, that Bond is always Bond. The way I see it, Bond does have core traits that he always carries - charm, skill, violence, etc. Those should always be there as a bedrock. But early on he’s not going to be the polished agent we see in the movies. Through age and experience we change, and he’s not the same man throughout the Fleming novels either.
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### Author:  [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/458 "2026-05-17T04:42:53Z")
Yep. It’s the Bond we see in Casino Royale and to a lesser extent in Forever and a Day. He’s young, cocky, and brash without a care for the danger of his job.
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/459 "2026-05-19T13:26:06Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/DKKs1CQlBLk?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
Definitly a bigger marketing push than Bond games normally do.
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### Author:  [@theSpectre](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/theSpectre)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2026, 9:29pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/460 "2026-05-19T21:29:30Z")
The last time I remember a Bond game getting even a modicum of marketing was in 2004 with Everything or Nothing. Of course, that was before Youtube was really a thing.
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/461 "2026-05-21T18:09:08Z")
Probably the first game - Bond or otherwise - that has its own $ 10.000 luxury merch. If you have wrists for a 44mm watch/anchor that is…
> **[Omega’s New James Bond 007 Watch Comes From a Video Game – And It's Unlike...](https://www.esquire.com/uk/watches/a71368900/omega-james-bond-007-watch-video-game/)**
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> The first-ever Bond Seamaster chronograph arrives as Omega takes 007 beyond the cinema screen
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/462 "2026-05-21T18:55:38Z")
That is…unexpected
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### Author:  [@Matt\_13](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Matt_13)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/463 "2026-05-21T19:05:41Z")
AVTAK reference!
EDIT:
Looks like the video’s been yanked. Someone must’ve jumped the gun.
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/464 "2026-05-21T19:38:55Z")
The brand gazers actually seem to have expected it. Omega has three pillars of brand identity, the Moon/space theme, the Olympics and Bond. The first two are constantly fed with ‘cultural relevance’ by churning out Moon-(s)watches and featuring prominently during the games every two years. Only Bond has been irrelevant for five years now, an eternity in today’s business world. Jumping on this game is probably a smart move, keeping the collectors onside and making an argument for BOND 26.
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### Author:  [@Orion](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Orion)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/007-first-light-io-interactive/1827/465 "2026-05-21T20:05:41Z")
I was aware that Craig and Brosnan still get sent Omega watches (note in the Benoit Blanc films what watches he wears) but i didnt know it was the big a relationship for them.
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