IO Interactive regularly discusses its progress on the famous Project 007, and the developers of Hitman went a step further during a recent interview which discusses the ambitions of the game, but which also gives hope for a trilogy .
An original story imagined by genre experts
Project 007 does not yet have an official name, but we know that it has been pitched as an “ultimate spy fantasy.” Suffice to say that we must expect unique gadgets and thrilling infiltration phases to successfully complete the different missions that will be offered.
It was the boss of IO Interactive, Hakan Abrak, who gave new details Project 007, which will offer an original story different from the films. According to him, the project is still progressing well, particularly thanks to the experience acquired over the years with Hitman.
“We feel that over 20 years of training in agent fantasy, in creating an agent that travels around the world, has given us some know-how in this area. But obviously James Bond is a different intellectual property. It’s a huge intellectual property. It is not our intellectual property. In fact, it is the first intellectual property that is not our original property. »
The James Bond license is known around the world and it is obvious that IO Interactive works closely with Amazon, which bought MGM in 2021, and undoubtedly also with EON Productions, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who own the 50% of the remaining shares of the license.
Towards a trilogy of James Bond games?
While no James Bond film seems to be planned yet in the short term, all eyes are on this new game, so the developers are not hiding their ambitions since they would simply like to make a trilogy.
What’s exciting about this project is that it’s an original story. It is therefore not a gamification of a film. This is a story in its own right that begins and grows into a story, with the hope of a big trilogy in the future.
And just as important and exciting, it’s a new Bond. It’s a Bond that we designed from A to Z for players. It’s extremely exciting, with all the lore and history here, to work together with the family to create a young Bond for players; a Bond that players can call their own and grow with.”
What does a “young Bond” mean? Are we going to control a learning undercover agent for the very first time? For the moment, the developers are remaining discreet, but we can’t wait to see the game for the first time in order to discover this new universe.
“When you look at the films, it’s one of the three biggest intellectual properties, it’s extremely powerful also because the last game was almost 15 years ago. So it’s been a long time. This is definitely something that isn’t overexposed in games. We see that as a strength because we can do something very special and we hope… A lot of people consider GoldenEye a classic. And I love this game too.”
