The James Bond game from the developers of Hitman reveals more, players can expect very heavy stuff

Game news The James Bond game from the developers of Hitman reveals more, players can expect very heavy stuff

James Bond: the studio hopes to make three games

It was as part of the announcement of the co-publishing of MindsEye that, through its CEO Hakan Abrak, IO Interactive provided more details regarding Project 007. Information that was starting to be lacking for fans of the studio. We have to come back in 2022 to find traces of an interview with Hakan Abrak who, already at the time, once again mentioned the team’s enthusiasm to create an original story for James Bond. Something he returns to in a new interview with IGN :

What’s exciting about this project is that it’s an original story. It is therefore not a transposition of a film. This is the beginning of a story, which I hope will become a great 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.

Hakan Abrak therefore hopes to do not an isolated project but three titles set in the world of the British secret agent. He adds that he does not spit on the experience gained by the studio over the last 20 years. And despite the fact that James Bond is a more imposing license, the CEO of IO Interactive believes he has acquired a certain know-how for the genre. A know-how that he aims to show to the general public with Project 007.

A future standard?

Unfortunately, basically, IO Interactive remains evasive on Project 007. You have to go back to July 2021 to get your hands on job offers regarding the title. We then learn that the title mixes the genre of action and that of infiltration, plans to integrate “extremely advanced artificial intelligence with a “new AI system” while emphasizing the narrative. Another proof of the studio’s ambition, this time on a technical level: transitions between cutscenes and game without loading time. Enough, on paper, to modernize the license. 007 Legends, the last one, was released in 2012. A desire which is also felt in the words of Hakan Abrak:

I don’t want to talk too much about it, but I just hope we do something that defines James Bond in games for years to come. And it’s not just a game, but the creation of a universe that players will be able to make their own for many years and that we can develop alongside the Bond films.

With Project 007, IO Interactive therefore plans to create a new standard for James Bond games. A title which, however, should not arrive soon but which is getting closer little by little. Several years ago, financial reports suggested a release in early 2025 at the earliest on PC and “modern consoles“. Enough to impatiently await news on the subject, especially as Hakan Abrak reassures: “Production is going extremely well and we’ll talk about it soon“.