IO Interactive develops James Bond 007 The secret to First Light is actually under PAN
Blog Andrew Joseph 28 Jun , 2025 0
IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak believes the key to his studio's survival in an increasingly turbulent gaming industry is…literally.
In a candid interview Game businessAbrak confirmed the upcoming bond game for IO, 007 First Lightwill benefit from the killer model, which is to keep fans engaged while keeping development costs sustainable, as the studio “is now a lot of experience gained from the world of assassination and how to expand the single player experience by providing players with ideal free content.”
“I'm the executive producer of “The Killer” (2012) and I swear to never do more new toilets,” he explained. “We're just doing new things. It's just a throwaway. When we did the initial foundation on “The Killer 2016, we built it in a way that could be cleverly reused.”
He added: “Hitman 2016…assuming it's a $100 million game. Killer 2 could be $60 million. Killer 3 is $20 million. Killer 3 is the highest Metacritic. It's 85, 84 and 87 Metacritic.” “It has very unique new locations.”
Abrak hints that the studio learned the hard way that the Killer “The Killer” was “a wasteful work” and he now says “completely changed the mind of (IO team)”.
“Build this foundation, what we call brick systems, where we can experience it quickly and effectively, for example (New Killer Mikkelsen's New Killer Mission),” he added. “This is a real (important) part of our creation of sustainable AAA production. I'm not going to sit here and say we're doing the right thing. We will continue to work on improving, reducing waste, but still super ambitious.”
Although Abrak himself admitted to “making greater investment in bonds”, the directors were convinced that “longevity” would be built into production.
“If we were going to look at the sequel, who knows? In IO, we have a very, very good way to try to be more efficient. It's very important for us.
“The first goal of 007 First Light is to bring the best and most influential journey for gamers. Again, without giving too much detail, you can expect that we will use some of the learning we learn from the assassination world to achieve the bonds.” I will surely count the number of toilets we see…
IO Interactive's James Bond game is First announced in 2020 As the 007 project. Starting with OFF, IO says it is developing a fresh James Bond Story Story and completely original work, not anything that goes after the events of any particular movie.
We didn't get our PlayStation playback status until June 2025 First check the first light of 007 correctly. 007 James Bond, the incarnation of First Light, will be launched in 2026, is involved in the tragedy of childhood that has led him to orphan at the age of 11, and since then, spending the rest of his childhood in various boarding schools in the UK. Later, we see Bond is a young recruit from the Royal Navy, who was recruited by MI6.
Recently, IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak said he hopes 007 First Light will be Start a new game trilogyUnfortunately, the studio's love Killer franchise is interrupted When IO is engaged in this game. We also learned that in addition to PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, 007 First Light is getting Nintendo Switch 2 version.
As for the killer? It's not completely Of course it was given up. io Just announced that it is producing a cooperation model For the game and Mads Mikkelsen will re-emphasize its iconic Casino Royale character as an elusive target. But as for the new killer game, Franchise has been on hold since 2023.
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