Way back in 2020, IO Interactive, the studio most notably known for theHitmanfranchise,announcedthat it was working on a game based on Ian Fleming’s James Bond character. Dubbed “Project 007,” the game aims to be a completely new origin story for the secret agent.
IO Interactive boss Hakan Abrak revealed a few specifics in a newinterview. According to Abrak, it’s not a “gamification of a movie,” and his team will introduce a “new Bond.”
But what’s exciting about that project is that we actually got to do an original story. So it’s not a gamification of a movie. It’s completely beginning and becoming a story, hopefully for a big trilogy out there in the future. And equally important and exciting, it’s a new Bond. It’s a Bond we built from ground up for gamers. It’s extremely exciting with all the tradition and all the history there is there together to work on this together with the family of creating a young Bond for gamers; a Bond that the gamers can call their own and grow with.
When Will IO Interactive Reveal Project 007?
While Abrak has no date to share for when they’ll reveal the studio’s James Bond game, the studio boss did say that they will be “talking about it soon,” In addition to that very vague statement, Abrak states that production is going “amazingly well,” and that there’s “a lot of cool stuff coming.”
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Hopefully, “soon” means before the end of the year, given that we’re nearing four years of knowing the game’s in development without actually seeing a second of gameplay. Aside from Project 007, IO Interactive is also working on astill-untitled online fantasy RPGwhile the Hitman franchise is onhiatus.
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