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Project 007 - IO Interactive - The New James Bond Video Game
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Since this is confirmation of a new game and not speculation, I felt that this news deserved its own thread.
Project 007 (working title) is a brand new James Bond video game with a wholly original story. Earn your 00 status in the very first James Bond origin story, to be developed and published by IO Interactive.
Project 007 (working title) is a brand new James Bond video game with a wholly original story. Earn your 00 status in the very first James Bond origin story, to be developed and published by IO Interactive.
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If its an origin story, perhaps it ties in with Bond 26 and Craig’s replacement?
Literally on the day I pull the trigger on a PS5! So so exciting
https://www.007.com/new-james-bond-video-game-announced/
I was thinking the same thing. You basically cast you're own Bond. So you could make Idris Elba or Daniel Craig as Bond. It basically introduces Britian's favourite pub discussion of 'who should play the new Bond' but in a game format.
Plus, the design and look of that new gunbarrel is beautiful. If only the films had something that inspired.
big game for consoles and PC, the first since 007 Legends.
Thank you. Do we have a release date?
IO Interactive is the developer of the popular Hitman franchise - not to be confused with iOS, of course!
They're hiring people to develop the game; if you are or if you know someone with enough qualifications and abilities to help the development, it'd be great.
It's from the Hitman dev - I'm sure it'll be a fantastic game. I'm just curious about how many action will it have as it is a game about Bond before he was 007.
I wonder: Will it be as stealthy as the Hitman games or will it have as much action as Blood Stone had?
what console will it be out on!
Probably all current and next gen (ie. PS4 and PS5, Xbox One and Series S/X), as well as PC. Possibly Switch as well considering IO is attempting that via cloud streaming for the upcoming Hitman 3. In any event - many options for play!
1. is it set in todays time or in the 50's
2. Who will be bond?
3. Will Casino Royale or Forever and A Day be any kind of influence on the game?
4. Will they do a random Goldeneye remake/cash in as well (the last question is a joke but still)
The period thing is an interesting question: it seems possible, but this also seems to be very much a Bond movies adaptation from the use of music, 007 logo & gunbarrel so I would guess it's not likely to be a 50s one as the movies never went there. But then they seem to be doing a new version of his origin, so who knows..?
As to who will be Bond my guess would be that they'd be making their own unique Bond and not one from the movie: so like the Spider Man and other Marvel games are kind of close to but separate to the movies, with their own versions of the main characters. Craig will be effectively gone as Bond by the time it's out (and doing his origin again would be a weird move) and it seems very unlikely that the next movie Bond will have been cast. I don't really feel it's likely you'd get the chance to pick from the old Bonds as that would cost loads, and if I played as Roger I'd want it to be in a Roger style game.
Funny to see the EON logo underneath the 007 logo.
Plus with all the advancements in video games, this could easily be the best Bond game ever.
It certainly feels like it, we've been devoid of a new title for so damn long.
Knew you’d be stoked about this, thought of you when I saw the news lol
Agree on all of this.
To tackle some of the other questions:
My guess for timeline is basically our time but slightly futuristic, which is a video game staple and also typical Bond.
Nowadays we get actual actors playing lead characters in triple-A video games lending the voice and sometimes likeness and some Mo-Cap stuff. I would prefer a "original likeness" so to speak and not an actor...
As for GoldenEye. Probably not a straight cash-in remake, but I can absolutely see IO putting some kind of nod to it in the new game. They seem to have a good sense of humour. Either just an Easter Egg or (depending on rights) maybe even a remade level as DLC.
Yeah I would imagine they may even hope for this to become a series of games, so it would seem logical to invent their own unique Bond as Craig is reaching the end of the road. His contract to do things like this is probably finished too.
No gameplay yet so I wouldn't be surprised if it's not here until 2022 (though then again, they could be much further along than they're showcasing, so anything's possible). Hitman 3 development might keep them tied up a bit longer too.
An origin story? So it'll be its own thing, as opposed to be shakled the films? They'll have some freedom, that's good. Given how good Hitman '16 and Hitman 2 were, I have high hopes for this. It's been too long since we've had a Bond game, and even longer since we had a good one.
10 years since the last good ones and 8 years since the last one