{"id":879,"date":"2025-12-24T03:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/24\/io-interactives-007-first-light-has-been-delayed-until-may-27\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T03:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:48:09","slug":"io-interactives-007-first-light-has-been-delayed-until-may-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/24\/io-interactives-007-first-light-has-been-delayed-until-may-27\/","title":{"rendered":"IO Interactive&#8217;s 007 First Light has been delayed until May 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IO Interactive&#8217;s James Bond simulator <em>007 First Light<\/em> has been <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/007GameIOI\/status\/2003511022141817016\">delayed until May 27, 2026<\/a>. It was supposed to come out in March. The company says two-month delay is for polish and refinement, which is fine by me. I&#8217;d always rather wait a bit longer for a better end product.<\/p>\n<p>IO says the game is already &#8220;fully playable from beginning to end&#8221; but still needs a bit of attention to ensure &#8220;the strongest possible version at launch.&#8221; The developer promises to share more updates at the beginning of next year.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the uninitiated, <em>007 First Light<\/em> is the first James Bond game <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/007-first-light-hitman-meets-action-movie-183551755.html\">in over a decade<\/a>. The developer is the same organization behind the renowned Hitman franchise, so this could potentially be the best Bond game since <em>Goldeneye<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The gameplay looks fast-paced, frenetic and filled with spycraft. It features an original story that pulls from all over the decades-long franchise. We got a chance to speak to <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/io-interactives-007-first-light-reimagines-james-bond-as-a-young-and-reckless-spy-180000758.html\">narrative director Martin Emborg<\/a> and he noted that the game stars a young and inexperienced Bond, which seems to be the direction Amazon is taking <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/new-james-bond-will-be-very-young-as-amazon-reportedly-plans-retro-reboot-3851305\">with its upcoming film<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The game also boasts a pretty stacked cast. Patrick Gibson, from <em>The OA<\/em> and <em>Dexter: Original Sin<\/em>, plays the famous lothario spy and Lenny Kravitz has been cast as the primary villain. Other cast members include Lennie James, Kiera Lester, Alastair Mackenzie and Priyanga Burford.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Who knows when the next Bond film will actually come out, so this should be a nice little stopgap for fans.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/io-interactives-007-first-light-has-been-delayed-until-may-27-194809718.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/24\/io-interactives-007-first-light-has-been-delayed-until-may-27\/\">IO Interactive&#8217;s 007 First Light has been delayed until May 27<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IO Interactive&#8217;s James Bond simulator 007 First Light has been delayed until May 27, 2026. It was supposed to come out in March. The company says two-month delay is for polish and refinement, which is fine by me. I&#8217;d always rather wait a bit longer for a better end product. IO says the game is already &#8220;fully playable from beginning to end&#8221; but still needs a bit of attention to ensure &#8220;the strongest possible version at launch.&#8221; The developer promises to share more updates at the beginning of next year. For the uninitiated, 007 First Light is the first James Bond game in over a decade. The developer is the same organization behind the renowned Hitman franchise, so this could potentially be the best Bond [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}