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Fantasy meets reality: Why turmoil at Xbox is impacting IO Interactive and Project Fantasy

007: First Light and new Hitman: World of Assassination updates sent IOI on a victory lap – a publishing partner just spoiled the party

GamesRadar · Jul 2

IO Interactive says 007 First Light was 'always' supposed to be an origin story — 'We wanted to take that risk and introduce a fresh Bond for the gamers'

IO Interactive has confirmed that 007 First Light was always intended to be a young James Bond story, and it collaborated frequently with Amazon MGM Studios.

TechRadar · Jun 18

007 First Light speeds ahead of studio expectations with 3 million copies sold in 10 days

Absolutely deserved.

Destructoid · Jun 6

IO Interactive says that, once Bond is out of the way, hell yeah we're getting back to the good stuff: 'Of course there's going to be a next Hitman'

"Hitman has been our flagship game, our long love for all the time IO Interactive has existed."

PC Gamer · Dec 2, 2025

Hitman and 007 First Light studio admits there were "many, many mistakes" made with Agent 47, but that Telltale veterans' new game is teaching them some lessons

IO Interactive is paying attention to AdHoc Studios

GamesRadar · Nov 21, 2025

007 First Light CEO is glad GTA 6 got delayed since now "spring looks really good," but thinks Rockstar could help "the industry as a whole" once it finally ships its masterpiece

Hakan Abrak thinks the release will encourage people to return to gaming as a hobby

GamesRadar · Nov 21, 2025

007 First Light might have its own James Bond, but the Hitman studio is borrowing from "the Daniel Craig era" in one major way: his physicality

But it isn't a "one-to-one" comparison for IOI, either

GamesRadar · Oct 12, 2025

007 First Light studio "didn't want to create this superman from day one" with its fresh-faced James Bond: "It's not very relatable"

"It is pretty insane [how] Dr. No starts"

GamesRadar · Oct 11, 2025

James Bond game 007: First Light "would not have happened" unless it was an origin story: "We weren't interested in pushing pixels on how good we could make Pierce Brosnan look"

"Everyone knows how Bond takes his drink, how he dresses, what he drives. That stuff gets shallow very quickly"

GamesRadar · Oct 6, 2025

MindsEye's messy launch shenanigans has IO Interactive hesitant to play publisher for more games in the future: 'That remains to be seen'

IOI Partners might be a one-and-done situation.

PC Gamer · Sep 4, 2025