The new James Bond is 26, unpolished, and ‘looking for purpose’ as 007 — and he had to be

But there are still stakes to adapting 007 for the current console era: to escape the shadow of GoldenEye and chase the glory of Daniel Craig’s Bond run, still IO had to put a fresh spin on a 72-year-old character without just copy-pasting the Agent 47 playbook.

The Next Big James Bond Villain Is An Unexpected Grammy Winning Recording Artist

Lenny Kravitz is playing the next villain who faces off against James Bond...but maybe not in the medium you might be expecting.
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IO Interactive’s Bond game starring a young and original James is great - but Project 007 must be careful to dodge certain tropes

Fleming’s argument always appeared to be that Bond is a force of nature; by the time we meet him, he is already the interesting character whose exploits the audience will wish to follow - and it doesn’t matter how he got there. The man is hardened.
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Hitman devs say Project 007 will have a new ‘young Bond for gamers’

After almost four years, we still don’t know much about Project 007, the mysterious James Bond project from Hitman developer IO Interactive. But a new interview reveals that, yes, the game is still in the works, is going “amazingly well,” and that it ...
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IO Interactive's James Bond game is called 007 First Light [UPDATED]

UPDATE (June 2, 2025 @ 11:45 a.m. PT): IO Interactive has officially confirmed that it will host a showcase that includes 007 First Light's reveal on Friday, June 6, 2025, at 6 p.m. PT. Not only will 007 First Light be revealed, but IO Interactive will ...
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