007 First Gentle is the brand new James Bond sport from Hitman makers Io Interactive

Hitman developer Io Interactive’s James Bond sport has been reannounced with a correct title, 007 First Gentle. It additionally has some new key artwork, which confirms some necessary Information: not like Hitman’s depthless grasp mimic Agent 47, James Bond has hair, fashioned right into a neat side-parting by the passage of a narrowly escaped bullet. He additionally has ears, a high-collared leather-based jacket, and a gun.

Or what appears to be like like a gun. He might be simply doing a finger pistol to faux us out. I don’t belief this specific James Bond. He’s, in spite of everything, a cousin of Agent 47, that barcode-blazoned Fury peering out of each mirror. Io Interactive’s James Bond does not also have a face proper now. The face is hopefully forthcoming on the planet premiere later this week throughout Summer time Sport Fest 2025, together with James Bond’s legs and toes.

Why no, I am not padding out a nothingburger of a information story. I am simply artfully shopping for James Bond time to circle behind you and karate chop you within the neck. Let these be the ultimate phrases you ever learn: the world premiere will embody “never-before-seen footage”. Who is aware of, I could be at SGF in particular person to test it out.

Here’s what little we find out about Io Interactive’s Bond sport to date. It is a prequel story, as advised by the advertising and marketing catchphrase “earn the quantity”, that includes a model new 007 who is just not based mostly on any of the film ones. No worry of a Brosnan/Moore turf conflict within the feedback, then.

Io are additionally “rediscovering new sides of the agent fantasy with James Bond”. The interpretation right here might be: “we’re making an attempt to work out methods to do stealth in a gameworld the place we’re contractually forbidden from murdering cooks with homing briefcases whereas dressed as a clown“. I really feel like the best technique to sq. that circle could be to make a Bond sport within the custom of the older Bond movies, much less the sexism. Return to Bond at its daftest and most gadget-driven, lengthy earlier than Daniel Craig rolled up along with his bulletproof glower. Agent 47 would have carried out nicely in that period.