IO Interactive – the staff behind the reasonably sensible (in my humble opinion) Hitman video games – hopes its upcoming James Bond origin story would be the begin of a trilogy.
Talking with IGN, IO boss Hakan Abrak mentioned the staff feels prefer it’s had “20 plus years of coaching for the agent fantasy”, due to Hitman. Certainly, Agent 47 may be very Bond-like along with his seemingly countless skills and talent to deal with any weapon beneath the solar.
“However clearly James Bond is a distinct IP. It is an enormous IP. It isn’t our IP. It is truly the primary IP that isn’t our unique IP from the bottom up,” Abrak instructed the publication, including probably the most thrilling components of the upcoming launch is that it will likely be an unique story for the British spy.
“So it is not a gamification of a film,” Abrak continued. “It is fully starting and turning into a narrative, hopefully for a giant trilogy on the market sooner or later. And equally necessary and thrilling, it is a new Bond. It is a Bond we constructed from the bottom up for avid gamers. It is extraordinarily thrilling with all of the custom and all of the historical past there may be… to work on this along with the household [and create] a Bond that the avid gamers can name their very own and develop with.”
“It has been, what, virtually 15 years for the reason that final recreation. So it has been a very long time,” Abrak added. “It undoubtedly is one thing that isn’t overexposed in gaming. We truly see that as a energy… There’s lots of people on the market who take into consideration GoldenEye because the basic… I do not need to converse too large about it, however I simply hope we’ll do a factor that may outline James Bond in gaming for years to return. And that isn’t just one recreation, however that we create a universe for avid gamers to personal for a few years to return that we are able to develop with that subsequent to the Bond on the flicks.”
As for after we’ll all get to see the fruits of the studio’s labours, that is nonetheless a thriller for now. “I haven’t got an replace immediately, however imagine me, it is itching right here as effectively to be speaking about it quickly,” Abrak admitted. “So we’re following our plans. The manufacturing’s going amazingly effectively and we are going to quickly be speaking extra about it. I do know it was a bit teaser, not numerous data, however there’s numerous cool stuff developing.”
IO first introduced its James Bond recreation again in 2021. Little or no has been shared on it since, though our Bertie managed to tease a number of additional 00-details out of the staff final yr.
However whereas we could have to attend a bit longer to listen to something extra concrete on IO’s James Bond, the studio has additionally introduced it is taking over publishing duties for MindsEye, the big-budget motion journey within the works from former Rockstar exec Leslie Benzies.