007 First Light

007 First Light plays like a more guided, cinematic Hitman: IO Interactive's Glacier engine, social stealth and several routes to each goal carry over, but the levels are more linear, the hero is a named Bond, and set pieces and chases replace Hitman's open sandboxes.

IO Interactive, the independent Copenhagen studio behind Hitman, made and self-published 007 First Light on its own Glacier engine, with Amazon MGM Studios as its Bond partner.

The major James Bond games run from GoldenEye 007 (1997) through the EA and Activision years to 007 Legends (2012), then a 14-year gap until IO Interactive's 007 First Light on May 27, 2026.

Bawma, "The Pirate King", is the leader of the Aleph black market in 007 First Light, played by Lenny Kravitz in voice and likeness; Bond meets him in Mauritania in The Past Never Dies.

Patrick Gibson plays a 26-year-old James Bond in 007 First Light, with Lennie James as his mentor John Greenway, Priyanga Burford as M, Alastair Mackenzie as Q, Kiera Lester as Moneypenny, Gemma Chan as Selina Tan and Lenny Kravitz as the Pirate King Bawma.

James Bond in 007 First Light is a 26-year-old Royal Navy air crewman recruited into MI6's revived 00 program, played by Patrick Gibson in an origin story that ends with him earning his number.

John Greenway is James Bond's mentor in 007 First Light, a former 00 agent who runs the revived 00 program's training, played by Lennie James.

In 007 First Light, Priyanga Burford plays M, the head of MI6 who recruits Bond, Alastair Mackenzie plays Q, who runs the Q-Lab and its gadgets, and Kiera Lester plays Eve Moneypenny, M's right hand.

007 First Light's theme song is "First Light", sung by Lana Del Rey and written by Del Rey with David Arnold, released Apr 16, 2026; the game's score is by the composer duo The Flight.

Spoiler warning. Sir Nicholas Webb, CEO of Webb Industries and creator of MI6's AI THEIA, is the real villain of 007 First Light with his son Damien; Anthony Howell and Bart Edwards play them.

Dr. Selina Tan is MI6's Head of Tactical Simulation in 007 First Light, the character who runs the TacSim training mode, played by Gemma Chan in her first video game role.

007 First Light offers full button remapping with presets, hold toggles, automatic climbing and vaulting, customizable subtitles, menu narration, QTE autocomplete and photosensitivity options. It lacks chase assists and captions for guard alerts, and no source confirms colorblind modes.

Combat in 007 First Light mixes free-flowing hand-to-hand (punches, grabs, parries, side-steps, throws and environmental slams) with gunplay that opens only once Bond earns License to Kill. Focus slows time for precise shots, and takedowns can be silent or loud.

In 007 First Light the Q-Lens is held on L1 (PS5), LB (Xbox) or Alt (PC keyboard), gadgets sit on four buttons fired while holding it, R2 drags or tackles enemies, and the Touchpad opens the collectibles menu. Every button can be remapped. IO Interactive has published no full control list.

007 First Light has three difficulty presets from the start, which guides call Novice, Intended and Purist (IOI's own posts say Easy, Normal and Hard), plus the 00 difficulty added on Oct 1, 2026 for players who finish the campaign. Difficulty does not affect trophies or achievements.

007 First Light has scripted driving and chase set pieces in its campaign, among them a car chase in Slovakia, an escape drive, boat rides and a bin lorry escape in London, plus the armed Aston Martin Valhalla in TacSim's Valhalla Protocol since October 2026. Critics found the driving serviceable but floaty, and there are no chase assists.

007 First Light's Q Branch gadgets are the Q-Watch, the always-on Q-Lens, the Dart Phone, the Laser Strap, the Flash Mine, the Smoke Pod, the Missile Pen and the Shockwave Camera. They unlock through the story, run on batteries or chemicals, and are upgraded with Intel earned in TacSim.

007 First Light's outfits come from the paid editions (four Deluxe outfits, the Specialist Edition's Classic Tuxedo, Obsidian Gold in the Collector's and Legacy), from TacSim unlocks bought with Intel at a Clearance Level, and from free events such as the IOI Account and Twitch drops. The Switch 2 Deluxe Edition adds the GoldenEye Suit.

Stealth in 007 First Light is IO Interactive's Creative Approach: eavesdrop for Opportunities, pickpocket keycards, use Instinct to lure guards or bluff past them, and take on mission-specific roles such as a crew member or event staff. Getting caught is rarely fatal, and full stealth is never required.

Bond starts 007 First Light with a service pistol and can only fire once License to Kill is earned; more guns are picked up in missions or unlocked in TacSim with Intel and Clearance Level. IOI has named five TacSim unlocks, and Gamewatcher's playthrough lists 22 weapons in all.

For a first run of 007 First Light, play on Intended, scan every area with the Q-Lens, eavesdrop before you act, keep Instinct topped up with takedowns for bluffs, ration batteries and chemicals, and do not worry about missing collectibles, since nothing is missable and Chapter Select opens after the story. TacSim needs a connection and pays the Intel that upgrades gadgets.

007 First Light has 92 collectibles: 36 Playing Cards, 23 Intel files, 14 Mementos, 10 Postcards and 9 Legacy Items, none of them missable. Finding them all unlocks the Gold trophy A collector's habit.

007 First Light's story takes about 15 to 20 hours; reviewers finished in 13 to 18.5 hours, IO Interactive pointed to about 20 for an average player, and everything, the platinum included, takes about 20 hours by PowerPyx's count or 30 to 35 by Beebom's.

Every code in 007 First Light is fixed for every player: the hotel laundry door 1805 and Manager's Office safe 1952, the museum CCTV password Password12 and maintenance door 3256, the penthouse safe 1493, the armory 1324, the Q-03 cabinet 4397 and the Antarctica archive door 1864.

007 First Light has 38 PlayStation trophies (1 Platinum, 3 Gold, 14 Silver, 20 Bronze) and 37 achievements on Steam and Xbox, 19 of them hidden on Steam. PowerPyx rates the platinum 2/10 at about 20 hours in one playthrough, with nothing missable.

A Night Out is 007 First Light's third mission (IO Interactive's 02), a recruits' night at a London nightclub that turns into a field exercise, with four routes upstairs, cameos by JackSepticEye and Chase & Status, 2 collectibles and about 23 minutes of play.

Against the Odds is 007 First Light's first mission (IO Interactive's 00), a prologue in Iceland where Bond, unarmed, infiltrates a research camp taken over by mercenaries, finds an antidote and frees the captives. It takes about 13 minutes and holds 4 collectibles and 9 challenges.

All the Time in the World is 007 First Light's fourth mission (IO Interactive's 03), set at the World Chess Championship in the Grand Carpathian Hotel in Slovakia; the Manager's Office safe code is 1952 and the laundry door is 1805. It runs about an hour, with 27 challenges and 9 collectibles.

For England is the last mission of 007 First Light, mission 10 in IO Interactive's numbering (Chapter 17 in PowerPyx's list), set at MI6 headquarters in London during an attack. It ends with the final boss fight and earns the Gold trophy For king and country.

Knightfall is mission 07 of 007 First Light (Chapter 12 in PowerPyx's list), in which Bond and Greenway climb Webb Industries' headquarters in the City of London to a fortified structure called the Perch. The penthouse safe code is 1493, and the Missile Pen opens the way out of the data center.

007 First Light has 11 story missions by IO Interactive's own numbering, 00 Against the Odds to 10 For England, which the guide sites split into 17 chapters (11 played, 6 mostly cutscenes). Chapter Select opens after the story and jumps to any checkpoint.

The Needle's Eye is 007 First Light's second mission (IO Interactive's 01), Bond's 00 training in Malta under Greenway, where the game teaches Focus, Instinct, bluffing and the Q-Watch. The guides follow it with A New Home, his advanced training, and together they hold 5 collectibles.

The Past Never Dies is 007 First Light's mission in Aleph, Bawma's pirate black market in Mauritania, which IO Interactive numbers 04 and 05 together with Beyond the Grave; Bond raises $100,000 to enter an auction, fights in the fight club, follows 009's trail to a shipwreck and escapes by car. It is about an hour and a half, with 24 challenges and 12 collectibles.

Time to Die is mission 08 of 007 First Light (Chapter 14 in PowerPyx's list), set at The Pearl, a luxury resort in Vietnam, where Bond goes undercover as a rich playboy to stop a murder. Bond arrives by speedboat; the game's boat chase comes later, in Wave of the Future.

Uninvited is mission 06 of 007 First Light (Chapter 11 in PowerPyx's 17-chapter list), set in Bond's Bayswater flat and at a tech industry gala in a Kensington museum. It holds 12 collectibles, the CCTV password "Password12", the maintenance room code 3256 and the bin lorry escape.

Wave of the Future is mission 09 of 007 First Light (Chapter 16 in PowerPyx's list), in which Bond goes rogue and infiltrates a top-secret Webb Industries research facility in Antarctica to stop HYPERION. It is the longest chapter, about 1 hour 45 minutes, and the second to last; For England is the final mission.

Jungle Heist is a TacSim Operation in 007 First Light, added free on Oct 1, 2026. Bond returns to The Pearl resort in Vietnam to take classified documents from a guarded villa's safe, with the whole property open and nine challenges that reward Intel and XP.

TacSim is 007 First Light's Tactical Simulation mode, run by Dr. Selina Tan at MI6. Its Escalations and Operations replay story locations with modifiers called Game Changers; challenges earn Intel and raise your Clearance Level, which unlock weapons and outfits. It needs an online connection.

The Valhalla Protocol is a set of four TacSim driving missions in 007 First Light, playable since Oct 5, 2026. Bond drives an armed Aston Martin Valhalla through the Slovakian mountains by day and by night, shooting targets with machine guns and missiles for time bonuses and a high score.

007 First Light is IO Interactive's third-person James Bond action-adventure, an origin story of a 26-year-old Bond played by Patrick Gibson, out since May 27, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The Nintendo Switch 2 version follows on Mar 18, 2027.

No 007 First Light sequel has been announced as of Nov 4, 2026. IOI's Hakan Abrak said before launch that one could follow if players love it, and Amazon Games' Jeff Gattis said in June and July 2026 that a sequel "should be made" but that nothing about who would make it is decided.

007 First Light has six nominations at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026, including Console Game of the Year and acting nominations for Patrick Gibson and Lennie James, with the ceremony on Nov 11, 2026. The Game Awards 2026 nominees are due in mid-November.

007 First Light costs $69.99 for the Standard Edition, with a Deluxe Edition ($79.99 on Xbox), a physical Specialist Edition ($69.99), the Collector's Edition ($199.99) and the Legacy Edition ($299.99). As of Nov 4, 2026 it is 40% off on Xbox and Steam.

007 First Light comes to Nintendo Switch 2 on Mar 18, 2027, IO Interactive announced on Oct 14, 2026, after four changes of date. It is sold as a $69.99 Deluxe Edition with a GoldenEye Suit, and pre-orders are open.

007 First Light added full path tracing on PC on Sep 15, 2026, made with NVIDIA for GeForce RTX cards, with DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction. IO Interactive expects about 60 fps on an RTX 5070 at 1080p and over 200 fps on an RTX 5090 with 6x frame generation.

007 First Light on PC needs at least an Intel Core i5 9500 or Ryzen 5 3500, 16 GB of RAM, a GeForce GTX 1660 or Radeon RX 5700, Windows 10 or 11 and 80 GB on an SSD. The recommended GPU is an RTX 3060 Ti or RX 6700 XT.

007 First Light is on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store), with Switch 2 on Mar 18, 2027. It is not on Game Pass or PlayStation Plus as of Nov 4, 2026.

007 First Light runs at 60 fps in Performance mode and 30 fps in Quality mode on PS5 and Xbox Series X, at 60 fps in a single mode on PS5 Pro, and on Xbox Series S at 30 fps until update 1.3.0 (Oct 1, 2026) added a 60 fps Performance Mode.

007 First Light came out worldwide on May 27, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, with 24-hour early access for digital pre-orders from May 26. The Nintendo Switch 2 version comes on Mar 18, 2027.

007 First Light has an OpenCritic Top Critic Average of 87 with 97% of critics recommending it, and Metacritic scores of 87 on PS5, 88 on Xbox Series X and 84 on PC, as of Nov 4, 2026. IGN gave it 9/10 and GameSpot 8/10.

007 First Light sold 4 million copies in its first three months, IO Interactive said on Aug 20, 2026, after 1.5 million in its first 24 hours, the studio's fastest-selling launch. It has also passed 7 million wishlists.

Spoiler warning. 007 First Light ends with Sir Nicholas Webb and his son Damien unmasked as the real villains, Greenway dead, M offering Bond the number 001 at his grave and Bond choosing 007, then the gun barrel and the card "James Bond Will Return". No post-credits scene has been reported.

007 First Light takes place in Iceland, MI6 in London, Malta, the Grand Carpathian Hotel in Slovakia, Aleph in Mauritania, a museum in Kensington, Webb Industries in the City of London, The Pearl resort in Vietnam and Antarctica. IO Interactive's own list names eight of them.

007 First Light is an origin story of a 26-year-old James Bond, a Royal Navy air crewman whose actions in Iceland get him recruited into MI6's revived 00 program, where the return of the rogue agent 009 becomes the program's first real test. The game is its own continuity, not part of the films.

00 is 007 First Light's hardest difficulty, added free on Oct 1, 2026 in update 1.3.0 and unlocked by finishing the campaign. Enemies spot Bond faster and hit harder, guards get tougher variants, gadgets are limited, and combat has two-hit kills.

Extended Operations is 007 First Light's free DLC, released Oct 1, 2026 as update 1.3.0. It added New Game+, the 00 difficulty, Photo Mode, the Valhalla Protocol and Jungle Heist in TacSim, new weapons and outfits, and over 700 fixes. There is no paid DLC as of Nov 4, 2026.

007 First Light's New Game+ arrived free on Oct 1, 2026 with update 1.3.0. It unlocks after you finish the campaign on any difficulty and lets you replay from the start or any completed checkpoint with your outfits and gadgets, using Mission Warderobe and Gadget on Demand.

The latest 007 First Light update is Hotfix 1.3.2 from Oct 29, 2026. The biggest is 1.3.0, the free Extended Operations DLC of Oct 1, 2026, which added New Game+, the 00 difficulty, Photo Mode and two TacSim modes. This page lists every update since launch.

007 First Light's Photo Mode was added free on Oct 1, 2026 in update 1.3.0. Open it from the Pause menu or bind it to a button in the input settings; it freezes the game and offers seven tabs of camera, image, frame, effect, lighting and pose tools.

007 First Light's Year One roadmap, published by IO Interactive on Jun 5, 2026, promised TacSim returns to Kensington, Slovakia, Mauritania and Vietnam, regular TacSim updates and New Game+. As of Nov 4, 2026, everything but the Mauritania content has shipped; the Bawma mission and G2 Glasses have no date.