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007 First Light

007 First Light on Switch 2: Mar 18, 2027Date announced by IO Interactive on Oct 14, 2026, hour not, so this counts to the start of the day in UTC.

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Awards and Nominations007 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.
Editions and Prices007 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.
Nintendo Switch 2 Version007 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.
PC Performance and Path Tracing007 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.
PC System Requirements007 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.
Platforms and Game Pass007 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.
PS5 and Xbox Performance Modes007 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.
Release Date and Times007 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.
Reviews007 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.
Sales and Players007 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.