Release Date: May 27, 2026 (May 26 in Early Access)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-Person Shooter
Developer and Publisher: IO Interactive A/S
Platform: PC (Windows)
Interface and Subtitles Language: English, Spanish (Spain / Latin America), Italian, Chinese (Traditional / Simplified), Korean, German, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Turkish, French, Japanese
Voice Acting Language: English
Multiplayer: not available (single-player)
Edition: Deluxe Edition
Version: 1.0 build 23388781
About this game
MI6 doesn’t recruit a tuxedoed legend — it recruits a young James Bond who is still earning his number. 007 First Light tells a standalone origin story of the agent. Bond goes through training, clashes with his mentors, takes on his first field assignments, and gradually picks up the trail of a threat tied to a former Agent 009. The campaign plays out as a third-person cinematic action-adventure, where spy work is built out of conversations, alternate routes, gadgets, holding your nerve in closed rooms, and the ability to switch plans on the fly when your cover slips.
The story takes the player around the world: from Iceland and the Carpathian Mountains to London’s Kensington, the Grand Carpathian hotel, and the Aleph black market. Moneypenny, instructor John Greenway, Dr Selina Tan, and Baum — one of Bond’s adversaries — all step into the frame. For anyone planning to download 007 First Light, expect not a Hitman reskin with a different lead, but a more cinematic stealth-action about a young agent who is still learning to talk, gadget, strike, or improvise his way out of any situation.
- Young Bond on the road to 007 — the hero hasn’t yet become the flawless agent from the films. He acts bolder, sharper, and often leans on improvisation, which is why clashes with his stricter mentors feel like part of the plot, not background noise.
- Stealth, bluff, and open combat — many objectives can be solved quietly: eavesdrop on guards, pull people aside, pick up the right items, and slip through restricted zones in disguise. If the plan falls apart, the game shifts into close-quarters brawls and snap firefights.
- Q Branch gadgets — the Q-Lens helps locate key objects and hackable devices, the Q-Watch triggers special interactions, and the Laser Strap opens new paths or stuns enemies. The Dart Phone, Smoke Pod, and Flash Mine add more options for silent play and crowd control.
- Bond’s instinct and precise takedowns — the instinct system helps distract an opponent, slip out of a suspicious situation, or slow a moment down for a pinpoint action. In a fight, Bond can use the environment, close the gap quickly, and even throw his gun when the magazine runs dry.
- Missions across the globe — the game cycles between closed high-society events, mountain routes, dangerous markets, and secret MI6 sites. That rhythm suits Bond: one scene asks you to stay cool at the bar, the next turns into a chase or a forced entry.
- Replayability — once the training stages are cleared, a mode opens up with challenges, modifiers, agent points, and leaderboards. It’s a clean way to revisit missions, try a different route, and unlock cosmetics for weapons and gadgets.
Trailer:
007 First Light works best when it casts the player not as a shooter on a corridor mission, but as an agent who is constantly reading the room. The Bond adventure stays accessible to a broad audience, but it never collapses into a string of cutscenes the player just watches.
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-9500 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500
- RAM: 16 GB
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 (8 GB)
- Disk space: 80 GB (SSD required)
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i5-13500 / AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- RAM: 16 GB
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (8 GB)
- Disk space: 80 GB (SSD required)
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