IO Interactive hopes its upcoming James Bond recreation might be the primary entry in a trilogy.
The Hitman studio introduced Mission 007 through a brief CGI trailer in November 2020.
It confirmed on the time that the sport would characteristic a “wholly authentic” Bond story, but it surely hasn’t revealed a lot in regards to the undertaking over the previous few years.
“So it’s not a gamification of a film,” studio CEO Hakan Abrak instructed IGN in a brand new interview. “It’s utterly starting and turning into a narrative, hopefully for a giant trilogy on the market sooner or later.
“And equally necessary and thrilling, it’s a brand new Bond. It’s a Bond we constructed from floor up for avid gamers. It’s extraordinarily thrilling with all of the custom and all of the historical past there may be there collectively to work on this along with the household of making a younger Bond for avid gamers; a Bond that the avid gamers can name their very own and develop with.”
Abrak stated IO views the dearth of Bond video games in recent times as a energy as a result of the model hasn’t been overexposed. And citing the excessive regard gamers nonetheless have for Uncommon’s 1997 basic GoldenEye, he stated the studio hopes to make a long-lasting influence with its Bond recreation too.
“I don’t need to converse too large about it, however I simply hope we’ll do a factor that can outline James Bond in gaming for years to come back. And that isn’t just one recreation, however that we create a universe for avid gamers to personal for a few years to come back that we are able to develop with that subsequent to the Bond on the flicks.”
Abrak additionally stated gamers shouldn’t have to attend lengthy to listen to extra in regards to the recreation.
“The manufacturing’s going amazingly effectively and we’ll quickly be speaking extra about it. I do know it was a bit of teaser, not a variety of info, however there’s a variety of cool stuff developing. We’re additionally very excited and after we are prepared with that, we’ll be opening up.”
IO introduced at the moment that it has created a third-party publishing division. It has signed MindsEye, the “first AAA premium recreation” from Construct A Rocket Boy, the studio based by former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies.