IO Interactive Celebrates 007 First Light Selling 4 Million Copies in 3 Months

James Bond video crippled blockbuster 007 First Light has sold 4 cardinal copies successful conscionable 3 months, developer IO Interactive has announced.

The accomplishment comes amid uncertainty implicit the aboriginal of the James Bond video crippled franchise nether Amazon, contempt wide acclaim for First Light itself, built by Hitman shaper IO.

But for now, astatine least, there's a batch to observe — with 4 cardinal copies successful 3 months an awesome achievement, with the game's Nintendo Switch 2 motorboat inactive to come.

Today, IO besides recommitted to updating First Light further with an array of post-launch updates, including a New Game+ run option, a caller ngo starring pirate king Bawma (portrayed by Lenny Kravitz), positive summation Tac Sim challenges, weapons and cosmetics, arsenic good arsenic a photograph mode.

007: First Light Year One Content. Image credit: IO Interactive.

What volition travel adjacent for the First Light franchise remains uncertain, however. Built arsenic the archetypal portion of a imaginable Bond trilogy, immoderate aboriginal sequel, if officially greenlit, volition present request to beryllium published by Amazon Games.

IO published First Light itself, akin to however it handled Hitman 3, thing which enables it to recoup a greater stock of the projects and person afloat originative power implicit the game's absorption and story. But this woody was signed erstwhile the Bond franchise was nether the power of MGM and EON Productions.

It remains to beryllium seen however the bid volition beryllium handed with Amazon backing the project, with the U.S. institution perchance having a bigger accidental successful what it wants to spot successful the game, including synergy with its ain plans for a caller James Bond movie.

One happening remains certain, however: 007 First Light is precise good. IGN gave the crippled a 9/10 successful our 007 First Light review, noting that it was "obsessed with bringing the Bond phantasy to beingness successful a mode nary 1 has ever managed before" and describing it arsenic "the champion Bond crippled I’ve ever played."

Last month, IO was forced to standard backmost enactment connected its under-wraps phantasy RPG codenamed Project Dragon, which had been partially funded by currency from Xbox. But present — with Microsoft laying disconnected thousands of workers, offloading studios and scrapping assorted outer partnerships — IO's crippled has besides fallen unfortunate to tightening purse strings.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social