The gameplay trailer and release date for IO Interactive and Amazon’s eagerly anticipated James Bond video game, “007 First Light,” was revealed Wednesday, along with the news that “Dexter: Original Sin” and “The OA” star Patrick Gibson will be voicing the iconic British Secret Service agent.
The game, an origin story for Bond, will launch March 27, 2026.
The standard edition (for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S consoles, and for PC via Steam and the Epic Store) and physical-only “Specialist” version (which is compatible with Nintendo Switch 2, alongside PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S) of “007: First Light” are both priced at $69.99. A limited-edition “Legacy” package is set at $299.99.
From publisher IO Interactive, Amazon MGM Studios and Delphi, “007 First Light” is promoted as “a thrilling narrative action-adventure game.”
Per the title’s description, “Follow James Bond as a young, resourceful, and sometimes reckless recruit in MI6’s training program, and discover an origin story of the world’s most famous spy.”
Along with Gibson, the voice and motion-capture cast for “007 First Light” includes Priyanga Burford as M, Alastair Mackenzie as Q, Kiera Lester as Miss Moneypenny, Lennie James as Bond’s mentor, John Greenway, and Noemie Nakai as Miss Roth.
Watch the trailer for “007 First Light” below.
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