IO Interactive's Project 007 to Feature a 'Young Bond for Gamers' with a View to a Trilogy

Hitman developer IO Interactive and James Bond seems like a match made in heaven. While details about Project 007 remain fairly thin on the ground, the studio has shared a teensy bit more in an interview with IGN.

Hakan Abrak, CEO of the studio, reiterates that the game will be an origin story that introduces an entirely new take on James Bond. This won't be the "gamification of a movie", he says, but is "completely beginning and becoming a story, hopefully for a big trilogy out there in the future".

He describes IO Interactive's take on the spy "a young Bond for gamers" that players can "can call their own and grow with".

In 2020, the company announced it's working on a brand new game featuring Britain's beloved secret agent, currently known only as Project 007. Little has been shared about the game in the intervening years, though hopefully that will all change soon.

"I don't have an update today, but believe me, it's itching here as well to be talking about it soon," Abrak says. He assures that development is "going amazingly well" and IO Interactive "will soon be talking more about it".

After pretty much perfecting its Hitman formula with its modern trilogy, the developer seems perfectly positioned to deliver on the James Bond fantasy. It's aiming high, too, hoping to turn it into a trilogy that's worthy of the character's legacy.

"I don't want to speak too big about it, but I just hope we'll do a thing that will define James Bond in gaming for years to come," Abrak says. "And that is not only one game, but that we create a universe for gamers to own for many years to come that we can grow with that next to the Bond on the movies."

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[source ign.com]