Let’s be honest here: Activision's take on James Bond games didn’t reach the heights of Electronic Arts’ era, nor the iconic solo outing of Nintendo and Rare. It’s been well over a decade since the god-awful 007 Legends, and nearly six years since Hitman developer IO Interactive announced the project eventually titled 007 First Light.
Last September, we walked away from our first hands-on with the stealth action-adventure impressed. Its stealth, shooting and driving sequences easily made it one of our most anticipated games of 2026; however, the overwhelmingly linear demo lacked the creative sandbox many hoped for from the Hitman maker.
