{"id":137038,"date":"2026-05-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200661"},"modified":"2026-05-03T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:00:00","slug":"round-up-the-previews-are-in-for-007-first-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/03\/round-up-the-previews-are-in-for-007-first-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Up: The Previews Are In For 007: First Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/34276c75a6e16\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/34276c75a6e16\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"34276c75a6e16\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"007 First Light\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/34276c75a6e16\/007-first-light.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/34276c75a6e16\/007-first-light.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"563\" alt=\"007 First Light\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: IO Interactive<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The famous fictional spy James Bond will embark on a new mission later this month. Although it&#8217;s been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/04\/007-first-light-shaken-by-delay-on-switch-2-now-releasing-after-other-consoles\">shaken by a delay on the Switch 2<\/a>, the latest round of previews for <em>other<\/em> platforms still has us excited.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t already seen it, we&#8217;ve got a full debrief about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/007-first-light\">007: First Light<\/a> from our colleagues at <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/previews\/007-first-light-a-full-debrief-after-3-hours-with-ios-new-james-bond-game\">Push Square<\/a> &#8211; describing the PlayStation 5 version as a &#8220;systems-driven interpretation of what it means to be 007&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:200431 @ 1777792952 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube with-primis\" data-videoid=\"8z1lMz-_5CM\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8z1lMz-_5CM?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>And here&#8217;s what other sites had to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/007-first-light-final-preview\">IGN<\/a><\/strong>: &#8220;It&#8217;s been many years since the last proper 007 game, and the larger Bond franchise seems to be in a state of reassessment. And that certainly puts IO Interactive&#8217;s latest in a great position to deliver an exciting new Bond game cleverly. With 007: First Light&#8217;s character-first approach to delivering a fully realized Bond adventure, it&#8217;s so far got the charm, wit, and raw energy to make this spy thriller one to keep an eye on as its May release fast approaches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/after-3-hours-with-007-first-light-ios-weaknesses-are-on-display-in-a-way-they-havent-been-since-hitman-absolution\/\"><strong>PC Gamer<\/strong><\/a>: &#8220;On the surface, Bond might seem a natural fit for IO: all glitz and gadgets that make it feel like barely a skip away from the world of Hitman. But what I saw had me feeling that the studio has not leaned into its strengths, trading the absurd clockwork worlds of Agent 47 for a more tightly choreographed, linear, and &#8220;cinematic&#8221; game that IO has never been all that good at. The last time it tried was Hitman: Absolution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/features\/007-first-light-handson\/\"><strong>VGC<\/strong><\/a>: &#8220;What you need to understand, of course, is that this is a different version of Bond \u2013 Gibson clearly eyes the other holders of the role, and the version from the books, but does his own thing. I think he has the right mix of cool detachment and smug self-assurance to make the role sing, though.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/007-first-light-preview\/\"><strong>Polygon<\/strong><\/a><em>: &#8220;<\/em><em>I had one big problem with the preview: Bond himself. Although I was inhabiting a very James Bond world and playing in a very James Bond way, at no point did I really feel that the character I was playing<\/em> <em>was<\/em> James Bond. As played by Patrick Gibson, <em>he was too young<\/em><em>, too eager, and far too chatty, narrating his own actions in the<\/em> <em>classic manner of the contemporary AAA protagonist<\/em><em>. He just didn&#8217;t have the cool \u2014 or, as Bond would probably call it, the<\/em> <em>sang froid<\/em><em>&#8230;<\/em><em>Perhaps this is an inherent risk of choosing to tell an origin story, when the character has yet to assume his trademark cynicism and worldliness, or refine his hard edge&#8230;Perhaps the character will ease into his own skin over the course of the game. But for now, I&#8217;m unconvinced. What&#8217;s a James Bond game without a convincing James Bond? And if the answer is &#8220;just a very good stealth action game,&#8221; will that be enough?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cgmagonline.com\/articles\/previews\/007-first-light-bond-studio\/\"><strong>CGM Online<\/strong><\/a>: &#8220;I can think of no studio better for this. It nailed the experience and the tone, and used its expertise in a way that feels fresh, engaging and fun. The team knows what it is doing and has gone all out to build a game that is unmistakably James Bond while feeling like a natural evolution for the studio.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesixthaxis.com\/2026\/04\/30\/007-first-light-preview-from-ioi-with-love\/\"><strong>The Sixth Axis<\/strong><\/a>: &#8220;007: First Light goes far beyond being a pleasant surprise for me. You can certainly see where IO Interactive has adapted key aspects from Hitman, but it\u2019s been done with such a deft touch, using them as highlight moments that fit with a different kind of covert action star. You should put this straight to the top of your wish list.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p>So these are the final previews! As you can see, there is a mix of opinions in there about Bond&#8217;s new mission and how the character is depicted. 007 First Light is out <strong>27th May 2026<\/strong> for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. It will be followed by a Switch 2 release &#8220;later this summer&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:199626,183534,182901 @ 1777792952 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be checking this new James Bond game out when it eventually shows up on the Switch 2? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: IO Interactive The famous fictional spy James Bond will embark on a new mission later this month. Although it&#8217;s been shaken by a delay on the Switch 2, the latest round of previews for other platforms still has us excited. If you haven&#8217;t already seen it, we&#8217;ve got a full debrief about 007: First [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}