{"id":137217,"date":"2026-05-16T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201262"},"modified":"2026-05-16T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T11:00:00","slug":"video-io-interactive-chats-with-the-star-of-its-new-game-007-first-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/16\/video-io-interactive-chats-with-the-star-of-its-new-game-007-first-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: IO Interactive Chats With The Star Of Its New Game &#8216;007 First Light&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9ef808e8076e7\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9ef808e8076e7\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9ef808e8076e7\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"Wne-K8h6Lak\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wne-K8h6Lak?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>IO Interactive&#8217;s marketing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/007-first-light\">007 First Light<\/a> is now in full swing ahead of Bond&#8217;s anticipated return on <em>other<\/em> platforms later this month.<\/p>\n<p>To help build some excitement, the studio is now showcasing its &#8220;amazing&#8221; ensemble cast, and it&#8217;s got this underway with a brief chat with Irish actor Patrick Gibson &#8211; aka the guy who will be playing 007 in his new video game assignment.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson has also shared a lovely message with Bond fans and gamers alike:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Strap in, I&#8217;m as excited as everyone else to play, I hope people enjoy the game, I think there was a lot of love and passion put into it, and for fans of gaming and the character, I hope it delivers everything that they expect. I&#8217;m very excited to hear people&#8217;s reaction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, while the marketing for this new James Bond game is now well and truly underway, Switch 2 owners will have to wait until &#8220;this summer&#8221; to get their hands on this new adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, IOI&#8217;s boss has already promised to do everything he can to get the game out on Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid hardware within this particular window.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:200774,200004,188416 @ 1778944779 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be checking out 007 First Light? What do you think of the new video game version of James Bond? <em>Tell us in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] IO Interactive&#8217;s marketing of 007 First Light is now in full swing ahead of Bond&#8217;s anticipated return on other platforms later this month. To help build some excitement, the studio is now showcasing its &#8220;amazing&#8221; ensemble cast, and it&#8217;s got this underway with a brief chat with Irish actor Patrick Gibson &#8211; aka [&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-137217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137217","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=137217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}