#io-interactive

#io-interactive

On November 20, during Xbox's Partner Preview showcase, IO Interactive announced that rapper Eminem would be the next elusive target coming to Hitman: World of Assassination in a free update arriving next month on all platforms. Here's the strange trailer, which shows Eminem teaming up with Agent 47 to take out his alter ego, Slim Shady, who is hanging out in a strange medical facility in Japan.

We thought they had some great ideas and a great world in the background that they were building, and hopefully they'll get the opportunity to show more of that in the future. And we just wanted to help them distribute the game.

On September 3, as previously announced, Sony and IO Interactive showed off over 30 minutes of 007: First Light, giving us our first real look at gameplay following some teasers and trailers. And at the end of the showcase-which featured Bond sneaking around, killing people, driving various vehicles, and causing mayhem-IOI revealed that First Light is launching on March 27, 2026 on all platforms.

IO Interactive seemingly wrapped up its assassination series Hitman in 2023, launching the anthology on practically every game platform. But it's not done with sneaking, subterfuge, and... sniper rifles. The game developer announced that it was making a new James Bond game, teasing an "unrefined" Bond in training - yes, it's another reimagined origin story. At a closed-door briefing at Gamescom, I watched the team play through some early parts of 007 First Light, with Bond part of a team of more seasoned spies hunting down a rogue double-'o' agent. Ah, that sounds like a Bond plot.

"IO Interactive is developing Project 007, an origin story for James Bond, aiming to potentially launch a new game trilogy, showcasing their creative ambition."