IO Interactive's long-awaited James Bond adventure, 007 First Light has officially gone gold, the developer announced today ahead of the game's release in two weeks.
It's a milestone that we've been waiting a while for, after it was delayed from its initial March 2026 release date to its May 27, 2026, release date. Now we have an official marker that the game is ready ahead of its launch, with the rest of the remaining time left for IO to continue fixing as many bugs and tidying things up as much as possible before it's live for all players.
007 First Light is IO Interactive's version of James Bond's origin story, bringing the world-renowned spy back into the gaming spotlight for the first time in years, and hopefully establishing a second game to go alongside the classic shooter GoldenEye in the history of games based off of Ian Fleming's famous character.
You can pre-order 007 First Light if you're keen to see how the Hitman developer has evolved and shifted its design ethos to fit a more linear, story-driven adventure, and doing so will net you the deluxe edition of the game at no additional cost just by pre-ordering.
Though it'll arrive on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S at the end of the month, Nintendo Switch 2 players have to wait a little longer to get their hands on 007 First Light, after IO confirmed that version of the game would be delayed last month. But they have committed to actually releasing that version of the game, so you don't have to fret that it'll be another Borderlands 4 on Switch 2 situation.
IO also just announced, alongside NVIDIA, that PC players looking to upgrade their GPU can do so with a new RTX 50 Series card in a new bundle.
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