The James Bond rights holders weren’t keen on making one other online game till Hitman developer IO Interactive pitched Project 007.
As reported by GamesRadar, IO Interactive co-owners Hakan Abrak and Christian Elverdam instructed Edge Magazine they’d a tough time convincing the James Bond homeowners to allow them to make a sport in that universe, with poorly acquired current releases maybe placing them off.
“Our impression was clearly that [at the time] they weren’t in search of a sport,” stated Abrak. “And I believe it is honest that they may not have been tremendous proud of a number of the later video games.”
There hasn’t been a James Bond launch shortly, however the newest two had been 2010’s 007: Blood Stone (which IGN stated was mediocre) and 2012’s 007 Legends (which IGN stated was dangerous).
Compared to those extra conventional shooter experiences, Elverdam stated IO interactive as an alternative proposed an entry much less centered on countless violence and extra on being a spy that solely took down important targets, which sounds rather a lot just like the Hitman video games.
Project 007 was introduced in 2020 however IO interactive nonetheless hasn’t stated heaps about it. We do know it can have an unique story, nevertheless, and Elverdam has beforehand referred to as it an “agent fantasy”. The developer can also be placing Hitman on hiatus whereas it really works on the James Bond sport.
It will nonetheless have a lot to maintain busy with, in fact, as IO Interactive introduced in February that a web based fantasy RPG can also be in growth on the studio. “We are embarking on a brand new journey. One that expands our creativity, our capabilities, and in some sense our id. We are constructing a brand new world, a brand new IP: a web based fantasy RPG,” it stated on the time.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
