007 First Light, hands-on previews praise IO Interactive's Bond game

007: First Light is if Uncharted and Hitman did the fusion dance (positive).

Last week, I went hands on with 007: First Light for 3.5 hours at a London preview event. You can read my 4,000 word impressions on the demo, interview with the devs, and accessibility impressions now! Earn the Number: A 007 First Light interview and hands-on store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/e...

Jan OOchoa sat down with Jeff Bakalar to talk about his time with 007: First Light! SPOILERS: Jan likes it A LOT youtu.be/rkdqtxwz29g

Three hours with 007 First Light convinced me it's a genuine game of the year contender - and maybe the best Bond game yet. www.videogameschronicle.com/features/007...

I played 007 First Light and I fell in love. It has the creative level design that I love from IOI, a soundtrack and score that makes you feel like Bond, and ultimately it gets you feeling like you're in a Bond movie. Still need to know more about the story, but gameplay? It has a license to kill.

May 2026 Games | What are we playing? Notable releases include Mixtape, Directive 8020, Forza Horizon 6, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, LEGO Batman, 007 First Light and a lot more 🎮🕹️

For @kotaku.com: I played over 3 hours of 007 First Light and came away pretty excited. It treads a lot of familiar ground if you've played games like Uncharted, but what it offers is still extremely fun. The story, music, and characters are top notch. Full preview: kotaku.com/over-3-hours...

It is a BIG video game day! - Saros is out now - Anno 117 DLC is out now - Invincible VS is out now - 007 First Light impressions too! We have got them all for you to check out, a big shout out to our team for all of the coverage. Check out the thread below 👇🏾👇🏾

A new James Bond adventure is upon us because 007 First Light launches next month! Ahead of its release, check out our exhaustive timeline of the James Bond video game franchise. You Only Live About 30 Times: gameinformer.com/feature/2026...

Playing 007: First Light makes me wonder if it's actually possible to nail James Bond - but IOI has made a cracking attempt. Our big hands-on preview: www.eurogamer.net/007-first-li...

My May new release power rankings 1. 007 First Light 2. Beastro 3. Mixtape 4. Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes 5. Zero Parades for Dead Spies Absolute banger month. Would be even more on here if I played Early Access games.

I was invited to the 007 First Light hands-on preview event in LA. After a couple of hours with it, I had an amazing time. The story really got me curious to learn more about the game. I'm planning to talk more about it soon on GTR.

It saddens me how disinterested I am in 007: First Light. I’m not demanding IO only ever make Hitman games, but when they’re the only developer doing what they do and their first title in five years is Hitman Lite crossed with Uncharted? Feels like a waste of talent, tbh

So I played 007: First Light last week. A rare treat for me. And I didn't want to stop. It's very much not Hitman, but you can tell it was made by the same people. I pre-ordered it the moment I left the event

In the meantime, here's Matthew's preview of 007 First Light for The Guardian 👀 www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...