Gamers Are Stoked To Learn 'Hitman' Team Is Working On A James Bond Game
This morning, IO Interactive, the studio behind the Hitman, revealed a teaser for "Project 007," their foray into the world of James Bond video games.
Bond games have been a notoriously hit-or-miss genre, with every classic like GoldenEye having a stinker like GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. However, the announcement of IO Entertainment intrigued gamers. For starters, the game is a 007 origin story in which players will have to "earn their 00 status," and while no gameplay format has been revealed, players were curious about what a 007 game in the style of Hitman would look like.
The fact that we as a collective species manifested a new 007 game from IO Interactive after years of saying “they’d make a great Bond game” is really something incredible. #Project007 pic.twitter.com/J0uExdfFqZ
— Cade Onder (@Cade_Onder) November 19, 2020
Hitman has been consistently great forever and this is such a good choice and I’m really happy for IOInteractive, god this rules. https://t.co/TlTFv8nFIE
— chris person (@Papapishu) November 19, 2020
The modern Hitman games are the most James Bondish that a non-Bond game has ever been – hell, considering the whole game isn't about gunplay, it could be more Bondish than a lot of actual Bond games – so I'm excited for how this could turn out. https://t.co/H9QNmHiaeP
— Platitudinous (@Platitudinous_X) November 19, 2020
As of now, there's little information about Project 007, including how it will play and when it will release. The IO Website states that development is taking place "on modern systems," so it's likely it will come out on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
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Timey16
I wonder if it will be a linear level based shooter… or they will take the Hitman formula and adapt it to 007. Giving you a wide variety of targets, action sections, gadgets etc.
So there are no real setpieces, they would be the result of getting caught and the minions trying to kill you.
Mohn
Woah I had a dream about a James Bond game last night
Spooky
RWallace514
You're saying it like there's never been a good 007 game. Goldeneye for the Nintendo 64 begs to differ.
Mistress Fortune
Also the Wii remake, it was pretty good too. Nightfire and Everything or Nothing were awesome as well, and I heard good stuff about Blood Stone though I never played it myself. Legends was seen as a real stinker though which sucks because it was developed by the same people who did Nightfire and Goldeneye Wii, but to be fair I heard the issue with hat game is Activision made them rush it as they were about to lose the license and they really wanted the game out in time for Skyfall's release (though the Skyfall levels had to be put in later as DLC so they should have just delayed it).
Adam
i said it's hit and miss. I played a lot of the ones that were coming out when I was a teen. loved nightfire and everything or nothing, agent under fire was ok, goldeneye rogue sucked
A Concerned Rifleman
"Good luck, 007"