007 First Light

IO Interactive's James Bond game 007 First Light is full of spectacular gunfights it didn't truly need.

James Bond origin story 007 First Light received its first big content update on Friday that added new TacSim missions and more.

007 First Light has been a big success for IO Interactive, which developed and published the James Bond game, but now that Amazon owns the franchise, what's going to happen with a potential sequel? That question remains unanswered, but now Amazon Game Studios boss Jeff Gattis has shed more light on the situation and strongly suggested that a sequel is a matter of when, not if. Speaking to IGN, Gattis first clarified his original comments, saying he never said that Amazon Game Studios would publish "the next one." Earlier in June, Gattis said a potential First Light sequel would be "done by MGM

007 First Light strikes a key balance between keeping James Bond grounded while also placing him in believably outlandish sequences, but for longtime fans of the franchise, the lack of any over-the-top gadgets was sorely missed in the game. That's not to say that developer IO Interactive didn't consider giving Bond some extra black ops hardware during the development of the game, but these gadgets were cut back so that Bond's arsenal would more accurately reflect the world he was living in--which meant no alligator submarine, flamethrower bagpipes, or a boombox rocket launcher. "We had things

007 First Light has already positioned itself as one of the year's best games. A new mission is on the way, as announced at Summer Game Fest.