007 First Light: Desert Explorer

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.

The Nintendo Switch 2 version of IO Interactive's 007 First Light has been anticipated practically since it was revealed to be in the works. That version of the game didn't make it out alongside all the other platforms in May, but thanks to a new leak, we know when we'll be playing it. Read more

Crimson Desert's first expansion releases in October, and it's going to have a ton of game-changing content, including underwater gameplay.

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