Absence of Light

IO awkwardly welds together two schools of game design.

The magic of 007 First Light is in the bluff. When IO Interactive's young James Bond is caught out yet again trying to sneak through some restricted area, he has numerous ways to resolve the situation. Gadgets. Fists. Guns. Whatever's lying on the nearest surface. But the most novel, and in some ways most satisfying, is simply to blag it. Pressing Circle (on PlayStation) will cause Bond to blurt out some impeccably improvised lie, stunning guards into second-guessing their suspicions and opening a brief window for Bond to slip by. Read more

Everyone who plays a major part in 007 First Light and their real-life actor revealed, alongside all the cameos you can find in-game.

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

Techland's open-world zombie game Dying Light: The Beast is apparently too beefy for previous-generation hardware.