[STEAM] Will 007 First Light Get a Sequel? The Boss of Amazon Games Responds

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IO Interactive’s

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has wowed critics and already reached

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. But that success has also come with confusion over the future of the series, due to comments made last week by

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’s Head of Gaming, Jeff Gattis,

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To clarify the situation, IGN spoke with Gattis at Summer Game Fest about what the development and publishing of subsequent James Bond video games could look like.

“First of all, let me set the record straight for you,” said Gattis. “I did not confirm that

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Game Studios is publishing the next one. Did not say that. So unfortunately, it got picked up, and once it runs, it runs. No, IO's been great. They've been great partners. In fact, I was over there visiting them in Copenhagen a couple of months ago. The game's doing great. Let's let the game breathe and have its day.”

Understandably, the uncertainty over IO’s ability to carry on making the new series it’s established caused a certain amount of worry with fans who would love nothing more than to see the Hitman studio continue its Bond origin story.

“Trust that we're going to be smart about this,” Gattis reassured players. “I mean, it's market appetite. As long as we feel there's a desire for players to have the game, it’s safe to say it's going to be made.”

To try and get as much confirmation as I was ever likely to in this interview, I once again asked if 007 First Light being on track to turn a healthy profit was as much of a green light as needed to get the next entry into production. Gattis’ answer: “Seems like a sequel should be made.”

It’s by no means a guarantee, but it's promising news for those, like me, who thoroughly enjoyed IO’s single-player action adventure take on Britain’s most famous spy.

Last week, IO CEO Hakan Abrak told IGN he was “very confident” 007 First Light will be profitable for the studio, despite it being the most expensive game it’s ever made. “There's some royalty models and whatnot around this, but we are well above our forecasts at this point,” he added. And of course there’s plenty more to come with the game itself, as

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007 First Light took seven years to develop, but potential sequels could be made cheaper and quicker, Abrak added. Abrak said the cost associated with each World of Assassination title came down, and he’d expect the same with future James Bond games.

IGN’s

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scored it 9/10. We said: “Demonstrably obsessed with bringing the Bond fantasy to life in a way no one has ever managed before, 007 First Light is the best Bond game I’ve ever played.”

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