Future sequels to First Gentle can be printed by Amazon and MGM reasonably than IO Interactive. In an interview with Polygon, Amazon’s Basic Sport Division Jeff Gattis confirmed that Amazon Sport Studios can be chargeable for publishing future James Bond video games.
“We did not create[First Light],” Gattis defined. βWe at the moment personal that IP, so we now have the rights to it, however the acquisition of that IP occurred after the First Gentle IO settlement had already been accomplished.β
The deal Gattis is referring to offers IO Interactive the ability to self-publish 007 First Gentle, in addition to Hitman 3. IO Interactive was signed to provide Bond when the collection was below the management of MGM and EON Productions, the manufacturing firm that has managed the James Bond model for many years. Nonetheless, Amazon acquired MGM in 2021 (one 12 months after the sport was introduced) and finally took full inventive management of Bond in 2025.
Amazon and MGM continued to collaborate on James Bond at First Gentle to make sure the sport lived as much as model expectations, nevertheless it appears to be like like Amazon might have extra management going ahead. Gattis mentioned the sequel can be made by “MGM, and theoretically by Amazon Sport Studios.”
It is necessary to notice that Amazon Sport Studios is the publishing division of Amazon. For instance, AGS publishes two Tomb Raider titles: Consequently, IO Interactive might proceed growing future Bond titles.
Nonetheless, this additionally means Amazon will again the venture financially, that means it may probably have extra say in what it desires to see within the recreation. Gattis even famous that Amazon is shifting into gaming to create synergies with films and TV exhibits, which will certainly be necessary for future James Bond films.
“We predict it is a actual alternative to create an IP that expands on or expands on TV exhibits and films. That is why we’ll have a Tomb Raider TV present on Prime Video alongside the sport. There’s numerous work happening when it comes to new video games associated to the Prime Video IP.”
With First Gentle promoting 1.5 million copies in its first 24 hours, and IO Interactive overtly asserting its intentions for a sequel with a daring title card on the finish of the sport that reads “James Bond Returns,” a sequel appears all however sure. IO Interactive has additionally beforehand said that they want to create a trilogy of 007 video games.
videogameaddicted’s Luke Reilly additionally gave 007 First Gentle a 9/10 in his overview, stating that the sport is “obsessive about bringing the Bond fantasy to life in a method nobody has accomplished earlier than” and that 007 First Gentle is one of the best Bond recreation I’ve ever performed.
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