Whether facing off against Absolution's BDSM nuns or infiltrating a palatial Parisian fashion show, the series is full of ideas that wouldn't be out of place in any Bond film from Connery to Craig. That might not be exactly what Hitman is known for, but it's something that IO has proved it knows how to capture even in Agent 47's most straight-faced outings. Capturing the brooding style of Daniel Craig is something this particular studio should have no problem with, but the classic James Bond games – GoldenEye, Everything or Nothing, Agent Under Fire - draw, understandably, from their own Bond eras, from films that were prepared to draw in turn from the more light-hearted nature of classic secret agent genre fiction. It's the hammy, melodramatic side of Bond which helps define that entire series – and which Hitman has been subtly aping in everything from its settings to its supporting cast – that's the reason why IO is such a good home for Project 007. Featuring a wholly original Bond story, players will step into the shoes of the world’s favourite Secret Agent to earn their 00 status in the very first James Bond origin story.

In January 2021, IO Interactive director Hakan Abrak revealed that the company hoped to double its staff numbers in the coming years.The kills you really remember are the ones where 007 feeds a goon into a pool of pirahanas Project 007 (working title) is a brand new James Bond video game to be developed and published by IO Interactive.

However, IO Interactive, the developer behind the acclaimed Hitman series, hopes to ensure that it delivers a game worthy of the Bond name with Project 007. One area that has been somewhat hit or miss for the Bond franchise as a whole is its videogame adaptations. Having first burst into people’s lives as the heavy smoking and liquor swigging Secret Intelligence Service (aka MI6) agent in 1953’s Casino Royale novel, the spy has since gone on to star in countless feature films, radio dramatizations, comics, and even tabletop RPGs. James Bond is one of the most famous names in entertainment today. This will be the first time that a videogame based on Ian Fleming’s legendary spy will tackle this point in Bond's life. There is extraordinarily little known about Project 007, other than when it does release it will be a James Bond origin story. A new job listing on IO Interactive’s website has revealed that its upcoming James Bond game - currently only known as Project 007 - is likely to be a third-person action title on its release.

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