But there are still stakes to adapting 007 for the current console era: to escape the shadow of GoldenEye and chase the glory of Daniel Craig’s Bond run, still IO had to put a fresh spin on a 72-year-old character without just copy-pasting the Agent 47 playbook.

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First Light (previously known as Project 007) features a wholly original Bond story and will see players earn their 00 status in the very first James Bond origin story.

The official James Bond twitter account appears to have leaked a trailer showing a 007 First Light villain played by a famous musician.

Actor Patrick Gibson plays a young James Bond in First Light, which tells a new, original story of how Bond became 007. The game's cast also includes No Time To Die actor Priyanga Burford as M, The Walking Dead's Lennie James as Greenway, Death in Paradise's Kiera Lester as Miss Moneypenny, and Andor actor Alastair Mackenzie as Q.

First Light finally unveils the next major villain set to antagonize James Bond, and he already stacks up against the franchise's best.

I like my 007 First Light like I love my martinis - cheap - and this origin story from the Hitman developers is now at a huge discount before launch.