{"id":2008058,"date":"2026-06-24T09:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2008058"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:45:25","slug":"the-switch-version-of-acclaimed-james-bond-game-007-first-light-is-seeing-really-good-progress-and-isnt-very-far-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2008058","title":{"rendered":"The Switch version of acclaimed James Bond game 007 First Light is &#8220;seeing really good progress&#8221; and isn&#8217;t very far away"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/007-first-light\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      007 First Light<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The Switch version of acclaimed James Bond game 007 First Light is &#8220;seeing really good progress&#8221; and isn&#8217;t very far away<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">I spy with my little IOI.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/James-Bond-relaxing-on-a-lounger-in-007-First-Light.-He-is-wearing-shorts%2C-an-open-shirt-and-sunglasses_NOX8fvN.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"James Bond relaxing on a lounger in 007 First Light. He is wearing shorts, an open shirt and sunglasses\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"James-Bond-relaxing-on-a-lounger-in-007-First-Light.-He-is-wearing-shorts%2C-an-open-shirt-and-sunglasses_NOX8fvN.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>IOI<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-24T09:45:25+00:00\">June 24, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-switch-version-of-acclaimed-james-bond-game-007-first-light-is-seeing-really-good-progress-and-isnt-very-far-away?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"24adb1e6-72cb-4443-8b19-1f32869e160f\" data-name=\"007 First Light\" data-follow-text=\"Follow 007 First Light\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following 007 First Light\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow 007 First Light\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following 007 First Light\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow 007 First Light\" title=\"Follow 007 First Light\"><br \/>\n  Follow 007 First Light<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Work on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/io-interactive\">IO Interactive<\/a>&#8216;s James Bond origin story 007 First Light is coming along nicely, with the game on track for a summer release.<\/p>\n<p>While 007 First Light has been available on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3768760\/007_First_Light\/\">PC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-GB\/games\/store\/007-first-light\/9pj34m93zv7z\">Xbox <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-gb\/games\/007-first-light\/\">PlayStation<\/a> since the end of May, IOI had delayed the game&#8217;s Switch 2 release for a later date. &#8220;We&#8217;re excited to see players discovering James Bond&#8217;s reimagined origin story and we are looking forward to bringing you the best game experience possible across all platforms,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-delayed-nintendo-switch-2\">the team said at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"007 First Light - Official Accolades Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FSzRvSh0bco?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/FSzRvSh0bco\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">007 First Light &#8211; Official Accolades Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>007 First Light &#8211; Official Accolades Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FSzRvSh0bco\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>IOI has not given a specific date for 007 First Light on Switch 2, the studio did say it was &#8220;looking forward to later this summer&#8221; in relation to it. IOI senior licensing producer Theuns Smit told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/007-first-light\/switch-port\">Pocket Tactics<\/a> the studio was  &#8220;seeing really good progress on the optimisation side of things&#8221;, and that everything is &#8220;charging ahead, it\u2019s going great&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the future, once we&#8217;re ready to share even more, we will, but from what I can share, at least now, things are on track and moving, and that it&#8217;s going well,&#8221; Smit said. &#8220;We want to make sure that we give it its time in optimisation and performance, [so] that it reaches the quality that not only we desire, but that we feel our players deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"artwork for 007 First Light showing a young James Bond standing in front of a wrecked helicopter which has crash landed on a beach\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/artwork-for-007-First-Light-showing-a-young-James-Bond-standing-in-front-of-a-wrecked-helicopter-which-has-crash-landed-on-a-beach.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"976\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"artwork for 007 First Light showing a young James Bond standing in front of a wrecked helicopter which has crash landed on a beach\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"artwork-for-007-First-Light-showing-a-young-James-Bond-standing-in-front-of-a-wrecked-helicopter-which-has-crash-landed-on-a-beach.jpg\" height=\"549\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"976\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>IOI<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>007 First Light is the first James Bond game in more than a decade, and it places players into the shoes of Patrick Gibson&#8217;s inexperienced and somewhat reckless secret agent. The game mixes stealth and combat and, um, charm, with something that feels familiar to IOI&#8217;s Hitman series but also more action packed. And as this is a Bond game, there are of course driving sections as well (I would like to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-may-be-an-original-story-but-you-might-have-missed-plenty-of-homages-to-the-bonds-that-came-before\">apologise for all the scuffs I have given the Aston Martin<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, IOI revealed that 007 First Light had sold an impressive 2.7m copies in its first week on sale. Tt was also revealed in a crucial statistic that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/io-interactives-james-bond-game-007-first-light-sells-27-million-copies-in-its-first-week-as-dev-reiterates-free-year-one-content\">wine bottles were the most common thrown item, representing 36 percent of all thrown projectiles<\/a>. Literal plonk. There have been 34m missions started and 30 percent of those have been completed successfully. Naturally, these numbers will be even higher now.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"007 First Light screenshot showing Bond and his fellow recruits doing weapons training in Malta\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/007-First-Light-screenshot-showing-Bond-and-his-fellow-recruits-doing-weapons-training-in-Malta.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7780580075662042\" width=\"1410\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"007 First Light screenshot showing Bond and his fellow recruits doing weapons training in Malta\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"007-First-Light-screenshot-showing-Bond-and-his-fellow-recruits-doing-weapons-training-in-Malta.jpg\" height=\"793\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7780580075662042\" width=\"1410\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>IOI<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;007 First Light is less cerebral and replayable than IO&#8217;s World of Assassination trilogy, but makes up for it with excellent fistfights and oodles of charm,&#8221; Rick Lane wrote in Eurgamer&#8217;s own review, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-review\">awarding 007 First Light four stars<\/a>. And the good news is, there is more to come, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-replayability-tacsim-dlc\">IOI has significant post-release plans for 007 First Light<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are making your way through 007 First Light but need a little extra hand, be sure to check out our guides. Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-mission-3-walkthrough\">walkthrough of 007 First Light&#8217;s third mission to get you started<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Work on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/io-interactive\">IO Interactive<\/a>&#8216;s James Bond origin story 007 First Light is coming along nicely, with the game on track for a summer release.<\/p>\n<p>While 007 First Light has been available on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3768760\/007_First_Light\/\">PC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbox.com\/en-GB\/games\/store\/007-first-light\/9pj34m93zv7z\">Xbox <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-gb\/games\/007-first-light\/\">PlayStation<\/a> since the end of May, IOI had delayed the game&#8217;s Switch 2 release for a later date. &#8220;We&#8217;re excited to see players discovering James Bond&#8217;s reimagined origin story and we are looking forward to bringing you the best game experience possible across all platforms,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-delayed-nintendo-switch-2\">the team said at the time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"007 First Light - Official Accolades Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FSzRvSh0bco?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/FSzRvSh0bco\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">007 First Light &#8211; Official Accolades Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>007 First Light &#8211; Official Accolades Trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FSzRvSh0bco\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>IOI has not given a specific date for 007 First Light on Switch 2, the studio did say it was &#8220;looking forward to later this summer&#8221; in relation to it. IOI senior licensing producer Theuns Smit told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/007-first-light\/switch-port\">Pocket Tactics<\/a> the studio was  &#8220;seeing really good progress on the optimisation side of things&#8221;, and that everything is &#8220;charging ahead, it\u2019s going great&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the future, once we&#8217;re ready to share even more, we will, but from what I can share, at least now, things are on track and moving, and that it&#8217;s going well,&#8221; Smit said. &#8220;We want to make sure that we give it its time in optimisation and performance, [so] that it reaches the quality that not only we desire, but that we feel our players deserve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"artwork for 007 First Light showing a young James Bond standing in front of a wrecked helicopter which has crash landed on a beach\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/artwork-for-007-First-Light-showing-a-young-James-Bond-standing-in-front-of-a-wrecked-helicopter-which-has-crash-landed-on-a-beach.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"976\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"artwork for 007 First Light showing a young James Bond standing in front of a wrecked helicopter which has crash landed on a beach\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"artwork-for-007-First-Light-showing-a-young-James-Bond-standing-in-front-of-a-wrecked-helicopter-which-has-crash-landed-on-a-beach.jpg\" height=\"549\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"976\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>IOI<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>007 First Light is the first James Bond game in more than a decade, and it places players into the shoes of Patrick Gibson&#8217;s inexperienced and somewhat reckless secret agent. The game mixes stealth and combat and, um, charm, with something that feels familiar to IOI&#8217;s Hitman series but also more action packed. And as this is a Bond game, there are of course driving sections as well (I would like to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-may-be-an-original-story-but-you-might-have-missed-plenty-of-homages-to-the-bonds-that-came-before\">apologise for all the scuffs I have given the Aston Martin<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, IOI revealed that 007 First Light had sold an impressive 2.7m copies in its first week on sale. Tt was also revealed in a crucial statistic that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/io-interactives-james-bond-game-007-first-light-sells-27-million-copies-in-its-first-week-as-dev-reiterates-free-year-one-content\">wine bottles were the most common thrown item, representing 36 percent of all thrown projectiles<\/a>. Literal plonk. There have been 34m missions started and 30 percent of those have been completed successfully. Naturally, these numbers will be even higher now.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"007 First Light screenshot showing Bond and his fellow recruits doing weapons training in Malta\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/007-First-Light-screenshot-showing-Bond-and-his-fellow-recruits-doing-weapons-training-in-Malta.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7780580075662042\" width=\"1410\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"007 First Light screenshot showing Bond and his fellow recruits doing weapons training in Malta\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"007-First-Light-screenshot-showing-Bond-and-his-fellow-recruits-doing-weapons-training-in-Malta.jpg\" height=\"793\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7780580075662042\" width=\"1410\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>IOI<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;007 First Light is less cerebral and replayable than IO&#8217;s World of Assassination trilogy, but makes up for it with excellent fistfights and oodles of charm,&#8221; Rick Lane wrote in Eurgamer&#8217;s own review, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-review\">awarding 007 First Light four stars<\/a>. And the good news is, there is more to come, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-replayability-tacsim-dlc\">IOI has significant post-release plans for 007 First Light<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are making your way through 007 First Light but need a little extra hand, be sure to check out our guides. Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-mission-3-walkthrough\">walkthrough of 007 First Light&#8217;s third mission to get you started<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News 007 First Light The Switch version of acclaimed James Bond game 007 First Light is &#8220;seeing really good progress&#8221; and isn&#8217;t very far away I spy with my little IOI. 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