IO Interactive (developer of Hitman) is back to talk about Project 007, the mysterious project dedicated to a new game dedicated to James Bond 007, famous secret agent. The title is still under development and the CEO and co-owner of IO Interactive, Hakan Abraki, unveiled new details to ign.com colleagues, which we report below.
First, Abraki confirmed that the game will not use the likeness of any of the actors who over the years have taken on the role of the famous Agent 007. In addition, they will be presented unpublished characters during the narration. Below are the most relevant details revealed by IO Interactive:
It's important to point this out: making a licensed game is new to us. We've only created our own original IPs over the years, right? We created these characters, but we did it ourselves, from scratch. It was very important to us that this project was not a film adaptation. So, it wasn't a game about a specific movie in the series, where the story has already been told.
Abraki stressed the importance for IO Interactive of relying on one completely original story for his new game dedicated to James Bond 007:
It is very important that you can create a 'digital link'. A link between the 007 character and the gaming industry. So we will tell a completely original story. We thought this was really important and we communicated it to EON [James Bond owner] and they agreed with us that the outcome of this decision could lead to excellent results.
Finally, Abraki paused on the importance of the James Bond character and the excitement that springs from fans at the announcement of the new actor who will play the role in the next films:
Each 'type' of Bond defines a generation and it is amazing how they have continued to reinvent themselves for so many years. We are therefore not only inspired by a movie or games from the past inspired by the series. Instead, we're trying to follow the fascination that comes with creating a new Bond, with an original story. I can't wait to be able to create this new reality with new players.
Last November we reported all the details known and emerged up to that moment on Project 007. Finally, some indiscretions lead us to think that this new IO interactive project may represent the beginning of a trilogy dedicated to James Bond.
