It sounds like IO Interactive's take on the world of James Bond in 007 First Light was going to be quite different at first. Where the game as it currently is focuses on just Mr. Bond, once upon a time there was an idea for it to be something of an ensemble cast, where he would have been working with a number of double-O agents across his missions. Spoilers ahead!
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"During the training sequence, we make a false promise": IO Interactive on the ensemble James Bond game that 007 First Light never was
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What are we all playing this weekend?
What are we all playing this weekend?
This weekend is the eye of the wedding storm, a brief reprieve before heading up to Sheffield next week for further nuptials. Though, that doesn't mean I can relax. My body is in a finely tuned state that I can't let slacken with the finish line is in sight.
I will, of course, be following my wedding guest training regime.
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What we've been playing – "He takes great joy out of my suffering"
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Connor is expertly trolled by his friend and shares a controversial take on a game some people will love; Chris revisits an all-timer while remembering a time when it didn't seem so; and Bertie ruins a game for himself. Read more
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Not so much James Bond, more Mission Impossible – 007 First Light was originally more of an ensemble piece, says IO Interactive
IO Interactive once considered making 007 First Light more of an ensemble piece than it turned out to be. In other words, the game would have been less about James Bond on his own and more about him and a team of agents working together. Read more
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Netflix's games strategy might be a mess, but Oxenfree studio's ingenious new chiller-thriller shows it has a secret weapon
I still vividly recall the moment in No More Heroes when my Wii Remote rang for the first time. Confusion turned to delight as I held the controller to my ear and, through its tiny tinny speaker, Sylvia began to speak, as if on the other end of the line. Suddenly, Travis Touchdown's world had broken free of the TV, and I was thrilled. Oxenfree developer Night School's brisk new horror game Unhinged, currently streaming on Netflix, is built from these kinds of fourth-wall-busting moments, helping turn an already breathless thriller into something fascinating. Read more
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Those rumoured Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas remasters are real, Fallout 5 is in pre-production, and Fallout 76 is getting a massive expansion
Bethesda has published a new statement which drops some major bombs (sorry) about the future of the Fallout series. In the statement, the company noted that those long-rumoured Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 3 remasters are indeed real, teased a mystery Fallout project being developed with Obsidian, and – last but not least – announced that Fallout 5 is now in preproduction. Read more