IO Interactive has introduced a brand new method to promote wishlisting its upcoming Bond recreation 007: First Gentle. Dubbed Wishlist Milestones, the promotion revolves round getting sufficient gamers to wishlist the title to get rewarded with bonus goodies, each in-game and out.
As a part of the promotion, there are 4 milestones that may be hit by sufficient gamers including 007: First Gentle to their wishlists on numerous digital distribution platforms, together with Steam, Epic Video games Retailer, Xbox Retailer, PlayStation Retailer, and the Nintendo eShop.
Whereas the primary three milestones are apparent sufficient, rewarding gamers with a singular pores and skin for Bond, in addition to 007-themed wallpapers, a customized gadget pores and skin and a bespoke streaming overlay for the second milestone, and a Deluxe agent pores and skin and a developer AMA for the third milestone, rewards from the fourth milestone haven’t but been revealed.
Somewhat, the studio has determined to maintain it a thriller with a purpose to construct up some intrigue, seemingly hoping that this pushes increasingly more gamers so as to add the sport to their wishlists.
“The mission is straightforward: rally collectively and unlock the Wishlist milestones for 007 First Gentle,” wrote the studio in its announcement. “With each milestone reached, new in-game and group rewards are unlocked, including type, sophistication, and a secret reward.”
As we get nearer and nearer to the 2026 launch window for 007: First Gentle, increasingly more particulars concerning the upcoming recreation are getting revealed. Again in June, IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak revealed that the studio would possibly convey short-term missions impressed by the Hitman franchise’s Elusive Targets as post-launch content material.
In an interview, Abrak spoke about how the studio had gotten expertise with this type of work with the time it spent on the Hitman trilogy, culminating within the launch of Hitman World of Assassination. Via this, the studio was ready to determine how one can add extra compelling single-player content material to the sport that makes use of current belongings whereas nonetheless bringing in contemporary gameplay. He defined that the studio will make use of the teachings realized from Hitman for 007: First Gentle.
“We clearly have tons of expertise now from World of Assassination, and tons of expertise on how one can prolong a single-player expertise by giving fascinating free content material to gamers,” mentioned Abrak. “The primary goal with 007 First gentle is to come back out with the absolute best, most impactful journey for avid gamers. Once more, with out giving an excessive amount of element, you may anticipate that we’ll be making use of a few of our learnings from World of Assassination to Bond.”
“That provides us extra challenges to play with,” he continued. “In Hitman, you could have these reside challenges. And apart from the issues that we’re capable of do in Hitman, we will do extra actiony issues and extra kinetic challenges in Bond.”
Abrak has additionally beforehand talked about how, whereas IO Intearctive is at present targeted on 007: First Gentle, the studio nonetheless isn’t carried out with the Hitman sequence. He revealed in an interview final month that we’ll positively see extra Hitman sooner or later.
Within the meantime, 007: First Gentle is coming to PC, PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S and Nintendo Swap 2 om 2026.
