The Summer Game Fest 2025 marathon is about to begin, and it's already making your head spin. If you're not up for the launch party or some of the other keynotes, you can find the major announcements in our columns. Among the key events of this E3 replacement are the opening ceremony hosted by Geoff Keighley, the Devolver Digital Direct, the Xbox Games Showcase 2025 + The Outer Worlds 2, and the Wholesome Direct for casual games. Another huge announcement has just been made, and it concerns a cult franchise.
A legendary spy returns to Summer Game Fest 2025
In total, and for the moment, more than ten conferences have been confirmed for Summer Game Fest 2025. Usually, studios make sure to appear during the main events and this will be the case again this year. Some have also decided to go a little bit further by scheduling their own events. This is the case for Death Stranding 2, which will organize a preview with guests. But a new conference has already been announced by IO Interactive, the studio of the Hitman franchise.
"IOI Showcase celebrates our 25 years of history with the Hitman franchise and offers a detailed look at the diverse future of our studio. We have some great surprises prepared". IO Interactive will have its conference during the Summer Game Fest 2025 period, and we already know the program. Clearly, the developers still have some work to do for Hitman: World of Assassination.
This will be one of the three focuses of this presentation. The second is MindsEye, the GTA-like game from a former Rockstar Games employee that will be published by the company. Finally, and this is certainly already the biggest surprise, we will have information on a highly anticipated game: Project 007 James Bond.
IO Interactive's 007 First Light (Hitman) is making an appointment
While the title may make a quick appearance at the Summer Game Fest 2025 ceremony, it's during this IOI Showcase that we should learn and see more. Ahead of the event, the studio has been teasing its game with a first visual that reveals the agent's silhouette, as well as the official name. Forget Project 007, it will be 007 First Light. To witness this reveal, tune in on June 7th at 3:00 AM (French time) to the IOI YouTube channel.
As a reminder, this James Bond video game production will be a stealth action game that will tell a new origin story and will therefore not be an adaptation of the latest cinematic successes. " Players will step into the shoes of the world's favorite secret agent to earn their 00 status" promise the developers.
Source: IO Interactive.
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