SameTeem
Search titles only
By:
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Home
Forums
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
What's new
Featured content
Media
Resources
Free TeamSpeak Channel
TeamSpeak
TeamSpeak
Vote
Rank System
Make a Channel
Free Channel Information
Servers
Sourcebans
New posts
SameTeem
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Featured content
Media
Resources
Free TeamSpeak Channel
TeamSpeak
Vote
Rank System
Make a Channel
Free Channel Information
Servers
Sourcebans
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
Download TeamSpeak Today
Proudly sponsored by TeamSpeak
Forums
News and Announcements
Gaming News
'Spring Looks Really Good' — 007 First Light Dev Sounds Pretty Happy With the GTA 6 Delay
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 69283" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/11/21/ss-a840c903dd0431a24509454787dcb0a565b56d31-1920x1080-1763729435847.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>If there’s a big winner in the wake of the delay of <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/grand-theft-auto-vi" target="_blank">Grand Theft Auto 6</a> from May 26, 2026 to November 19, 2026, it’s <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/007-first-light" target="_blank">007 First Light</a>.</p><p></p><p>In September last year IO Interactive, the Danish developer of the Hitman games, had slapped James Bond action adventure 007 First Light with a March 27, 2026 release date — just two months ahead of the release of GTA 6 before <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-is-delayed-again-until-november-2026" target="_blank">Rockstar announced its delay to November</a>.</p><p></p><p>Two months would be, under normal circumstances, plenty of room for two video games to breathe, but this is GTA 6 we’re talking about. It looks set to become not only the biggest video game launch of all time, but the biggest… <em>anything</em> launch of all time. You could see a situation where the wider gaming public might save their hard-earned cash for GTA 6, even if they quite like the look of the promising 007 First Light — especially with speculation that Rockstar could end up charging even more than $70 for it.</p><p></p><p>And so, two months was certainly close enough for 007 to be caught up in the gravitational pull of Rockstar’s behemoth, so massive an impact it will surely have on the video game space. Not even James Bond in a souped-up Aston Martin would have much of a chance of breaking free.</p><p></p><p></p><p>And it sounds like the developers at IO Interactive knew that all too well. In an interview with <a href="https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-big-io-interactive-interview-hakan-abrak-on-james-bond-dispatch-and-the-gta-6-delay" target="_blank"><u>GamesIndustry.biz</u></a>, CEO Hakan Abrak was asked about GTA 6 kindly getting out of 007’s way.</p><p></p><p>“It would be a lie not to say that obviously spring looks really good,” he replied. “I want to say in the same breath that GTA 6 is a welcome thing for the industry. I do believe a lot of gamers who maybe haven't played for a while will get into things again, and generally for the industry as a whole, I think that will be amazing.”</p><p></p><p>Abrak’s comments about the positive impact of GTA 6 echo those of Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, who has suggested the game’s release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S (sorry PC gamers, no launch for you… for now) <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-boss-unconcerned-by-plummeting-ps5-and-xbox-sales-insists-gta-6-will-cause-a-meaningful-uptick-in-console-sales-in-2025" target="_blank">will spark a surge in console sales</a>. Such is the might of GTA 6 that it will no doubt convince an army of gamers to finally upgrade from the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One to the current-gen, or push PC gamers over the edge so they can get in on the fun at launch.</p><p></p><p>And let’s not forget Star Wars movie The Mandalorian and Grogu, which was set to come out in the same week as GTA 6. Yes, GTA 6 will probably hit all forms of entertainment hard as the world dives into the next iteration of Vice City. The Force be damned.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But while there are winners in all this, there are losers, too — <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/the-winners-and-losers-of-the-gta-6-delay" target="_blank">something we at IGN have looked into following the GTA 6 delay</a>. Microsoft has a raft of games due out next year that may end up hit hard by GTA 6, such as the next Fable, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Gears of War E-Day, and even 2026’s Call of Duty. But Sony is probably shifting nervously at the prospect of Insomniac’s PlayStation 5 exclusive, Marvel’s Wolverine, getting absorbed by the GTA 6 effect, too.</p><p></p><p>All the while, James Bond himself is off having a celebratory vodka martini, "shaken, not stirred" of course. With GTA 6 out the picture, the world famous secret agent has a clear run to success.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/spring-looks-really-good-007-first-light-dev-sounds-pretty-happy-with-the-gta-6-delay" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 69283, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/11/21/ss-a840c903dd0431a24509454787dcb0a565b56d31-1920x1080-1763729435847.jpg[/IMG] If there’s a big winner in the wake of the delay of [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/grand-theft-auto-vi']Grand Theft Auto 6[/URL] from May 26, 2026 to November 19, 2026, it’s [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/007-first-light']007 First Light[/URL]. In September last year IO Interactive, the Danish developer of the Hitman games, had slapped James Bond action adventure 007 First Light with a March 27, 2026 release date — just two months ahead of the release of GTA 6 before [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-is-delayed-again-until-november-2026']Rockstar announced its delay to November[/URL]. Two months would be, under normal circumstances, plenty of room for two video games to breathe, but this is GTA 6 we’re talking about. It looks set to become not only the biggest video game launch of all time, but the biggest… [I]anything[/I] launch of all time. You could see a situation where the wider gaming public might save their hard-earned cash for GTA 6, even if they quite like the look of the promising 007 First Light — especially with speculation that Rockstar could end up charging even more than $70 for it. And so, two months was certainly close enough for 007 to be caught up in the gravitational pull of Rockstar’s behemoth, so massive an impact it will surely have on the video game space. Not even James Bond in a souped-up Aston Martin would have much of a chance of breaking free. And it sounds like the developers at IO Interactive knew that all too well. In an interview with [URL='https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-big-io-interactive-interview-hakan-abrak-on-james-bond-dispatch-and-the-gta-6-delay'][U]GamesIndustry.biz[/U][/URL], CEO Hakan Abrak was asked about GTA 6 kindly getting out of 007’s way. “It would be a lie not to say that obviously spring looks really good,” he replied. “I want to say in the same breath that GTA 6 is a welcome thing for the industry. I do believe a lot of gamers who maybe haven't played for a while will get into things again, and generally for the industry as a whole, I think that will be amazing.” Abrak’s comments about the positive impact of GTA 6 echo those of Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, who has suggested the game’s release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S (sorry PC gamers, no launch for you… for now) [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-boss-unconcerned-by-plummeting-ps5-and-xbox-sales-insists-gta-6-will-cause-a-meaningful-uptick-in-console-sales-in-2025']will spark a surge in console sales[/URL]. Such is the might of GTA 6 that it will no doubt convince an army of gamers to finally upgrade from the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One to the current-gen, or push PC gamers over the edge so they can get in on the fun at launch. And let’s not forget Star Wars movie The Mandalorian and Grogu, which was set to come out in the same week as GTA 6. Yes, GTA 6 will probably hit all forms of entertainment hard as the world dives into the next iteration of Vice City. The Force be damned. But while there are winners in all this, there are losers, too — [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/the-winners-and-losers-of-the-gta-6-delay']something we at IGN have looked into following the GTA 6 delay[/URL]. Microsoft has a raft of games due out next year that may end up hit hard by GTA 6, such as the next Fable, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Gears of War E-Day, and even 2026’s Call of Duty. But Sony is probably shifting nervously at the prospect of Insomniac’s PlayStation 5 exclusive, Marvel’s Wolverine, getting absorbed by the GTA 6 effect, too. All the while, James Bond himself is off having a celebratory vodka martini, "shaken, not stirred" of course. With GTA 6 out the picture, the world famous secret agent has a clear run to success. [I]Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/spring-looks-really-good-007-first-light-dev-sounds-pretty-happy-with-the-gta-6-delay"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
News and Announcements
Gaming News
'Spring Looks Really Good' — 007 First Light Dev Sounds Pretty Happy With the GTA 6 Delay
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top
