James Bond doesn't need an origin story: IO's game looks great, but why has it turned 007 into a baby-faced Nathan Drake?

Rich Stanton, Senior Editor

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This week: I went back to Heroes of the Storm for the 10th anniversary, and played so badly one of my teammates called me an NPC. Then IO dropped the 007 First Light trailer and all I could think was "the name's Bland. James Bland."

I couldn't quite believe this when I looked it up, but IO first announced it was working on a James Bond game ("Project 007") waaaay back in 2020. There was no hard info or even a name for the longest time...