007 First Light could feature live-service missions in the vein of Hitman, as IO Interactive teases "you could expect that we'll be applying some of our learnings from World of Assassination to Bond"

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James Bond in 007 First Light
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Hitman developer IO Interactive hints that there's a good chance 007 First Light could be getting some live service elements of its own, following in the footsteps of World of Assassination.

One of the Hitman World of Assassination trilogy's biggest standouts was its elusive targets, which are time-sensitive missions that have you attempt to assassinate a specific target in a one-and-done mission where failure means it's gone forever (well, it did, until IO started doing reruns and introduced Elusive Target Arcade).

Obviously, James Bond is a bit more fantastical than Agent 47 – who is extremely methodical even when dressed as a giant flamingo. Abrak acknowledged this will play into the future of 007 First Light, saying, "That gives us more challenges to play with… besides the things that we are able to do in Hitman, we can do more actiony things and more kinetic challenges in Bond."

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