007 First Light, the new James Bond game by Hitman devs IO Interactive, is out now. It’s also available in physical form for PS5 in Asia, distributed by H2 Interactive.
Interestingly, the Specialist Edition of 007 First Light is also available. This is a special version of the game that isn’t a Deluxe Edition with more in-game bonuses or physical goodies. Rather, it’s a retailer exclusive edition, specifically only on Amazon (the 007 IP is currently owned by Amazon MGM Studios, under Amazon). This has a different cover and an exclusive outfit for Bond: Classic Tuxedo.
Amazon doesn’t have much of a presence here in Southeast Asia (specifically in Malaysia, the e-commerce sites of choice are either Shopee or Lazada). So this should still be hard for most gamers in SEA to get their hands on. At least an R3 version of this (with text in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other languages) does exist.
Still, physical copies of the regular edition of the game should be available today.
The Switch 2 version of 007 First Light will also have a retail release. Physical copies for that will launch sometime this summer (this August the latest).
In 007 First Light, players take on the role of Bond, James Bond, in his younger days as a new MI6 agent. The game will have you hunt down a rogue agent across the world, drive in Aston Martin cars, and the freedom to play it like a stealth game (ala Hitman World Of Assassination, which one can see has turned the murder sandbox into a prototype Bond game through the last trilogy of releases) or go loud with guns and fisticuffs (something Hitman World Of Assassination discourages, but you can do freely here).
007 First Light is out now on PS5, PC (Steam), Xbox Series X|S and coming this summer to Nintendo Switch 2.