Franchise file / Ian Fleming
James Bond
Licensed to frag
Ian Fleming's spy has been a video game hero since the 1980s. The licence has passed through many hands, from Rare's GoldenEye 007 on N64 to IO Interactive's origin story, 007 First Light.
- 1983
- First game
- 1
- Series
- Ian Fleming
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
The GoldenEye effect. Rare's GoldenEye 007 won a BAFTA and changed what console shooters could be. Eurocom's The World Is Not Enough soon followed with a Bond shooter of its own.
Start with James Bond 007: The World Is Not EnoughYour next late night
The essentials
A legacy worth revisiting
The name carries the mission.
Bond games have been shooters, racers, text adventures and film tie-ins. Rare's 1997 GoldenEye 007 set the standard every later studio chased, and the licence kept moving. IO Interactive, the Hitman studio, now has its own take with 007 First Light.
- 1997 to 2000
- The GoldenEye effect
- 2001 to 2005
- The EA years
- 2008 to 2012
- The new guard
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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