MGM, Amazon to Publish Future James Bond Games After 007: First Light Sold 1.5 Million
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Updated · GamesIndustry.biz · Jun 4
MGM, Amazon to Publish Future James Bond Games After 007: First Light Sold 1.5 Million
3 articles · Updated · GamesIndustry.biz · Jun 4
Summary
IO Interactive will stop self-publishing future James Bond games, with MGM and Amazon Game Studios taking over after 007: First Light launched on May 27.
1.5 million copies of First Light sold within 24 hours, but Amazon gaming chief Jeff Gattis said that title was made under an earlier IO deal completed before Amazon bought MGM for $8.45 billion in 2022.
Gattis said Bond fits Amazon's transmedia push to link games with film and TV, pointing to a Tomb Raider Prime Video series and other projects tied to Prime Video IP.
That strategy comes as Amazon's games unit navigates setbacks, including a reported Lord of the Rings MMO cancellation, the shutdown of King of Meat, and New World: Aeternum's planned server closure on Jan. 31, 2027.