{"id":83291,"date":"2026-05-29T07:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T11:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=83291"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:36:49","slug":"007-first-light-sells-1-5-million-copies-in-first-24-hours-faster-than-any-hitman-game-from-io-interactive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=83291","title":{"rendered":"007 First Light Sells 1.5 Million Copies in First 24 Hours, Faster Than Any Hitman Game From IO Interactive"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/007-first-light\">007 First Light<\/a> has got off to a strong start, selling 1.5 million copies in its first 24 hours. It\u2019s the fastest-selling game in developer IO Interactive\u2019s history, which means it sold faster in its first 24 hours than any Hitman game.<\/p>\n<p>The impressive sales milestone was achieved without the aid of the Nintendo Switch 2 version, which is due out this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The James Bond adventure is also the highest rated IOI game ever, with an 87 on Metacritic. IGN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/007-first-light-review\">007 First Light review<\/a> returned a 9\/10. We said: \u201cDemonstrably obsessed with bringing the Bond fantasy to life in a way no one has ever managed before, 007 First Light is the best Bond game I\u2019ve ever played.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe milestone of 1.5 million units sold in 24 hours reflects overwhelming global enthusiasm for 007 First Light and represents a significant achievement for IO Interactive,\u201d the developer said. \u201cWith an 88 OpenCritic rating and 87 Metacritic score, 007 First Light has been embraced by both critics and players alike, already establishing itself as one of 2026&#8217;s most successful gaming releases. The sales recorded across all platforms underscore the game&#8217;s broad appeal and the successful execution of IO Interactive&#8217;s vision to honor Bond&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>007 First Light has got off to a strong start, selling 1.5 million copies in its first 24 hours. It\u2019s the fastest-selling game in developer IO Interactive\u2019s history, which means it sold faster in its first 24 hours than any Hitman game. The impressive sales milestone was achieved without the aid of the Nintendo Switch&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":83293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-ign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83291"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83295,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83291\/revisions\/83295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}