{"id":89829,"date":"2026-09-21T09:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=89829"},"modified":"2026-09-21T10:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:38:02","slug":"007-first-light-dev-says-it-had-no-choice-but-to-delay-the-games-switch-2-edition-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=89829","title":{"rendered":"007 First Light Dev Says It Had \u201cNo Choice\u201d But To Delay The Game\u2019s Switch 2 Edition Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IO Interactive recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/007-first-lights-switch-2-edition-delayed-yet-again-heres-how-long-you-have-to-wait\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/007-first-lights-switch-2-edition-delayed-yet-again-heres-how-long-you-have-to-wait\/\">delayed the Switch 2 edition of 007 First Light yet again<\/a>, and now the studio&#8217;s technical producer, Cristina Vega, has shared more details on why the company had &#8220;no choice&#8221; but to postpone it a second time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invenglobal.com\/articles\/26159\/007-first-lights-next-step-switch-2-and-new-stories\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.invenglobal.com\/articles\/26159\/007-first-lights-next-step-switch-2-and-new-stories\">Inven Global<\/a>, Vega said the deal is &#8220;disappointing news for fans,&#8221; but it was a decision &#8220;also made for their benefit.&#8221; The game was originally due to arrive alongside the other versions in May 2026, but IO pushed the game to Summer 2026, and now again to March 2027.<\/p>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1891016\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-21-at-8.58.18-AM-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1891016\" \/>First Light&#8217;s Switch 2 edition is now coming in March 2027. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explaining why yet another delay was necessary, Vega said the studio had been grinding hard for a while and &#8220;needed a brief breather.&#8221; She also said there were &#8220;requests from marketing and various other factors&#8221; that resulted in a scenario where IO had &#8220;no choice&#8221; but to delay the Switch 2 edition to 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Ultimately, we decided on another delay because we want fans to experience the game in its most polished form on Switch 2, so we ask for your understanding,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vega went on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IO Interactive recently delayed the Switch 2 edition of 007 First Light yet again, and now the studio&#8217;s technical producer, Cristina Vega, has shared more details on why the company had &#8220;no choice&#8221; but to postpone it a second time. Speaking to Inven Global, Vega said the deal is &#8220;disappointing news for fans,&#8221; but it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":89831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89829"}],"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\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89829"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89832,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89829\/revisions\/89832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}