The head of Hitman developer IO Interactive has reassured players that the Switch 2 version of 007 First Light is still coming, and that the studio is committed to making it a quality release. 007 First Light is launching on May 27 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. The Switch 2 version was originally planned to release on the same day, but has since been pushed back to later in the summer to give the team more time to get it right.

IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak addressed the delay in a recent interview with The Game Business, where he was directly asked whether the Switch 2 version was at risk of going the way of Borderlands 4. That game had its Switch 2 version indefinitely delayed just days before its September release, and has not resurfaced in the eight months since. Abrak made it clear that was not the case for 007 First Light.

“No, no, no,” he said.

“It’s running. It’s running on Switch 2. We must just admit that we want to make sure that it’s as good as… I don’t want to hear ‘oh, it wasn’t a good version, blah blah blah’, so we just, to be completely honest, we need a bit more time to get it where we want it to be.”

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He also gave a more specific window, noting that it would likely arrive in late summer. “We said summer, it’s probably going to be late summer, right? But we’re going to get it out.” Tying it back to 007, Abrak pointed to the legacy of Bond on Nintendo platforms, referencing the beloved Nintendo 64 game GoldenEye as a reason the studio takes the Switch 2 version seriously.

“Bond has a special place on that platform, on Nintendo,” he said. “And I promise I will do everything, and I can do quite a lot in IO’s context, being the CEO as well, I’ll do everything to get that out in great shape.”