007 First Light is Hitman maker IO Interactive’s upcoming James Bond game. It was one of the major third-party games shown during the Nintendo Direct for the original Switch 2 reveal, but it’s no longer coming to the platform day-and-date with the other console versions following a last-minute delay.
“007 First Light comes to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on May 27th, 2026, and Nintendo Switch 2 later this summer,” IO Interactive announced on Wednesday. “We’re excited to see players discovering James Bond’s reimagined origin story, and we are looking forward to bringing you the best game experience possible across all platforms.”
The statement comes in response to an online leak alleging the Switch 2 port had been indefinitely delayed. IO Interactive didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about why the Nintendo version won’t be ready on time.
007 First Light comes to PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on May 27th, 2026, and Nintendo Switch 2 later this summer. We're excited to see players discovering James Bond's reimagined origin story, and we are looking forward to bringing you the best game experience possible…
— 007 First Light (@007GameIOI) April 8, 2026
“Later this summer” might not sound like too much longer for fans on Switch 2 to have to wait, but 007 First Light isn’t the first game to go through porting issues. Borderlands 4 was supposed to come to Switch 2 last fall but was also delayed at the last minute. After months of silence, Gearbox Entertainment quietly acknowledged that development on the port had been indefinitely suspended with no clear insight into why.
FromSoftware’s Elden Ring, another one of the first ports revealed for Switch 2, is also still MIA. A playable version appeared at Gamescom 2025 in rough shape, though more recent hands-on impressions have suggested the open-world RPG is finally running at a better framerate on Nintendo’s next-gen console. That game doesn’t have a firm release date yet either, though, suggesting the hardware isn’t making it as easy to turn the Switch 2 into a port machine as some developers were expecting.
