Boxed copies of 007: First Light have reportedly started landing in players’ hands ahead of IO Interactive’s official launch window. Early owners say the disc version powers up and kicks off the campaign, but the full set of levels may not be on the physical media alone.
According to early owners, the game launches fine from the disc and the campaign begins as expected. The catch is that not every mission appears to be accessible without an update or additional download.
The early circulation seems to be a shipping quirk rather than a leak. Multiple retailers reportedly dispatched orders ahead of schedule due to an upcoming bank holiday weekend, with stores rushing copies out so delivery targets wouldn’t slip.
Early owners have also shared install size details, with one screenshot indicating around 45 GB on PS5. That’s notably smaller than the roughly 80 GB listed in the game’s PC specs, which has players thinking about a day-one download, platform-specific compression, or simply a partial install before patching. PS5 Ultra HD Blu-ray discs can hold up to 100 GB, so capacity itself shouldn’t be the bottleneck.
Performance impressions are floating around too. Some early players claim the game holds a solid 60fps on base PS5 in performance mode, lining up with a recent Digital Foundry breakdown featuring the developers. As always with pre-launch builds, take frame-rate talk with a grain of salt until reviews drop.
There’s also chatter about a “store” option spotted in the menu, with some assuming it points to cosmetics. Nothing in early footage confirms what that store actually sells, so DLC, add-ons, or platform storefront links are all still on the table.
With retail copies in the wild, spoilers are about to start flying. Story beats, mission lists, gameplay clips, and trophy lists are all fair game for leaks over the coming days, so anyone hoping to go in fresh should probably switch off social feeds until launch.
