United Kingdom, May 28 -- IO Interactive wants 007: First Light to harness Hitman's replayability.

The studio behind the new blockbuster James Bond video game is best known for the Hitman franchise, and it's keen to take inspiration from itself to make sure the 007 title has more to offer after the main storymode.

IO Interactive is planning to harness the Tactical Simulations (TacSim) part of the game, which is set in MI6 HQ and lets gamers take on bespoke challenges.

These tasks are basically revamped versions of existing areas in the game, but with different conditions and restrictions.

IO's chief development officer Veronique Lallier told Eurogamer: "It's something we've done very successfully with Hitma.

"We have TacSim content t...