New Bond game on the way

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While James Bond's next film lies in limbo, there are no such dramas with his digital counterpart with Activision finally revealing details on Bond's next video game adventure. Titled, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, the Bizarre Creations developed third-person shooter is scheduled to hit the stores during the holiday season later this year on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Activision also confirmed that developer N-Space is working on a Nintendo DS version of the title to be released alongside the other versions of the game.

This game signals a big move for Bizarre Creations, who is most notably known for its work on Blur and the Project Gotham series of racing titles. Doing away with the frenetic four-wheeled action, Bizarre will instead try to capture "the cinematic intensity of a Bond film" by thrusting players into an "intriguing conspiracy" in the world of agent 007.

Not to be outdone by the silver screen iterations of James Bond, Blood Stone will also assemble some heavyweight Hollywood talent. The most notable of which will be the likeness and voice talents of Daniel Craig and Judi Dench - who will reprise their well-known roles as James Bond and M respectively. Also joining the voice cast is British songstress Joss Stone, who will play a Bond girl in the game. Joss will also be lending her soulful voice to the soundtrack, with confirmation that the award-winning singer will also provide an original music track, titled "I'll Take It All," which she collaborated on with Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics.

The press release also confirmed that the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game will have "a diverse array of multiplayer modes" for up to 16 players with "objective-based gameplay" allowing players to "battle as teams of spies and mercenaries through authentic Bond locales."

A release date for the title has yet to be confirmed.

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7 Comments

RWS

2 years ago

This is interesting because it's made by the same company as the Goldeneye revamp for the wii, right?

So it's interesting because this game will be comparable to the new Goldeneye game.

It's either a good or bad move by Activision, we'll have to wait and see for the results

bobboblaw

2 years ago

Call me crazy, but I've always enjoyed the Bond games, and I'm not even that big a fan of the movies. Hopefully it's a more over the top adventure like the ones EA developed (Everything or Nothing is the best IMO). Quantum of Solace was ok, but did nothing to stand out from the millions of other shooters. Give us a jetpack, a remote-controlled explodable spider and some insane vehicle sections. And don't skimp on the lame one-liners.

(Agent Under Fire) Bond at a resort in the mountains

Girl: "Enjoy the view"
Bond: "I already have" *camera zooms in on girls ass*

EDIT: Watched the trailer, it looks alright.

Agent 042

2 years ago

RWS wrote

This is interesting because it's made by the same company as the Goldeneye revamp for the wii, right?

So it's interesting because this game will be comparable to the new Goldeneye game.

nope, the goldeneye remake is by eurocom. just the same publisher (since acti has the rights to games based on the bond license).

kartanym

2 years ago

I'm a Bizarre supporter, so I'll give this every chance. Quantum had some good ideas but really poor execution, but I can see a little vehicle moment or two sneaking into this one, or at least, I wouldn't be surprised.

Jaws

2 years ago

@ RWS - this one's going to be in third person so no real similarities to how GE plays out..

@ bobboblaw - agreed! Everything or Nothing is Pierce Brosnan's swan song. A Bond title they finally got right after GoldenEye in my opinion.

Im a fan of Bond, so really sucked out minute levels of enjoyment from Quantum, but I agee.. it didn't have that 'it' factor and felt more like a floaty Call of Duty mod than it's own game. Some of the levels were very very basic and just ruined the potential charm of the game. Sienna mission anyone?

light487

2 years ago

Graphics look very dated.. circa 2008 stuff.. look at that jaggy mountain in the first picture, the indoor panels and stuff in the 3rd picture looks like something from the Unreal 3 engine.. the outdoor scene with the car looks decent enough but then with the developers coming from that background, there's no surprise there...

In the end though, it all comes down to the gameplay.. I can overlook some dated graphics in favour of some awesome gameplay and Bond franchise goodness.