As a general rule, you can bet that there are always at least two James Bond games in development. We've talked up the upcoming Wii GoldenEye remake, but also announced at this year's E3 (and leaked prior, of course) was the new PC, 360, PS3 entry: Blood Stone.
But who cares, right? Just another 7/10 Bond game, yeah? No! Wait! Keep reading. You might be more interested than you expect...
James Bond: Blood Stone is a big deal for developer Bizarre Creations. Thanks to movie studio MGM’s financial woes, the next film in the 007 series has been given the silver screen kibosh indefinitely. That means the only place Bond fans can get their fix of Daniel Craig’s sauve stealthy operative anytime soon, is in the Liverpool-based developer’s game or GoldenEye 007 on Wii. We recently visited Bizarre’s studios to get an extensive hands-on with the game. Inside, you'll find out why Blood Stone’s Bond is every bit as badass as the recent films.
Employees at the development studio Budcat Creations aren’t at the office today. Instead, they’re gathered at a bar down the street from their headquarters office in Iowa City drinking and calling friends and family. According to an anonymous source that contacted PC Gamer, that’s because the development studio has been shut down by parent company Activision. Budcat employees were notified about the closure when they were met by security guards and consultants outside their office this morning. The future of Activision-owned studio Bizarre Creations is also in question...
Ain’t it grand when you can set two people up on a blind date? Why, just this week head of EA Games Frank Gibeau set up Mr. Foot with Ms. Mouth. He also proclaims the days of average licensed games is over, in the same month his publisher released the utterly woeful Kinect-compatible Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Yup, we think Johnny Foot is going to be very Happy in Jenny Mouth.
Yeah, so we're not a film site admittedly, but elsewhere on the GamesRadar network, TotalFilm.com has a load of new Quantum of Solace info you can't miss. Given that a new next-gen Bond game is almost certainly on the cards we reckon you'll forgive us this little introduction.
Just yesterday EON Productions, producer of the James Bond films announced that it has indefinitely postponed all work on Bond 23 (which was slated for release in 2011/12). The delay comes after uncertainty surrounding the future of Hollywood studio MGM.
Well imagine our surprise then to discover that HMV is listing a new Bond game for pre-order: title, James Bond: Bloodstone.
Could this be the game that UK soap actor Adam Croadsell told the BBC he'd just played Bond in back in November last year? The game described as a third-person shooter with a mix of driving elements? The one that was previously leaked by UK retailers as being titled James Bond Racing?
So it's being rumoured that Raven Software, the Activision-owned developer of the criminally under-promoted Singularity, is hard at work on a unannounced Bond game that had previously been stalled by MGM's financial troubles. I don't know whether to happy about this story or not. Reasons I should be: Raven have previously been said to be reduced to Call of Duty DLC monkeys since Activision ensured that their excellent time-travelling FPS didn't sell. Reasons I shouldn't be: A Bond game tends to be the kiss of death, however good your studio is.
Seriously, Activision giving you the Bond license is like being given a massive cake for your birthday, only to realise it's your 30th and you're in Logan's Run. Hopes and fears? I have plenty of both. Click on.
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