Are the Craig era games part of the Craig era film timeline?

Agent Lee

Hi all. Just re-registered with the forum after being absent since high school. Glad to be back!

I've been thinking about timeline(s) and such in relation to Bond a lot lately and I wanted to bring this to the table to see what everyone thinks. My question is simple: Are the Craig-era video games (meaning BloodStone and Goldeneye--not counting 007 Legends in this, but if anyone else would rather feel free) part of the official timeline of the Craig era films?

Now I'll elaborate. Firstly, Both Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace take place in 2006, as QOS is a direct sequel. We don't get another film until 2012, where Bond is an aging veteran of the Double-0s, and his relevance/ability to do the job is called into question (both literally and thematically). Seems clear to me that in the 6 years between QOS and SF, Bond has been serving on her Majesty's Secret Service rather diligently.

Now the way I see it, we can imagine any number of missions occurring in those six years since we last saw Craig's Bond. We can also easily assume that Blood Stone and the rebooted Goldeneye are not merely video games that use the current Bond's likeness, but also part of the timeline of the Craig-era films. Obviously there's no right answer to this, but what are your thoughts?

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To me as a die hard James Bond fan and a big video gamer as well, yes I consider both Goldeneye/ GE reloaded to be part of the Craig canon just like I consider both Nightfire and Everything Or Nothing to be part of the original continuity of the James Bond films.

Also I heard many good things about Bloodstone as well, and even though I have yet to finish the Nintendo DS version of it, I like for what it is.