Activision Announces Bond Racing Game
Sweepy the Cat
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Last year Activision acquired developer Bizarre Creations and pretty much since then the rumor was that they were secretly working on the second Activision-published James Bond game. This turned out to be true according to a recent announcement by Activision at an In-Game Ad Conference. Playing to the strengths of Bizarre Creations, which is best known for a number of great racing games such as Metropolis Street Racer for the Sega Dreamcast and the Project Gotham Racing series on Xbox and Xbox 360, the next Bond game is said to be “racing-oriented”. No details have been announced other than the racer is not tied to any specific Bond film and that the game is currently planned for a September 2009 release. The first Activision James Bond game, Quantum of Solace, based upon the films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, was recently released this past November.
http://commanderbond.net/article/5863
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I know 007 racing was pretty apalling on the PSone - but with the high standards of racing games out on the market now -I think with the right people behind it we could actually end up having an awesome racing game. I just want the gadgets to kept to a reasonable minimum though -and for there to be decent chases like the bridge chase in EON (I think that's the game if my memory serves me right.)
Plus really good exciting environments to drive through - cities, mountain roads, tunnels - plus maybe not just using cars -a boat chase would be cool and maybe using jetskis etc. Either way I'll look forward to its release.
What annoys me is that I think if they made another game in the style of EON - large game play, original story, star talent that they very well might make the best Bond game...but no
Mission 2: DN Hearse chase
Mission 3: GF chase at Auric Enterprises
Mission 4: TB chase
Mission 5: YOLT chase
Mission 6: DAF Vegas chase
Mission 7: LALD bus chase
Mission 8: TMWTGG chase
Mission 9: TSWLM Sardinia chase
Mission 10: FYEO Greece chase
Mission 11: AVTAK Paris chase
Mission 12: TLD ice-lake chase
Mission 13: LTK tanker chase
Mission 14: TND car park chase
Mission 15 DAD ice chase
Mission 16: QOS Italy chase
If I had it my way.
Ahem - GoldenEye. Either the DB5 v. Ferrari or else the tank would make for pretty awesome chases.
But we are speculating idly, whatever we think may work well in a Bond racing game may not turn up in such a game.
The problem I have with racing games is that they seem very repetitive. No mater what the car, no mater what the terrain - you do essentially the same thing over and over.
...maybe if the two elements were combined as they were in Everything or Nothing...(pretty please)
No? ... Just me?
?:)
Activision Pushes James Bond Racing Game To 2010
http://commanderbond.net/article/6012
Pushing back 007 Racing tells me that Activision is least aware of their past mistakes and are taking things a little more slowly this time. The game is being developed by Bizarre Creations (makers of the Project Gotham series); they're a good house and can put out a good product if given the appropriate time and resources. Releasing it in early 2010 instead of the crowded 2009 holiday season will also help draw more attention to the game as that's typically a slow time and gamers are starved for new content.
Activision paid quite a bit for the Bond license ($70 million as I recall) and releasing a bunch of rough, unfinished games directly against mega-franchises is not the best way to recoup their costs. Better to take it slow and give the developers time to get it right.
I hope that they can get their act togher for the next Bond game, as QOS showed they really should take the time to program and promote the game better, EA despite a few mistakes really used the licence to there advantage and it still shows.
I know that they are focused on games that will be published in 2009, but some times the game companies drop hints of their other works in progress, and I wanted to know if anyone heard anything.
No James Bond gaming info was released at E3. QoS' sales were really disappointing and the game was not received well by the gaming press. In light of that, I wonder if Activision is having second thoughts about the Bond license. They recently dumped quite a few high-profile licenses including Ghostbusters. Considering that they once said they were planning to release one Bond game a year, the lack of news is somewhat troubling.
TonyDP do you think the new bond game will be full racing or an new bond adventure ?? just your thought ..
As to what it should be like, the idea of having an out and out racing with cars from the James Bond universe always seemed a bit odd to me.
Personally I've always fancied the idea of making the game an MI-6 training simulator that Bond (ie: the player) would use to hone his driving skills; that way you could recreate and expand some of the great chases from past movies as well as come up with new scenarios specifically for the game.
Well maybe i share you some of your ideas but there was a talk that the BC bond game will be third person driving foucesd , can we expect a new bond adventure like EON ? i hope so since they working on this game from 2007 .