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EA Cranks Up Villainy For GoldenEye 'Sequel'

Posted by simoniker on from the cheeky-monkeys dept.

Thanks to Yahoo for reprinting an Electronic Arts press release officially announcing the first-person shooter GoldenEye: Rogue Agent for PS2/Xbox/GameCube, a title "being developed by EA's Los Angeles studio" (and clearly hoping to trade off the immense popularity or Rare's original GoldenEye FPS for Nintendo 64), with the new game featuring a plot that allegedly "breaks all the rules by transporting players to the dark side of the Bond universe to experience life as a high-rolling, cold-hearted villain." With screenshots not yet forthcoming, Eurogamer drills a little deeper into the previously rumored game's name, explaining: "The idea apparently is that Goldfinger is locked in a war with Dr. No for control of a massive criminal organisation... so then, you might be wondering, why is it called GoldenEye? Because, it says here, your nameless henchman lost an eye in an encounter with Dr. No, and Goldfinger's technicians replaced it with... a... golden... eye... Nice one, EA." Update: 05/05 23:38 GMT by S : GameSpot has a few more details on the title, which they note "revolves around run-and-gun action."

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  1. Re:Looks like the others. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The only sequal that lived up to Goldeneye was Perfect Dark. The story wasn't great (and not even related to 007), but the gameplay was just as good, if not better, than the original Goldeneye.

  2. GoldenEye sequel. by TomSawyer · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I thought GoldenEye was a seminal piece of work. Until I played GoldenEye I hadn't encountered a FPS that didn't require that I just run around and shoot under an artificial precept like a timer. I particularly liked that if I didn't perform my missions correctly I would fail.

    When I not so long ago wanted to play a sequel to GoldenEye, I purchased Rare's PerfectDark at EB's used bin for $10-$15

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  3. Literary 007 by Goldfinger7400 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Does anybody own the rights to the literary James Bond series? EA may have bought the rights to make sucky games based on such an awesome movie franchise, but could someone (better) license the books and make (better) James Bond games based on them, just like Sierra is making (unfortunately suckier) games based on the literary Lord of the Rings?

    I would love to see Ian Fleming's James Bond appear in games, rather than Brosnan. You could even cast a digital Sean Connery, since I don't think EA owns him.