Activision acquires James Bond license

[industrian]

Originally Posted by See link below

Three years after it announced it would make James Bond games until 2010, EA no longer holds the once-coveted license.

Today, Activision shocked the game industry by announcing that it had struck a deal with MGM and EON to publish James Bond games through 2014.

"The James Bond franchise creates tremendous global expansion opportunities for Activision as it is one of the few video game licenses that appeals equally to domestic and international consumers," said Mike Griffith, president and CEO of Activision Publishing.

http://uk.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6148896

[Samor]

Well, we'll see if they can make a really good Bond game, then

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[industrian]

EA lost a license. Hopefully other companies can get others from them. Like Konami getting the FIFA license (lol, never going to happen, but a guy can dream.)

And yeah. The last few James Bond games weren't really that good (Nightfire for instance). Let's hope the newer developers can go back to the glory days of Goldeneye.

[mr.saraiva]

Originally Posted by industrian

EA lost a license. Hopefully other companies can get others from them. Like Konami getting the FIFA license (lol, never going to happen, but a guy can dream.)

I also dream of this day...winning eleven with all licenses...unfortunatelly it's a very big license EA is not going to lose any time soon, despite its games based on it being technically inferior (gameplay-wise)

[KanedA]

who cares about this old fart with his stupid aluminium/plastic toys anyway

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[refraction]

remember folks, altho you may not like EA they are just the licensing/production company, they dont make the games altho activision and others may get the license, the games may still suck or be based on inferior tech. but they are usually known for delivering high quality games, they certainly try to keep up with machine power, altho i must admit my experience with games distributed by them have a tendancy to crash

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