All Articles: GoldenEye 007: Reloaded

New James Bond game to be announced at San Diego Comic-Con

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Activision confirmed a new 007 title was in the works for 2011 during a quarterly financial call last May, then registered a bunch of Goldeneye-related domains last month. Now, the revelation of the next James Bond game is mere days away.

Destructoid reports getting an invite to an Activision event at San Diego Comic-Con on July 20 where several titles will be shown off, including Prototype 2, X-Men: Destiny, Spider-Man: Edge of Time (that’s a lot of superhero games!) as well as “a new 007 title.”

Activision hasn’t done nearly as well as EA in creating games under the license, but hopefully that will change. What kind of Bond title do you want to see? Another GoldenEye? The long-rumored Raven Software third person shooter? None at all? Let us know in the comments.

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Activision registers GoldenEye 007 Reloaded domains

Posted on June 27, 2011 by John Scalzo

A true Sherlock Holmes for the Internet age, Superannuation has discovered a quartet of domain registrations relating to a new James Bond game from Activision:

* GoldenEyeReloadedGame.com
* GoldenEye007GameReloaded.com
* GoldenEye007Reloaded.com
* GoldenEyeReloaded007.com

As you can see, the URLs appear to be connected to a game titled GoldenEye 007 Reloaded and I don’t think it’s much of a stretch to conclude that the game is likely yet another take on the classic N64 FPS. Activision originally remade the game last year, exclusively for the Wii, with new voiceover work by Daniel Craig and Judi Dench. Could these new URLs mean that GoldenEye’s famed multiplayer will “reload” on the PS3 and Xbox 360? Let’s hope so.

Obviously, Activision is remaining mum about GoldenEye 007 Reloaded, but the CEO of Activision Publishing, Eric Hirshberg, told investors that a new James Bond game would be released this Fall at the company’s quarterly financial briefing in May.

Whatever happens, it looks like James Bond will return.

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Activision: No Diablo III in 2011, Call of Duty 8 will be awesome

Posted on May 10, 2011 by John Scalzo

Activision held their quarter financial call yesterday and laid out a few more details about their 2011 slate of games. The company’s executives stressed that any real information about these titles would have to wait for E3, they did reveal a few juicy tidbits of information.

First off, it looks like it’s unlikely that a new Blizzard game will be released in 2011. That means no Diablo III and definitely no StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Instead, the publisher’s COO, Thomas Tippl, said to expect both games in 2012: “[O]ur outlook at this time does not include a new game from Blizzard in 2011. Should Blizzard not release a major title this year, we would expect, for planning purposes, to launch a minimum of 2 Blizzard titles in 2012.”

Mike Morhaime, the CEO of Blizzard, was a tad more optimistic, saying the team wants to release Diablo III in 2011, but that they’re not ready to confirm an official release date yet: “The development team is working hard to try and launch Diablo III this year. But I want to be clear that we do not have an official release date or window yet. As always, we will not compromise the quality of the game in order to hit a window.”

While a 2011 release date is still a question mark, A Diablo III beta is being planned for the Summer.

One Activision title that does have a confirmed 2011 release date is the currently unannounced Call of Duty 8. The publisher still hasn’t shared any new information about the next entry in the mega-selling series, but Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, is pretty convinced it’ll be awesome: “By any measure, Call of Duty is one of the biggest entertainment franchises in the world and we expect this year’s game will set a new standard for this incredible franchise. The creative excellence and sheer scale of the game we are making and the unprecedented online universe that will accompany it will reset the bar for this genre, giving players a new level of immersion, connectivity, community and of course epic action. The game today has exceeded every internal milestone and we look forward to sharing this with you soon.”

Hirshberg also confirmed that a new James Bond game is in the works for 2011. But again, it looks like we’ll have to wait until E3 to learn more about it (and all of these titles).

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