Topic: EA Announces Goldeneye 2

[StrikerObi]

Bond is back in a sequel to his greatest video game adventure, only there's a twist this time. Plus, EA brags about Everything or Nothing.

2004 IS EA’S YEAR FOR BOND… JAMES BOND VIDEOGAMES

EA’s James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing Game Achieves Critical and Commercial Success; Next Bond hit, GoldenEye 2 Under "Top Secret”"Development

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Feb. 27, 2004 – James Bond’s fifth interactive mission for Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), James Bond 007™: Everything or Nothing, has launched worldwide to critical and commercial success, the company announced today. The EA GAMES™ branded title has achieved critical praise internationally while shipping at #1 in sales across consoles in the US and #2 on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system in Japan, making it the company’s most successful Bond videogame debut to date for one of the biggest movie-based franchise in videogames. The game is being released in Europe today.

What critics around the world are saying about Everything or Nothing:

• "James Bond returns to the small screen in his finest performance yet." 4.5/5 – GamePro Magazine
• "Graphically rich, with a genuine movie-like feel." 5/5 Stars – Times of London Newspaper
• 5/5 Stars – Maxim
• "…critics are calling it one of the best James Bond video games ever." – CNN Headline News
• "One of the most unapologetic thrill rides on PS2." 9/10 – Official PlayStation 2 Magazine UK
• "Players will be able to feel as if they were James Bond himself." 9/10 – Weekly Famitsu

"As the #1 console title in the US, Everything or Nothing, EA’s critically acclaimed new Bond game has it all, including original music from Grammy winner Mya and top Hollywood talent such as Pierce Brosnan and Heidi Klum," said John Riccitiello, EA’s President and COO. "And we’re not done yet—today we’re announcing that we are developing GoldenEye 2 (working title), a game where players become the ultimate villain in the Bond universe," Riccitiello added.

"Everything or Nothing’s success continues to showcase the enormous strength of our collaborative relationship with EA and Danjaq," added Travis Rutherford, Senior Vice President of MGM Consumer Products and Interactive. "We look forward to continued success with this fall's release of a new chapter in the Bond saga and the creation of another blockbuster franchise in GoldenEye 2."

In GoldenEye™ 2, players will explore the dark side of the Bond underworld, playing an agent who was a candidate for 00 status before being dismissed from MI6 for reckless brutality. Players will join ranks with the legendary super-villain Auric Goldfinger, fighting for control of the world’s greatest criminal organization. The game is under development at EA Los Angeles for multiple console platforms, scheduled for release this holiday season under the EA GAMES brand. More details will be forthcoming at a later date.

Officially licensed by MGM Interactive, James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing is rated “T” (Teen) by the ESRB and has an MSRP of $49.95 on console platforms and $29.95 for Game Boy® Advance.

[Oldskool]

Could be an interesting storyline...Lets hope the gameplay can match... although I doubt it.  

[Ian Sane]

"Jonathan says: Let's see...if it's not tied into the Goldeneye storyline, and it doesn't let you play as or against Trevelyan, and it's not developed by Rare or former Rare employees...tell me again how this can be called a sequel to Goldeneye?"

I completely agree.  It's bad enough that EA is pissing all over the Goldeneye legacy by releasing a sequel in the first place but the fact that it's a sequel in name only really picks my ass.  Maybe when everyone buys it and is horrendously disappointed those people will actually *gasp* stop buying more Bond games like they should of the fist ten or so times EA failed to deliver on a Bond game.  I have never understood why people will buy an EA Bond game, say "that's not nearly as good as Goldeneye" and then will buy the next Bond game anyway.  It's NOT going to improve if you keep buying the f*cking games.

God I hate EA.

[Knoxxville]

Talk about banking on name brand recognition...sheez.....sad thing is, casual gamers won't know the difference untill 50 bucks and a 1st stage romp later.

[Pale]

And how much you want to bet that if it is bad, casual gamers will end up somehow blaming nintendo cause they will think they made it.

[WackerJr]

I'm glad someone's picked up on the fact that so far this game doesn't seem to have anything to do with Goldeneye! I've been wondering about this ever since the rumours started about playing as a Bond villain.

I can't really judge until more details have been released, but if they ARE simply using the Goldeneye title to sell more copies then surely that is a new low in gaming!

To be fair though, Goldeneye 2 is only a working title at this point.

Also, they haven't actually said that this'll be released on GameCube yet have they?

[KDR_11k]

Maybe someone poked their eyes out, but what do Goldfinger and Golden Eye have to do with each other?

[Rize]

The controls in everything or nothing aren't even customizable.  

When I think of EA, I get vague feelings of disgust.

[legendofganon]

Judging on this article, Goldeneye 2 just seems be only a title and not a sequel.  What kind of bond game doesn't have James Bond!  On a good side, Maybe there will be a bonus disk with the original, but I dout it.

[Rize]

Seeing as how the original was an N64 game made by Rare for Nintendo and "Goldeneye" 2 will be a multiplatform game made by EA, I'd say the chances of having the original on the disk are about 0%.

[Oldskool]

Come to think of it, who currently owns the rights to Rare's Goldeneye?

[Ian Sane]

I imagine that the game itself is owned by either Rare or Nintendo (likely Rare since they retained ownership of everything but the DK games) but they probably can't re-release it without some sort of agreement with EA.  This all just a shot in the dark though I have no proof or anything.  I'll bet though if MS wanted to have the original game as a bonus feature for the Xbox version of Goldeneye 2 they could make it happen.  As long as EA publishes it it's probably fine.

[Oldskool]

Sometimes, I almost forgot Rare went Xbox exclusive. It was more of a propaganda victory than a game one. Starfox Adventures and Grabbed by Gholies proves that has gone from a "AAA" developer to a "good" developer. And Nintendo is 1/3 of a billion dollars richer.

[KDR_11k]

Oh, and we still get the GBA titles, so there goes the exclusivity...