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Activision Loses Rights to James Bond game License

"Today, we can confirm, via unnamed but reliable sources, that Activision's license to publish video and PC games based on the James Bond series has indeed expired, which is why the PC games were removed from those download stores. Our sources had no information on if a new game publisher has been brought in to tell future virtual adventures of 007." - John Callaham

PopRocks3594084d ago

Good. Now let's get it to a competent publisher this time.

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Mounce4082d ago

Should we blame Activision though or the one who was developing it ever since The World is Not Enough after Goldeneye(Which Rare made)? Eurocom made the 007 games in a nutshell and all of those 007 games from then-on were just mediocre. Whilst Rare then made Perfect Dark which again was a giant success FPS-wise for N64.

Who is actually capable of making a good 007 game? The only REAL good one was made by Rare and they're basically dead or all but making Kinect garbage.

Root4084d ago (Edited 4084d ago )

HELL YEAH

This is amazing news, we might finally get a good bond game now.

superterabyte4083d ago

Please make a 3rd person game whoever gets the rights everything or nothing and from russia with love were so good.

akaakaaka4083d ago

I loved those PS2 games!!

ps3vita4life4084d ago

'Bout time. Now there's possibility for a good Bond game to be made.

Zodiac4084d ago

So now it's just Nintendo and Microsoft who have the rights.

CalvinKlein4083d ago

TO THE REAL GOLDENEYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE NEEEEEED GOLDENEYE WITH ONLINE NOW!!!!!! IT IS ALREADY MADE AND READY TOO!

Zodiac4083d ago

oh, yeah. They own the rights to Golden Eye, not Bond in general. Fail on my part.

FlyingFoxy4083d ago

Well there is Goldeneye Source, but it's a fan made mod.. and not 100% the same as the 64 game, has some little differences.

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Judge Delays Ruling on FTC's Attempt to Exclude Evidence in Microsoft's Favor in Activision Case

The legal battle for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues, with Microsoft countering one of the FTC's latest moves and the Judge delaying a relevant ruling.

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thesoftware73066d ago

Look, to be honest the FTC should just stop.

MS has A/B and nothing has really changed yet...if you are worried about 5-10 years from now...just drop it cause the future is unpredictable.

Take this week's news, that 4 Xbox exclusive are going Multiplatform.

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FTC and "Gamers' Lawsuit" Lawyers Denounce Microsoft's Layoffs in Activision Blizzard Legal Battle

The FTC and the lawyers behind the "Gamers' lawsuit" against Microsoft over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard are denouncing the recent layoffs within the respective legal battles.

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Abriael75d ago

It's like watching a bad legal drama.

XiNatsuDragnel75d ago

Best part there's no dramazation lol

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Microsoft Allowed to Probe Sony and Ubisoft in Legal Battle Against FTC, but Regulator Fires Back

The legal battle between Microsoft and the FTC over the Activision Blizzard acquisition continues. The house of Xbox just scored a major point but the FTC is firing back.

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XiNatsuDragnel77d ago

Yeah man I think Microsoft here getting to probe is kinda wrong unless you only have accessed to necessary information not complete access imo.

Abriael77d ago

Obviously they aren't giving them the password to Sony's computers and telling them "help yourself."

Eonjay75d ago

"Microsoft allowed to probe Sony and Ubisoft"

Sounds hot...

ApocalypseShadow76d ago (Edited 76d ago )

Maybe Microsoft should also talk and get help from their "congressional influencers" at The Capital. They had plenty to say on the matter before the acquisition. They are mighty quiet after the purchase went through. Almost as if they had a stake in the matter.

Abriael76d ago

Could you perhaps explain how this is related? I'm honestly curious since you seem to bring it up rather often.

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S2Killinit76d ago

He is pointing out how corrupt MS is, and how money talks. I think.

KwietStorm_BLM76d ago

I would say read between the lines but it's pretty damn clear as it is.

Bathyj76d ago

You should be careful upsetting Sony too much Microsoft.
You might need them to sell your subpar games soon.

TornRaptor76d ago

The games will become the best things ever all of a sudden.

Bathyj76d ago

Yeah I really doubt that.
I'm struggling to think of one I really cared about missing.

Hofstaderman76d ago

Bwhahahaha. Ain't that the truth.

Mr_cheese76d ago

The only exclusive im personally interested in from Microsoft is Elderscrolls and that's not even got s release date.

Everything else is genuinely of none interest.

OtterX76d ago

Microsoft never waits for the probing to be consensual.

derek76d ago

This isn't a major victory. They're essentially being allowed to call witnesses in regards to agreements they reached with Sony and Ubisoft which was initially blocked because Microsoft didn't make the request through the proper channels. This case is dead, there is no way the ftc will be allowed to unwind this acquisition.

Sephiroushin76d ago

they probably know case is death but want some proof to sue them for a few millions regarding other stuff, the ftc loves to sue everyone, be sure that as soon as all this end they will just go sue MS and end in a settlement.

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