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"Is it a Goldfinger or an Octopussy?
James Bond is about fast cars, weaponised helicopters, silenced guns and rocket launchers, and so it is in James Bond: Blood Stone, MI6′s 007′s new adventure on X360 and PS3.
Blood Stone is developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Activision. Bizarre Creations are reportedly in real trouble, as Activision is now considering selling the company due to low Blur sales, but other companies are circling with hopes of taking their staff, meaning that this could be Bizarre’s final game."
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yeah man I think Microsoft here getting to probe is kinda wrong unless you only have accessed to necessary information not complete access imo.
Obviously they aren't giving them the password to Sony's computers and telling them "help yourself."
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.
Could you perhaps explain how this is related? I'm honestly curious since you seem to bring it up rather often.
You should be careful upsetting Sony too much Microsoft.
You might need them to sell your subpar games soon.
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.
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.
It is nice to see that the James Bond Franchise actually has some more games that aren't based on movies, so the story is not predictable if you have seen the movie.
"I’d like to point out that there are very few shooters (or even games on 360 and PS3) that carry less than a MA15+ rating these days."
Well put. Of course most younger gamers end up playing the gory violent games no matter what (which is what gets anti R18 people here in Oz going), but it would be nicer to have some shooters that don't focus so much on it so parents have some games they can get younger gamers that aren't Pokemon or Kinectimals.
At least Bond is one of those.
Hmm, I was looking to pick this up, but didn't think it was worth the US$60.
Probably not worth full price, but worth playing if you like Bond at all. Would have been worth full price if there was local multi with slappers and paintball modes :) and bots!
I agree with the lower board rating for younger gamers, we need more of them, as this is a perfect example of what can be achieved, without the added adult gore and or over-the-top violence.
It's a fun-filled typical Bond game, packed with lots of explosions and such-like, perfect for all audiences really.
Of course 'hard-core' gamers will bitch-n-moan, as they always do unless something is perfect, which nothing is of course, but get past that, and this is just great 'fun'.
Perhaps not worth full street-ticket price, hopefully some publishers will begin to drop AA titles down atad to make them more viable for the general market??
One can only hope.