Developer(s): Bizarre Creations
n-Space (Nintendo DS)
Publisher(s): Activision
Writer(s): Bruce Feirstein
Composer(s): Richard Jacques
Series James Bond
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release date(s): Holiday 2010
Genre(s): Action-adventure
Mode(s): Single-player, multiplayer
Blood Stone is an upcoming action-adventure video game, developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Activision for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is the 24th game in the James Bond series although it is not a direct sequel to any game. The game was confirmed by Activision on July 16, 2010. The game is expected to be released in the fourth quarter of 2010. It features the voices and likenesses of Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, and British artist Joss Stone.
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Game play:
The game is a third-person shooter with elements of hand-to-hand combat. Blood Stone features a unique Focus Aim system which allows players to lock onto targets after melee takedowns. There is also a multiplayer mode consisting of up to 16 players that will pit spies versus mercenaries.
Plot
The player assumes the role of the protagonist James Bond (voiced by Daniel Craig) who teams up with wealthy socialite Nicole Hunter (voiced by Joss Stone) to find a researcher who is feared dead. Set across five locations: Athens, Istanbul, Monaco, Siberia and Bangkok, Bond fights the antagonists, a group of terrorists led by a man named Greco. The background of the story is an international conspiracy that has placed the U.K.'s most secretive biochemical weapon into the hands of an unknown enemy. From examination of the website, it is speculated that genetics, globalism, and diamonds will be pivotal themes to the story.
Plot
The player assumes the role of the protagonist James Bond (voiced by Daniel Craig) who teams up with wealthy socialite Nicole Hunter (voiced by Joss Stone) to find a researcher who is feared dead. Set across five locations: Athens, Istanbul, Monaco, Siberia and Bangkok, Bond fights the antagonists, a group of terrorists led by a man named Greco. The background of the story is an international conspiracy that has placed the U.K.'s most secretive biochemical weapon into the hands of an unknown enemy. From examination of the website, it is speculated that genetics, globalism, and diamonds will be pivotal themes to the story.
Development:
The game was first hinted on April 21, 2010 when British store HMV listed Blood Stone as coming soon.Then on April 23, Activision reserved a web domain name called bloodstonegame.com.The game was officially announced in an Activision press release on July 16.
Famed James Bond film writer Bruce Feirstein was chosen to pen the story for the game.
The game itself is built on developer Bizarre Creations' bespoke engine, which was first created for the game "The Club".
Ben Cooke, who is Daniel Craig's stunt double in the films, has provided the motion capture choreography for Bond's digital animation. He is credited as the game's Stunt Coordinator.
Music:
The soundtrack is composed by British composer Richard Jacques. Joss Stone provides an original musical track to the game titled, “I’ll Take It All” written and performed by her and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics. The song will be featured exclusively in the game.
Famed James Bond film writer Bruce Feirstein was chosen to pen the story for the game.
The game itself is built on developer Bizarre Creations' bespoke engine, which was first created for the game "The Club".
Ben Cooke, who is Daniel Craig's stunt double in the films, has provided the motion capture choreography for Bond's digital animation. He is credited as the game's Stunt Coordinator.
Music:
The soundtrack is composed by British composer Richard Jacques. Joss Stone provides an original musical track to the game titled, “I’ll Take It All” written and performed by her and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics. The song will be featured exclusively in the game.
Last Words:
according to David G. Wilson, Bond Marketing's vice president of business strategy,Blood Stone isn't tied to a James Bond movie but follows an "original and topical storyline". This plot is a "completely new narrative with plot and characters in keeping with Bond heritage" and includes international terrorists, a terrorist suicide mission, and, judging from the title and diamond-encrusted opening credits (in familiar silhouetted Bond intro style), a quantity of jewels.
So lets wait till end of this 2010 to get the game to be released..so that we can try our hands on it. Keep checking this page for more updates.
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