Video Gaming News - May 2004
Redwood City, CA (May 5, 2004) - EA today announced that it will give
players the chance to play as the villain in the next James Bond game, GoldenEye:
Rogue Agent.
From EA:
Why save the world when you can rule it? Going where no previous James Bond
game has dared to tread, the upcoming GoldenEye: Rogue Agent first-person
shooter from Electronic Arts breaks all the rules by transporting players to the
dark side of the Bond universe to experience life as a high-rolling,
cold-hearted villain. The highly anticipated game is scheduled to ship this fall
on the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system
from Microsoft, and the Nintendo GameCube under the EA GAMES brand.
As an aspiring 00 agent dismissed from MI6 for reckless brutality, the player is
hired as an enforcer by Auric Goldfinger, the wealthy super-villain with a lust
for all things gold. Goldfinger is locked in a ruthless war against his
archenemy, the brilliant scientist Dr. No. The prize is control of the world’s
greatest criminal organization. A brutal encounter with Dr. No costs the player
an eye, but Goldfinger’s technicians replace it with a gold-hued, synthetic eye,
earning the player the name ‘GoldenEye’. Players have the ability to customize
and upgrade their villain persona and wreak havoc as they make their unrelenting
rise through the ranks.
With a radical twist to the Bond franchise that makes the player’s goal to rule
the world rather than save it, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent is the ultimate thrill
ride through the 007 underworld. Players will cross paths with such legendary
allies and enemies as Oddjob, Scaramanga, Xenia Onatopp, and, of course, Pussy
Galore on globe-spanning missions of vengeance and demolition. Players will
travel to famous and original Bond locations from the mountains of Switzerland
to the streets of Hong Kong and from Fort Knox to Dr. No’s Crab Key lair in the
Caribbean. Enemies will react intelligently in combat situations and use the
environment to their advantage for intense and unpredictable shootouts.
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent seamlessly integrates single-player, multiplayer
split-screen, and online gameplay for the PlayStation 2 console* across all game
modes. Featured modes include story-driven campaign missions, deathmatch style
simulator trials, and objective-based war games. Officially licensed by MGM
Interactive, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent is being developed by EA’s Los Angeles
studio. This game has not yet been rated by the ESRB.
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