Bond heads up first round PSP-PlayStation 2 connectivity push
EA adds weight to Free Rad franchise saviour.
According to reports stemming from US print sources, Electronic Arts will be first out of the blocks in the race to make PSP-PlayStation 2 connectivity a reality, with the firm offering a new James Bond game to the Sony duo.
Word has it that the game, (or games - it’s still not clear if the SKUs will differ) will unsurprisingly be a first-person shooter. The news comes in the wake of the most recent Bond offering, the dire Rogue Agent, achieving respectable sales across all platforms in spite of receiving a hammering at the hands of the specialist press.
SPOnG has also learned recently that the GoldenEye moniker will be retained for the franchise moving forward.
This news will also add weight to the escalating expectation of a return to form for Bond gaming, with Free Radical Design of TimeSplitters (and more importantly GoldenEye N64) fame looking increasingly likely to become the developer of choice for EA’s beleagured series.
As ever, keep it locked for updates as and when they break.
Word has it that the game, (or games - it’s still not clear if the SKUs will differ) will unsurprisingly be a first-person shooter. The news comes in the wake of the most recent Bond offering, the dire Rogue Agent, achieving respectable sales across all platforms in spite of receiving a hammering at the hands of the specialist press.
SPOnG has also learned recently that the GoldenEye moniker will be retained for the franchise moving forward.
This news will also add weight to the escalating expectation of a return to form for Bond gaming, with Free Radical Design of TimeSplitters (and more importantly GoldenEye N64) fame looking increasingly likely to become the developer of choice for EA’s beleagured series.
As ever, keep it locked for updates as and when they break.
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SorelissLarethian 4 Jan 2005 16:08
1/5
connectivity.. hmmm wasn't that a silly idea ? :)
I think EA had agreed with sony on that...
and the majority of the gaming industry and fans were laughing at it and the persistent Ninty representatives... weird.. now it seems it's cool ? or what?
I think EA had agreed with sony on that...
and the majority of the gaming industry and fans were laughing at it and the persistent Ninty representatives... weird.. now it seems it's cool ? or what?
config 4 Jan 2005 17:47
2/5
Yiannis_K wrote:
connectivity.. hmmm wasn't that a silly idea ? :)
I think EA had agreed with sony on that...
and the majority of the gaming industry and fans were laughing at it and the persistent Ninty representatives... weird.. now it seems it's cool ? or what?
I think EA had agreed with sony on that...
and the majority of the gaming industry and fans were laughing at it and the persistent Ninty representatives... weird.. now it seems it's cool ? or what?
It's cool like hooking up a bunch of GBA's to a GameCube is cool.
Nobody's done anything truly useful or interesting with that set-up, so I fail to see how anything groundbreaking will come from hooking up a PSP to a PS2.
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vault 13 4 Jan 2005 21:35
3/5
There is some untapped potential. Basically the personalized screen. It's hidden from everyone else so it's great for Football games and such (like they did with Madden, I think, and NFL2K1 and 2K2. The Crystal Chronicles did some neat stuff but not enough. I think some really great stragety games could come from it. If the DS is using two screens, connectivity is basically the same thing. And everyone seems to be loving the everloving s**t out of it. But then again, if nothing comes out it, it's no sweat of my back. I do see this failing because if Nintendo can't make magic happen with it, no one can, except maybe Square-Enix, or maybe Namco, oh and Sammy's been doing good things lately, oh and can't forget Sony, hey what abou....
SorelissLarethian 5 Jan 2005 11:29
4/5
hmm yeah, one would think of DS like connectivity idea reiterated . We shouldn't forget though that the fuss is not about the second screen...It's all about the touch screen.
just a second screen would have no luck of course and nobody would talk about it that much.
what i think this generation of handhelds really lacks is direct TV output. I know some vodaphone mobiles do it why not DS or PSP?
just a second screen would have no luck of course and nobody would talk about it that much.
what i think this generation of handhelds really lacks is direct TV output. I know some vodaphone mobiles do it why not DS or PSP?
tyrion 5 Jan 2005 13:07
5/5
Yiannis_K wrote:
what i think this generation of handhelds really lacks is direct TV output. I know some vodaphone mobiles do it why not DS or PSP?
Because, I have a PS2 and I don't want to have to buy a second TV with a touchscreen just to play Feel the Magic!!