EA "GoldenEye: Rogue Agent" (2004)

No movie to promote, no Pierce, no sales


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In November of 2004, EA released GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, which attempted to bring GoldenEye 007's success to the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. GoldenEye: Rogue Agent was not a remake of GoldenEye but a different beast entirely. Set in an alternate timeline of the James Bond universe, the player takes the role of an ex-MI6 agent Jack Hunter, who is recruited by Auric Goldfinger (a member of a powerful unnamed criminal organisation based on Ian Fleming's SPECTRE) to assassinate his rival Dr. No. Several other characters from the Bond series make appearances throughout the game, including Pussy Galore, Oddjob, Xenia Onatopp and Francisco Scaramanga. In this setting the game's protagonist is given the name 'GoldenEye' after he loses his eye and receives a gold-colored cybernetic replacement. The story is in no way tied to that of the original movie or game, but it employed a customizable multiplayer mode incorporating online play. Players were cast as an ex-MI6 agent who gets recruited by Goldfinger, and given the eponymous golden eye, in order to take on Dr. No. The game features many other characters from the films and books. Dame Judi Dench is the voice of M, who opens the story by revealing that: "Three years ago, while on assignment, the agent was severely wounded by Dr. No and subsequently lost the use of his right eye. Consumed with vengeance, he frequently resorts to violence and brutality, and is no longer fit for service with MI6." James Bond 007 is the likeness of and voiced by Jason Carter. The game failed critically and in the marketplace. Reviewers disliked its departure from James Bond canon in its introduction and killing off of characters. Due to poor sales, a planned Rogue Agent franchise was canned.

EA then announced they were making a new game, Phoenix Rising, set to be released in 2005. It would star Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, but nothing was ever revealed about the plot (rumours said that it was a follow up to Nightfire with the gameplay elements of Everything or Nothing). But when Brosnan was let go as Bond, all plans for this game were scrapped and replaced with...



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