{"id":25494,"date":"2012-10-31T20:37:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T10:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=25494"},"modified":"2012-10-31T20:37:57","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T10:37:57","slug":"celebrate-50-years-of-james-bond-with-activision-publishings-007-legends-video-game-available-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25494","title":{"rendered":"CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND WITH ACTIVISION PUBLISHING\u2019S 007\u2122 LEGENDS VIDEO GAME \u2013 AVAILABLE TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>Latest Installment in Esteemed Franchise Delivers A First-of-its-Kind Bond Video Game Experience with a Story Inspired by Five Classic Bond Films \u2013 Goldfinger, On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service, Moonraker, Licence to Kill, Die Another Day \u2013 and <\/em><em>the Upcoming Feature Film \u2013 SKYFALL\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sydney, Australia \u2013 October 31, 2012<\/strong> \u2013 Today gamers can join in the celebration of 50 years of James Bond with the release of <strong><em>007\u2122 Legends<\/em><\/strong> from Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard Inc., (Nasdaq: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.activision.com\">ATVI<\/a>). <strong><em>007 Legends<\/em><\/strong> is the latest installment in the esteemed franchise, delivering a first-of-its-kind Bond video game experience featuring a story inspired by five classic Bond films \u2013 <em>Goldfinger, On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service, Moonraker, Licence to Kill, Die Another Day.<\/em>\u00a0 Additionally, <strong><em>007 Legends<\/em><\/strong> will feature a sixth mission based on this year\u2019s highly anticipated Bond film \u2013 <em>SKYFALL<\/em> \u2013 which will be available to unlock as downloadable content.\u00a0 Timed to the North American release of the feature film, PlayStation\u00aeNetwork subscribers will gain exclusive early access to the <em>SKYFALL <\/em>mission on November 9, 2012, and then on November 20, 2012, the mission will be available on Xbox LIVE\u00ae online entertainment network.<\/p>\n<p>With each film hand picked as they\u2019ve defined Bond\u2019s personality over the years<strong><em>, 007 Legends<\/em><\/strong> explores Bond\u2019s gritty journey to his current status as the world\u2019s favourite secret agent.\u00a0 Each movie-inspired mission in <strong><em>007 Legends <\/em><\/strong>features multiple levels filled with state-of-the-art spy gadgets, an arsenal of weapons, sleek vehicles, exotic locations, and intense situations that require Bond\u2019s quick wits, combat expertise, and stealth actions to take down notorious villains and their brutal henchmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team at Eurocom has really outdone themselves this time with <strong><em>007 Legends<\/em><\/strong>, delivering a very unique and comprehensive Bond video game we\u2019re sure fans will enjoy playing,\u201d said David Oxford, EVP\/General Manager, Activision Publishing.\u00a0 \u201cFans not only get to experience these great, defining moments from Bond\u2019s past that have made him the spy he is today, but they also get to become Daniel Craig\u2019s modern-day Bond, and play through an all-new, contemporary story mission based on the upcoming <em>SKYFALL<\/em> film that comes out as DLC.\u00a0 This really is the most robust and unique Bond video game experience to date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurocom, Activision, EON and Danjaq should be extremely proud of their collaboration to make the most diverse Bond video game to date,\u201d David G. Wilson, VP of Global Business Strategy, EON. \u201c<strong><em>007 Legends<\/em><\/strong> pays great homage to the Bond legacy and is another way for fans to interact with the world\u2019s favourite spy as we celebrate the 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>007 Legends<\/em><\/strong> also features an impressive roster of past and present Bond film talent, including Daniel Craig\u2019s James Bond; Michael Lonsdale as the villainous Hugo Drax and Richard Kiel as his notorious henchman, Jaws, from <em>Moonraker<\/em>; Naomie Harris as Eve from <em>SKYFALL<\/em>; Toby Stephens as Gustav Graves in <em>Die Another Day<\/em>; and Carey Lowell as Agent Pam Bouvier in <em>Licence to Kill<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by Eurocom, under license from EON Productions Ltd. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. (MGM), <strong><em>007 Legends<\/em><\/strong> is available now for the Xbox 360<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>3 computer entertainment system. <strong><em>007 Legends <\/em><\/strong>is rated \u201cM\u201d for Mature Audiences by the Australian Classification Board.<\/p>\n<p>For more intel about\u00a0<strong><em>007 Legends<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0visit the game\u2019s official Facebook page \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/007LegendsGame\">www.facebook.com\/007LegendsGame<\/a> \u2013 and the <strong><em>007 Legends <\/em><\/strong>community \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.007Legends.com\">www.007Legends.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest Installment in Esteemed Franchise Delivers A First-of-its-Kind Bond Video Game Experience with a Story Inspired by Five Classic Bond Films \u2013 Goldfinger, On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service, Moonraker, Licence to Kill, Die Another Day \u2013 and the Upcoming Feature Film \u2013 SKYFALL\u00a0 Sydney, Australia \u2013 October 31, 2012 \u2013 Today gamers can join in<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25494\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25495,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25494\/revisions\/25495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}