XBOX Magazine Includes EoN Demo

In February’s issue of XBOX Magazine they have included on their monthly “demo disk” a demo of not one, not two… but three levels of EA’s James Bond: Everything or Nothing!

What more could you possibly want in a video game than big guns, huge explosions, and hot Bond girls? How about vehicles? It seems EA has been thinking right along those tracks.

Both Agent Under Fire and especially Nightfire were solid first-person shooters, but for this adventure we’ll be seeing and hearing a lot more of Mr. Brosnan – quite literally – as the perspective has been changed to a third person view and Brosnan is lending his voice to the project this time. And to cap it all off, EA is pulling out all the stops by including one of the most infamous Bond villains of then all, Jaws, and he will be voiced by none other that Richard Kiel.

There’s a multitude of fun Bondian things to do in the game (not to mention in the demo)…

X-Box Demo:

• Demo level: A Long way down
  Mr. Bond has to rappel from a building while being chased by bad guys with guns, as the building explodes. Just so he can hit ground and proceed to shoot more pesky foes.
• Demo level: The Pontchatran Bridge
  My favorite of the 3 demo levels. Jaws is off in a tanker truck to blow up a city and Mr. Bond has to hunt him down on a Triumph Daytona 600 Motorcycle the while henchmen on motorcycles pursue and fire at him. But they won’t last long because Q has equipped Bond’s motorcycle with a missile firing system and flamethrower.

On this level M delivers some clever lines.

• When blowing up a motorist: “Careful James, your target is Jaws not innocent motorist.”
• When blowing up a motorist who seems like he’s out to get you: “Careful James, your target it Jaws not reckless drivers.”
• When you fail the mission: “You failed 007; Jaws will sink the city along with your reputation. Return to MI6 at once.” [wav file: here]

• Demo level: Bazaar (multiplayer co-op)
  Third person multi-player? I hope there’s a way to change this to first person on the actual game.

Control seems pretty tight: the vehicle felt good, and targeting is made pretty easy by holding down the left trigger. As good as Nightfire was, Everything or Nothing is cranking everything up.

With no new Bond film in sight for a while, this should help fill the void until Brosnan brings Bond back to the big screen again.

Official EoN site launches 'Spy Radio'

The official website for Everything or Nothing has launched a new feature entitled ‘Spy Radio’, which is essentially a custom media player in which fans can listen to music from the new game, due out next month, including Mya Harrison’s eponymous title song, Everything or Nothing. As well as singing the theme tune, Mya will also appear as Agent Mya Starling in the game, following the trend set by Madonna in Die Another Day.

The current track listing is as follows:

1. Everything or Nothing
2. James Bond Theme
3. An Old Friend in Egypt
4. Barfight in New Orleans
5. Rappelling a Cliff in Peru
6. Moscow’s Red Square

Thanks to forum member JFM007 for the tip-off!

EoN plot synopsis revealed!

The official website for Everything or Nothing have released a plot synopsis for EA’s new Bond adventure due out next month.

“The biggest development in technology is small-very small-and it’s missing. At Oxford’s Department of Microtechnology, prototype nanorobots have been stolen, and project scientist Dr. Katya Nadanova (Heidi Klum) has disappeared. The nanobots are equipped with an organic compound that can eat away metal, providing the key ingredient in Nikolai Diavolo (Willem Dafoe)’s plan to seize control of his native Russia and return it to its former glory as a bastion of hard-line anti-Westernism.

Diavolo is more than merely a former KGB officer disillusioned by the Westernization of his homeland. The prodigy of 007’s nemesis Max Zorin, Diavolo was groomed to carry Zorin’s plans to their natural conclusion, namely world domination.

Another agent, 003 had been sent to investigate a mysterious mining operation and is now missing. His last known contact was American geologist Serena St. Germaine (Shannon Elizabeth), and Bond is sent to locate her in Peru. While there he discovers that 003 had contacted her in regards to her research on the anomalous platinum levels in the surrounding mountains. Investigating with St. Germaine, Bond is astonished to see Agent 003 undergoing a brutal interrogation at the hands of a mysterious stranger (Diavolo). Bond listens as 003 whispers his last dying words: “You must get to New Orleans … stop Diavolo …”

Bond arrives in New Orleans while the city is preparing for Mardi Gras. He has plans to meet with Mya Starling, an undercover NSA agent who is assigned to keep an eye on a Russian Colonel. Mya is performing her title song “Everything or Nothing”, but is discovered by Arkady Yayakov, the club’s owner, before Bond arrives. Yayakov and his right-hand man Jean LaRouge, have lethal plans for her. Bond must race through the club and nearby cemetery to a crematorium to save her.

The following morning he receives orders to head to a plantation in the Bayou, where he learns that Katya has modified the nanobot technology for Diavolo’s sinister plans. Bond destroys the facility, and sees Jaws escaping toward New Orleans with a tanker full of the improved nanobot technology. He must stop Jaws before he reaches his “test city” and unleashes the nanobots on the steel-supported city of New Orleans. If Jaws succeeds, the nanobots will dissolve the metal and the city will plummet into the Mississippi River, and millions will be killed.

At the Q-lab, Bond learns that platinum is the only metal that the nanobots won’t destroy. He surmises that this bizarre chain of events must tie directly to Serena’s research in Peru.

Will the world be made safe for democracy once again? That’s up to you. You are Bond – James Bond.”

David Levison Working on EoN Score

Composer David Levison has revealed that he has been hired to work on Sean Calley’s score for the forthcoming James Bond game, Everything or Nothing.

Levison is performing two function for the game; audio mixing of Calley’s score and also creating the interactive segmentation to ensure that the score matches the onscreen game play.

As a Music and Sound Designer, Levison has many LucasArts titles on his CV including Star Wars: Jedi Fighter and RTX Red Rock.

Source: Music 4 Games.

Mya Discusses Involvement with EoN

IGN Music has interviewed singer Mya on her involvement with the forthcoming James Bond gaming title, Everything or Nothing.

In the article, Mya discusses what her involvement in the project meant in terms of work, “I sort of found out everything that would be happening within the video game when I got to the recording studio. I got to scream from the bottom of my lungs and I got to kick and fight and all kinds of things that I didn’t know I’d be doing when I walked into the session. So it was really interesting and a different project for me in that aspect.” Also discussed is Mya’s writing and singing of a unique song to serves as the theme tune for the game.

The article also features three pictures from the game, showing James Bond and NSA Agent Mya Sterling ‘on screen’.

For all you music fans, if you look along the right hand side of the page, you also can click on a link enabling you to hear a short snippet of the ‘techno version’ of her song Everything Or Nothing.

"Everything or Nothing" Release Dates

As we know the PS2, X-Box and GameCube versions of “James Bond: Everything or Nothing” have been delayed until 2004.

RELEASE DATES (according to Amazon.com)
PS2: February 18. 2004
X-Box: February 18. 2004
GameCube: January 18, 2004

The good news is for those who own GameBoy Advance. According to an article posted today on GamePro.com (confirmation from offical site) EA is releasing “Everything or Nothing” for GameBoy advance NEXT WEEK on Monday, November 17, 2003.

Played 'GoldenEye'? Tell EA Your Thoughts

A message from EA Games to CBn readers:

Dear Gamers,

We’d like to invite you to participate in an online survey for gamers who have played Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64. You don’t have to own a copy of the game to participate in this survey, and your feedback will be a tremendous help in improving future Bond games.

It only takes a few minutes, so please click on the appropriate link below:

Click here if you have played GOLDENEYE!

If you have not played Goldeneye, stay tuned for other opportunities to give feedback on the world of James Bond 007, or visit http://007.ea.com.

Thanks!

EA GAMES

First Review of 'EoN' Released

Khabal Gaming released its review of Everything Or Nothing based on a demonstation copy it has received.

The review itself is stellar, saying “Although only three stages were present in the preview copy of the game, those three stages certainly managed to capture some excellent qualities that we may expect to see when EoN is released.”

To read the entire review click here.

CMQ Subscribers Treated to Richard Kiel Interview

Richard Kiel recently gave an exclusive interview to the 007 Communique, the official newsletter on the production of forthcoming EA game Everything Or Nothing. In the interview, Kiel discussed his role as Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker as well as his return to the role in the new game Everything Or Nothing

As for a return of Jaws to the big screen, Kiel says, “…[I]t is up to the producers to make that happen. I say this because they are always asking me ‘When are you coming back?’ and think I haven’t returned by choice.”

The entire interview with Kiel can be found at EA Games website.

More Details on EoN Set-Back

EA have now confirmed that they have postponed the release of Everything or Nothing.

A source from EA said “[EA] felt that the game could be better and wanted to add a number of features to enhance the overall experience”