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With MGM's current financial situation still up in the air, it may be a while before we see a new James Bond movie in theaters. Developer Bizarre Creations (who released the racing game Blur earlier this year) and publisher Activision have a solution in James Bond 007 Blood Stone. Due for release in November the third person shooter is a completely original Bond story that happens to feature the current movie Bond Daniel Craig who provides both his voice and likeness to the game.

Big Download got two of the game's development team members (game director Jeff Lewis and audio designer Emma Jackson) to give us some more info on James Bond 007 Blood Stone, including info on the locations, the new driving sequences, multiplayer features and more.

We've seen plenty of combat out of the new Bond game trailers, but not nearly as much as the game will supposedly have. Blood Stone is all about takedowns and gunfire, and most of the trailers have emphasized areas and story. Not the case with this one, however. This trailer is all about kicking enemies around, elbowing them in the faces, and shooting them in the chest. The combat looks visceral and entertaining, with a definite focus on brutal melee moves. We enjoy fistfights as much as everyone else, so this trailer gets us a bit more pumped for Bond's next adventure.

Thanks to MGM's ongoing financial issues, we may have to wait a while before the next movie in the James Bond film series finally reaches theaters. However, the next James Bond game from Activision, James Bond 007 Blood Stone, is due out this November for the PC and other platforms. The title is being developed by Bizarre Creations.

The latest video for the game gives a quick summary of its storyline which features the the voice and likeness of current Bond movie actor Daniel Craig as he goes on yet another globe-hopping trip to stop the bad guys. There also a quick look at the game's features which include some driving challenges, hand-to-hand combat and multiplayer modes.

Remember when James Bond went to Istanbul to stop the sale of bio-weapons research to a third party? Apparently, there's more to that story than meets the eye, and more information equals an extended trailer. While the previous Blood Stone trailer was fairly standard fare, this one gets both a little more cinematic and a little more revealing. It shows off more of Bond's moves, some of the shooting mechanics, more driving sequences, and inserts bits of cinematic flashiness at good places in the backing track. Overall, a much better trailer than the previous one we saw a while ago, and bound to get the Bond part of your blood stirring.

Some of the very best credit sequences in movies have been at the front of James Bond flicks. Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me, Goldeneye and Casino Royale are just some of the most memorable ways to begin a flick (the lady silhouettes didn't hurt either).

There is little of the lady silhouettes in the credit sequence for the upcoming game James Bond 007 Blood Stone but as you can see from the above trailer it definitely fits in with the Bond film feel. It even has a solid song performed by Joss Stone. Let's hope the full game is as good as this credit sequence with the Bizarre Creations-developed title is released sometime this holiday.

Download the HD version of James Bond 007 Blood Stone Credits trailer at Big Download

Developer Bizarre Creations' first game for its current owner Activision was the kart-like racing game Blur. Released last May, the game got solid reviews from game critics but Blur's sales have not exactly been burning up the sales charts. However it sounds like the developer already has plans to continue the franchise.

GamerZines chatted with Bizarre Creations' Nick Davies who stated, " . . it's always been the plan to make the number one racing franchise. That's as much as I can say!." And what about the current game's sales figures? Davies states that part of the problem was that May had two other racing titles come out including Split/Second and the PS3 game ModNation Racers. However he adds, "I think the multiplayer will stay for a long time and I think people will come back to that time and time again, long after some of the other games have gone back to the second-hand shelf."

James Bond is back and featured in the all-new action packed adventure, James Bond 007: Blood Stone. Although the game is completely original and isn't based on a movie, it will still feature the likeness and voices of Daniel Craig, Joss Stone and Judi Dench. British R&B musician Joss Stone, who will be voicing the role of the latest Bond Girl, will also be recording the game's exclusive signature song titld, "I'll Take It All." Blood Stone is being developed by Bizarre Creations, which recently released the powered-up racing game Blur. No official release date for Blood Stone has been announced.

Download HD James Bond 007: Blood Stone Reveal Trailer (133 MB)

With the next James Bond movie now on indefinate hold the only way to check out the Daniel Craig version of 007 is in games. Today publisher Activision officially confirmed James Bond 007: Blood Stone, a third person shooter from developer Bizarre Creations with the voices of Craig as 007 along with Judi Dench as M. It will also feature singer Joss Stone who will not only voice a role in the game but also create original music for the title.

Blood Stone will have an original story written by Bruce Feirstein who has written scripts for various James Bond movies. Look for hand-to-hand combat, cover-based gun play and driving sequences in a story that will take place in various locations including "Athens, Istanbul, Monaco and Bangkok." There will also be multiplayer support for up to 16 players with "spies-versus-mercenaries" gameplay modes. James Bond 007: Blood Stone will be released "this holiday season".

If you enjoy kart racing games, then you'll feel pretty much at home playing Blur. However, the game has a more grown-up feel to it due to the fact that it uses licenses cars and tracks based on real world locations. Grabbing power-ups along the racetrack to use against other players isn't a new concept, but it's one that Blur embraces with a lot of enthusiasm. By itself, Blur is an average racing game and the twist on it (using power-ups) is pretty straightforward, but it does a good job on bring the two together to be greater than the sum of its parts. However, there are some gameplay issues to prevent the game from reaching its full potential.

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Amazon.com's Deal of the Day rarely has PC games on the docket but today is an exception as they have cut the price of the very recent driving game Blur down to just $19.99 for today only. That's a 50 percent discount from its current PC price of $39.99.

Just a recap: Blur is a Mario Kart-type game with power-ups and abilities but with real world vehicles in a slightly more realisitic setting than Nintendo's racer. It's also the first game from developer Bizarre Creations under their current owners Activision. Rumor has the developer working on some kind of James Bond action game for their next project.

[Via Joystiq]