‘007 Legends’ Announced for XBox 360 and PS3

50 years. Over 50 books. 22 films. 18 games. There’s not a lot James Bond hasn’t done. In celebration of this momentous anniversary, developer Eurocom is working alongside EON Productions for the first multi-story spanning Bond adventure yet. Coming from publisher Activision, 007 Legends will span the story of six different Bond films, concluding with the yet to be released 23rd film in the franchise Skyfall. Though it hasn’t been formally announced which of the other Bond films will fill out the remaining five, it is likely that Daniel Craig will be the face and voice of Bond, just as he was during the remake of Goldeneye 007 and Goldeneye 007: Reloaded.

A first-of-its-kind Bond video game, 007 Legends features an original, overarching storyline tying together six classic Bond movies, concluding with this year’s highly-anticipated 23rd installment – SKYFALL – to offer the most diverse Bond gaming experience yet! As with the feature films, 007 Legends equips players with state-of-the-art spy gadgets, an arsenal of weapons, including Bond’s signature Walther PPK, and sleek vehicles as they jet off to exotic locations and utilize Bond’s quick wits, class and style to take down notorious villains and their brutal henchmen, perform impressive stunts, and of course…mingle with gorgeous Bond women.

“To honor 50 years of the world’s top secret agent, 007 Legends offers a collection of his most famed moments in the smartest and most treacherous Bond game yet,” said David Oxford, Executive Vice President at Activision Publishing, Inc. “Creating a video game storyline that ties together six popular, yet very different, Bond movie narratives can be challenging, but together with EON Productions, our developer Eurocom, has pulled it off to create an homage that we think will be a unique and highly entertaining Bond video game.”

In addition to the story, the game will feature a new mode where players fill in the role of Bond’s villains and be able to take the fight to Bond for the first time. Whether these missions will be the same as the game’s regular single player campaign just from the opposing perspective or wholly new experiences is still to be determined.

Classic Bond multiplayer will return in 007 Legends, including local split screen gameplay along with XBox Live or PSN online play as well. Also returning will be the Mi6 mission mode from Goldeneye 007: Reloaded which gives players non-story driven objective based gameplay focusing on stealth, gadgets or various other gameplay mechanics.

007 Legends will release this fall for the XBox 360 and PlayStation 3. Stick to the Flickcast for more information as it becomes available.