The upcoming 007 game just got an ammo clip of good news.* Quantum of Solace, currently in development at Treyarch, is running on the Call of Duty 4 game engine and due out this Fall alongside the movie. "We look forward to launching Bond: Quantum of Solace in Q3 concurrent with movie. This game uses the Call of Duty 4 engine and technology to bring Bond games to a new level," said Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith in a conference call yesterday (36:20 mark).
Why does this excite us? Simply put: COD4 is one of the best multiplayer experiences currently available on consoles, and it gives us hope that this version will be able recapture the magic we felt when we first tried split-screen Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64. It also gives us an idea as to what platforms we can expect to see the game on -- likely Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and perhaps PC. Quantum of Solace, the film, is releasing October 31 in the UK, November 7 in North America.
* Note: Fear not, the writer of this joke has indeed been eliminated.
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Reader Comments (43)
Posted: May 9th 2008 3:35PM (Unverified) said
The persons in charge of sacking the writer, have also now been sacked.
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Posted: May 9th 2008 3:35PM DonaldMick said
And do try to bring the engine back in one piece, Treyarch...
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Posted: May 9th 2008 3:37PM (Unverified) said
There have been far worse jokes that should have resulted in firings.
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Posted: May 9th 2008 4:28PM (Unverified) said
Sounds good; CoD4's engine was pretty robust. If you squinted your eyes, some of the maps looked photorealistic (e.g. heli drop in Unspecifiedistan, Chernobyl sniper mission).
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Posted: May 9th 2008 8:11PM ThornedVenom said
Anything looks photorealistic if you squint your eyes hard enough: you should try it with the Wii.
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Posted: May 9th 2008 4:30PM (Unverified) said
Now if only Treyarch could turn themselves into the same Rare team from 1997 I would feel confident in the games success.
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Posted: May 9th 2008 4:54PM (Unverified) said
I stopped read after "currently in development at Treyarch".
Brought to you by the devs of the horrendous COD3, COD: Big Red One. They will find a way to mess this game even with the tools Infinity Ward used to do COD4.
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Brought to you by the devs of the horrendous COD3, COD: Big Red One. They will find a way to mess this game even with the tools Infinity Ward used to do COD4.
Posted: May 9th 2008 5:01PM (Unverified) said
I'm not sure how Treyarch + COD 4 engine = Golden Eye gameplay.
That's quite a leap of 'logic' and sounds more like wishful thinking.
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That's quite a leap of 'logic' and sounds more like wishful thinking.
Posted: May 9th 2008 5:08PM (Unverified) said
actually i think its good news that treyarch is developing this...it means there is a good chance they are touching COD 5.
Cross your fingers and toes....
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Cross your fingers and toes....
Posted: May 9th 2008 5:36PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Duhnuh nuh nuh....nuh nuh nuh, duhnanuh nuh nuh nuh
Good ol James Bond theme tune ^^
Shaken and not stirred ;)
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Good ol James Bond theme tune ^^
Shaken and not stirred ;)
Posted: May 9th 2008 5:41PM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
ITS BOND!
Who do we get to sleep with this time? And will the sex scene be anything like the ones in God of war games?
Better yet, when the bar tender asks us if we want our drink shaken or stirred, can we reply:
"Do I look like I give a toss?"
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Who do we get to sleep with this time? And will the sex scene be anything like the ones in God of war games?
Better yet, when the bar tender asks us if we want our drink shaken or stirred, can we reply:
"Do I look like I give a toss?"
Posted: May 9th 2008 6:28PM WiredKnight said
So by the Call of Duty 4 engine, they mean the Unreal 3 engine, right?
You know, since that's what it really is.
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You know, since that's what it really is.
Posted: May 10th 2008 12:37AM DWells55 said
What the hell are you on about? Call of Duty used the Quake 3 engine and since Call of Duty 2 have been using a proprietary engine which is, essentially, a heavily modified Quake 3 engine. Take a look at one of the .iwd files in Call of Duty sometime - they're extremely similar to the Quake 3 engine's .pk3 files.
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Posted: May 12th 2008 5:58PM WiredKnight said
Whoa what the hell AM I on about?
I must have been thinking of something else.
I don't know how I got that mixed up.
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I must have been thinking of something else.
I don't know how I got that mixed up.
Posted: May 9th 2008 6:43PM (Unverified) said
Last I checked CoD4 runs on the Quake 3 engine. Albeit a heavily modified version it's still the same old girl humming along there in the background.
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Posted: Jul 17th 2009 11:06PM saltydecimator said
its always called a magazine.... never a "clip" as the military says, a "clip" is for your hair, and a magazine is for your gun... so wise up
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Posted: May 10th 2008 8:53AM (Unverified) said
UUhh srri but, Treyarch is no Rare. I don't think I would mention the word Goldeneye near Treyarch. No one has ever been able to capture what Rare gave us in Goldeneye.
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Posted: May 10th 2008 2:12PM (Unverified) said
The game is launching together with the movie...
Now there's a recipe for major bugs if I've ever seen one.
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Now there's a recipe for major bugs if I've ever seen one.
Posted: May 14th 2008 5:50PM (Unverified) said
This is absurd. Here we are with punk buster not even being able to detect http://www.msxsecurity.com/ type hacks. And now they are trying to push this new crap?
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