New Bond game Quantum of Solace runs on COD4 engine, launching with movie

by Ross Miller { May 9th 2008 at 3:30PM }

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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Tags: 007, activision, bond, call-of-duty-4, cod4, james-bond, quantum-of-solace, treyarch

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

killploki @ May 9th 2008 3:34PM

bring back the laptop gun and proximity mines to multiplayer and im in.

Obie @ May 9th 2008 3:38PM

Hellz yeah!

Lynk @ May 9th 2008 4:53PM

Uhm... Laptop gun is from Perfect Dark...

killploki @ May 9th 2008 6:38PM

my entire childhood is a blur....

Isaac @ May 9th 2008 8:33PM

@ Lynk
Its also in nightfire.

Nicholas Sulikowski @ May 9th 2008 3:35PM

Yay?

J @ May 9th 2008 3:41PM

Yup.

StLouisRibs7734 @ May 9th 2008 3:35PM

W00T

ViagraFiend @ May 9th 2008 3:35PM

The persons in charge of sacking the writer, have also now been sacked.

Zorink @ May 9th 2008 6:22PM

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti.

Donald @ May 9th 2008 3:35PM

And do try to bring the engine back in one piece, Treyarch...

ChuckD @ May 9th 2008 3:37PM

There have been far worse jokes that should have resulted in firings.

mohd @ May 9th 2008 3:48PM

what joke?can somebody tells whats going on?

ssuk @ May 9th 2008 4:13PM

Look where an * is in the article. Then read the * at the bottom.

If you don't know this fundamental reading skill, you must be pretty confused when it comes to disclaimers...

Deric Lee @ May 9th 2008 4:04PM

I'm pretty sure that if they keep the game play similar to COD4 then I'm all over this, it's like COD4 Ver.2

Haggard @ May 9th 2008 4:08PM

Yeah, James Bond is known for his frontline infantry combat with infinitely respawning squadmates ^^

It's not like he was a secret agent or anything.

Deric Lee @ May 9th 2008 4:46PM

M-u-l-t-i-p-l-a-y-e-r, duh.

eNrique @ May 9th 2008 10:14PM

My name is Bond, James Bond, and like to have sex with my teammates*

*hot ones only

Bucket @ May 9th 2008 4:28PM

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).

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ May 9th 2008 8:11PM

Anything looks photorealistic if you squint your eyes hard enough: you should try it with the Wii.

svenhoek @ May 9th 2008 4:30PM

Now if only Treyarch could turn themselves into the same Rare team from 1997 I would feel confident in the games success.

markhill66 @ May 9th 2008 4:51PM

This game may just turn out alright.

DWells55 @ May 9th 2008 4:52PM

It's a magazine, not a clip.

Da @ May 9th 2008 11:42PM

Well if you look at the picture, he is holding a pistol. So a clip is infact correct.
Fail.

DWells55 @ May 10th 2008 12:33AM

No, you fail. It's still a magazine. Ask anyone who knows anything about firearms and they'll tell you the same thing.

Ozeki @ May 9th 2008 4:54PM

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.

NorCalSix @ May 9th 2008 5:01PM

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.

RastamanD @ May 9th 2008 5:08PM

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....

Maverick Saturn @ May 9th 2008 5:36PM

Duhnuh nuh nuh....nuh nuh nuh, duhnanuh nuh nuh nuh

Good ol James Bond theme tune ^^

Shaken and not stirred ;)

Maverick Saturn @ May 9th 2008 5:41PM

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?"

Exodus @ May 9th 2008 6:14PM

It is done by Treyarch...which means this game is going to blow. This saddens me. Yet another Bond game won't live up to Goldeneye.

J @ May 9th 2008 6:28PM

So by the Call of Duty 4 engine, they mean the Unreal 3 engine, right?

You know, since that's what it really is.

DWells55 @ May 10th 2008 12:37AM

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.