GoldenEye: Rogue Agent: Hot Media

We've got the trailer and those first screens from the pseudo GoldenEye sequel.

You remember GoldenEye, right? The N64 game that made licensed games cool again? The jewel in Rare's sizable crown and, many argue, the best first person shooter ever. But isn't it boring being on the good side all the time? Well none other than EA has stepped up to take on the seqel, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, in which you play one mean-ass villain.

Now in development at EA's Los Angeles studio, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent breaks all the rules by transporting players to the dark side of the Bond universe to experience life as a high-rolling, cold-hearted villain.

As an aspiring 00 agent dismissed from MI6 for reckless brutality, the player is hired as an enforcer by Auric Goldfinger, the wealthy super-villain with a lust for all things gold. Goldfinger is locked in a ruthless war against his archenemy, the brilliant scientist Dr. No. The prize is control of the world's greatest criminal organization. A brutal encounter with Dr. No costs the player an eye, but Goldfinger's technicians replace it with a gold-hued, synthetic eye, earning the player the name 'GoldenEye'. Players have the ability to customize and upgrade their villain persona and wreak havoc as they make their unrelenting rise through the ranks.

With a radical twist to the Bond franchise that makes the player's goal to rule the world rather than save it, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent is described as the ultimate thrill ride through the 007 underworld. Players will cross paths with such legendary allies and enemies as Oddjob, Scaramanga, Xenia Onatopp, and, of course, Pussy Galore on globe-spanning missions of vengeance and demolition, and travel to famous and original Bond locations from the mountains of Switzerland to the streets of Hong Kong and from Fort Knox to Dr. No's Crab Key lair in the Caribbean.

But that's not all - enemies will react intelligently in combat situations and use the environment to their advantage for intense and unpredictable shootouts. And the game seamlessly integrates single-player, multiplayer split-screen, and online gameplay. The production design comes from Academy Award winning Sir Ken Adam, visionary creator for the look of the Bond film universe.

With this much in the package, Rogue Agent could well be the sequel that Rare's classic GoldenEye deserves. Stay tuned for more - and check out the cool trailer in direct feed below.

Adam Doree
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