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This page shows the canceled video games in James Bond 007 franchise.

Octopussy

Shortly after James Bond 007 video game was released in 1983 by Parker Brothers, another video game was announced that was called Octopussy, based on the film of the same name, scheduled for 1983 Summer release, it was cancelled shortly after it was announced by Parker Brothers .

GoldenEye 007

A racing version of GoldenEye 007 was going to be released the same year for the Virtual Boy. Only a screenshot was released on the internet, but the game was later cancelled.

Related, a revamped version of the Nintendo 64 game by Rare was planned for release for Xbox Live Arcade on 27 February 2008, but due to financial disagreement between Microsoft and Nintendo corporations, the project has faded out. As of May 2012 Microsoft has made no comment on the idea of Rareware's Goldeneye 007 being released on XBLA due to the circumstances.

Tomorrow Never Dies: The Mission Continues

The original VHS release of Tomorrow Never Dies featured a brief trailer with Desmond Llewelyn which highlighted a game that would "start where the film ends." Footage shows Bond skiing, scuba diving and driving in third person and on a first person shooting mission. The game was to come out on Playstation and PC in the fall of 1998 and was being made by MGM Interactive, not EA; EA was not involved in Bond until November of that year.

A Tomorrow Never Dies game was finally released on November 16th 1999, distributed by EA, but with notably differences from the 1998 attempt. The game was a third person shooter with the scuba diving level nowhere to be found. But perhaps the most glaring difference was the fact that the story now followed the plot of the film, not the continuation that had been promised.

A level in the game sees Bond skiing down a mountain and killing a Japanese terrorist named Sotoshi Isagura (who had featured very briefly in the film), while on another stage Bond has a driving mission in Switzerland. These were not from the film and may have survived from the 'continuation' story.

The World Is Not Enough

A port of The World Is Not Enough for the PC and PlayStation 2 version was cancelled in favor for Agent Under Fire.

007 Racing: The Sequel

A PlayStation 2 sequel to 007 Racing was rumoured to be in development.

Phoenix Rising

The game was originally meant to be released in 2005, set to star Pierce Brosnan as James Bond 007. Nothing was ever revealed about the plot but the rumours said that it was a follow up to NightFire with the gameplay elements of Everything or Nothing video game. First, the title was going to be used for NightFire but later was pushed back for the 2005 Bond game that never saw the light of the day and was switched into Sean Connery's From Russia with Love video game adaption when Brosnan officially announced that he's stepping down from the role.

Casino Royale

Based on the film of the same name where Daniel Craig starred as Bond and was going to give his voice and likeness in the video game. It was set to release on PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms. The game was 15% developed when the project was cancelled as Electronic Arts would not finish it by the film's release in November 2006. Later, an unfinished development screenshots from the Venice level have been uncovered.

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent sequel

A sequel to 2004's GoldenEye: Rogue Agent was originally planned but scrapped due to poor sales and reviews. The game's ending heavily suggested a sequel as well. According to various sources, the sequel would have included vehicles and a longer story mode. On the EA website for GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, a form with many questions about what fans wanted to see in the next game was available. Rogue Agent's engine for the DS was used as a concept for a version of Halo: Combat Evolved for Nintendo's handheld (informally called Halo DS), but didn't get past verification, despite a playable demo being made.

Risico

The early replacement of Blood Stone and nothing officially was announced, it was based on Ian Fleming's short story Risico with the plotline expanded and involved with other unseen elements from James Bond novels written by Ian Fleming himself. It was set to star Daniel Craig as Bond in an original storyline developed by both Bizzare Creations and Raven Software studios. However, it was canceled in late 2009. Only some screenshots were hit on the internet and many canceled main-title sequences are shown, rumours say that the plot was involved with diamond smugglers, or with oil-problem. There is currently a video game being developed by Raven Software, however it is not known if it is going to be Risico or a sequel to Blood Stone, or if it is a video game based on the then untitled Skyfall.

An upcoming 007 video game has been gotten out of ice, and is developing by Raven Software, powered by Activision. Previously, the project was titled Risico, based on Ian Fleming's James Bond short story of the same name. Prior to the official word, several leaked photos were uncovered by Keeping The British End Up website have uncovered leaks depicting a possible new game in the Bond series is currently being developed by Raven Software. When MGM have been restructured, EON Productions announced The 23rd James Bond film and Activision themselves gave Raven Software green lights to continue the project and announced that a new Bond game will be released, without giving a proper date but was scheduled for the second half of 2011. It is presumed that it will be Raven's Bond game but is yet to be confirmed.Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing revealed on a shareholder conference call that further details will be available at E3, stating: "I'm looking forward to updating you on our plans and performance as this exciting year unfolds. And we'll have a lot more details on our upcoming releases to share with you in the coming weeks and in E3.". An exact release date is yet to be revealed. Like Blood Stone, this iteration appears to be played from the third-person perspective and could include tactical combat similar to recent releases in the Splinter Cell series, namely the Conviction that was released by Ubisoft. Not much else is currently known about the status of the game including if it's a straight sequel to Blood Stone or not. The next that was released ended up being Goldeneye 007: Reloaded; a Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 port of the Wii game. It was released on November 1, 2011. Either Risico was cancelled or delayed as the next James Bond game titled 007 Legends is set to be released in October 2012, this game is apparently a first person shooter.

References

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12. Fritz, Ben (2006-05-03). "Bond, Superman games on the move". Variety. Retrieved 2006-05-18.

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