In May Activision announced it had acquired the exclusive rights to develop and publish games based on the James Bond license, a (previously in EA hands). With the 007 Casino Royale movie opening November 17th 2006, you’d expected to see Activision’s first 007 game at the same time.
Apparently the rights won’t be exclusive to Activision until September 2007, and the company is planning to release its first 007 game in conjunction with the next film, planned for May 2nd, 2008.
Treyarch (Call of Duty 2: Big Red One) will be the studio making the game. Several job postings on the studio’s website are looking for artists and programmers to work specifically on the franchise.
The title and story of 2008’s Bond film, the 22nd in the series, have yet to be announced, but newcomer Daniel Craig will be reprising his role as the super smooth secret agent. Via IGN