Further info on EA's 'sequel' to one of the best games of the previous generation inside...

Now we know why this game has the GoldenEye name - Your character has an eye replaced with a 'Golden Eye' by Goldfinger, after an incident with Dr No... Wow, that got loads to do with our favourite shooter of yesteryear, hasn't it?

Villains To Rule In EA's GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Videogame Why Save The World When You Can Rule It?

Chertsey, UK. May 5, 2004 � Going where no previous James BondTM game has dared to tread, the upcoming GoldenEye: Rogue AgentTM first-person shooter from Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) 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. The highly anticipated game is scheduled to ship later this year 2004, on the PlayStation�2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox� video game system from Microsoft, and the Nintendo GameCubeTM under the EA GAMESTM brand.

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 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. Players will 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. Enemies will react intelligently in combat situations and use the environment to their advantage for intense and unpredictable shootouts.

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent seamlessly integrates single-player, multiplayer split-screen, and online gameplay for the PlayStation 2 console* across all game modes. Featured modes include story-driven campaign missions, deathmatch style simulator trials, and objective-based war games. Officially licensed by MGM Interactive, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent is being developed by EA's Los Angeles studio. This game has not yet received a PEGI rating.

This game appears to be a "best of" type game, bringing gamers several of the most famous characters and settings from the Bond world regardless of time eras and whether they've actually died in a film or not!

Goldeneye: Rogue Agent should be a game for Bond fans to play 'spot-the-reference' while they play, But the question on all of our lips is "Will it live up to the GoldenEye name?"