Activision's James Bond games disappear from Steam and Xbox 360

You see? Steam and digital games are NOT the future.

truly sad.

Crap. I've been watching all the Bond movies, and I wanted to pick these up when they got cheap. This is the problem with IP-based games. They just disappear one day with no warning when the publisher decides to no longer pay for the license. Poor timing if you ask me. With the recent release of the new movie and all the old movies on Blu-ray, demand might have went up.

That really doesn't surprise me but Quantum of Solace was a solid FPS and I heard the same for Blood Stone which I will pick up when it drops to about $10

"Activision obtained the gaming rights to the then-lucrative Bond license from EA in 2006, in a deal with MGM and EON that was scheduled to last until 2014. It is possible that Activision has pulled the plug on this arrangement."

if the plug has been pulled on activision doing bonds games it would be by MGM and EON not activision and after what happened with 007 legends i can't really blame them if they did

that game didn't offer what people actually wanted anyway... goldeneye

Sucks to be those 3 people who wanted to buy one of these games.

And not a single f... was given

I wish they'd make another Bond Game like From Russia with Love on the original Xbox that one was my favorite I prefer the 3rd-person Bond Games over the FPS ones they just seem like your standard shooters plus I hate not being able to actually see Bond unless it's a cutscene.

I think a lot of people have miss understood. If not, then my mistake, but just because these bond games are pulled off from being purchased, you can still DOWNLOAD and PLAY them if you have already purchased them in the past. No one is being screwed over by anything. Just thought I'd help spread this. Happy gaming.

why is it so hard for companies to make a good bond game. it has everything you would want to include to make a good game but developers cant seem to make anything worth playing.

I try every bond demo once released in the hope they will finaly make a good one and every time i think "no chance am buying that c**p"

For such a huge franchise i dont understand why money and time isnt put into it to make a proper bond game as it has the possibility of doing sales on par with halo, Cod etc when done right

This is the one area where I don't like electronic game distribution. As long as they have the game up you can download it again if you uninstalled it to make room on your PC or if you change computers. But once they remove it from their system you are screwed if you ever want to play that game again in the future. With a disc this is never a concern. I've used Steam and I will do so in the future but I know at some point I'm not going to be able to get something I paid for and it's going to piss me off when it happens.

IP being sold again after Activision provably refused to keep paying on their deal for such a horribly executed franchise of games.

So, what happens to people who bought the game but wanted to re-download them?

Is it still available to them? Incredibly unfair if not.

Now is the time for EA to make 007 right again . Guess Activition only just realize they to0 stupid to milk this franchise the right way .

trying to remove the crap-tastic bond games from the face of the earth :)

nah, that would be too awesome.

"One reason for games being pulled from digital sale can be down to licensing agreements expiring"

Dear sweet jesus could it be true? Could Activision's atrocious bond era finally be at an end? Could this, in fact, FINALLY open the doors for the release of the official Rare-made Goldeneye HD remake that was blocked at 99% completion?

DOOM 3 BFG is gone too.....I'm not surprised.

I wonder if Activision is exchanging the Bond license the same way EA and Nintendo/Rare did.

Also, I fins it funny that they called the Goldeneye remake lukewarm, even though GS (and other critics) praised it to high heaven...

License or no license. If I buy a game on Steam and have to re-download the game for whatever reason I expect it to be available to those that purchased it indefinately. If digital is going to replace physical copies then it must be that way. I purchase games to own and add to my collection on Steam. I don't rent them until the license goes away.

One crazy thought: EA bought the licence back and allow Bioware to revive its canceled Spy RPG. Maybe we can get another Bioware classic that way, but that's just me thinking.

The ugly side of buying Digital.

The last good Bond game was GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64, so I fail to see why anyone should care about these titles being removed from Steam, Xbox LIVE and maybe the PlayStation Store.

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