Activision is getting ready to launch its Quantum of Solace game in time for the James Bond movie of the same name's debut later this year. We're now being treated to some of the first gameplay footage in the title and we're getting some details on the gameplay mechanics. Watch the video after the jump and tell us what you think.

Players don't like it when a game that they've been waiting for ends up being canceled. Take the case of the XBLA version of GoldenEye007, for instance.

With rumors of the title's cancellation at Nintendo's hands, is it any wonder that Microsoft claims that its rival holds "more than just influence" over the game's licensing rights?  More on Microsoft's views regarding the matter, right after the jump.

Beenox studios has ported games such as Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (PS2, PS3, PSP, DS, Wii, Xbox 360) and Shrek The Third  (Wii, Xbox 360, PC, PS2, DS, GBA) to multiple formats. Well, the company has been tapped by Activision once again. This time, they're going to be working on a port of James Bond 007 for the Wii.

Want to find out more about the new game? Head on over to the full article.

Variety is the spice of life, and in this industry, it's the rumors that mix it up a little for those of us on the pulse of video gaming news. And what better way to get things going than a round of rumors direct from the master himself, Electronic Gaming Monthly's (EGM) Quatermann. Check out what he has to say in the full article.

Lately, the talk of the town has the merger between industry giants Activision and Vivendi Games. Financial reports aside, the upcoming company's released a teaser of the titles that will come with the big move. More details are available in the full article.

Tired of seeing ordinary looking, dirt-smudged heroes steal the limelight in your favorite video games? This short list of fashionable video game characters shows that it's possible to look snazzy while saving the day, and the girl too. Check out the full article!

Invisible in the shadows, prowling the streets of Gotham City is the Dark Knight, Batman. Lego Batman, that is, prowling the streets of Lego Gotham City. The game's been as mysterious as the character but now it's finally confirmed for a multi platform release! Some new details have also emerged and lie in wait (not prowling though, that's just silly) in the full article.

It's been more than a year since Activision acquired the rights to the James Bond video game franchise from Electronic Arts. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has assured gamers that the company is committed to revitalizing "one of the great videogame franchises of all time".

Kotick also revealed that two new Bond titles are in the works. Find out more at the full article.

After finally complying with NASDAQ requirements, Take Two Interactive called a public conference to announce the new management protocol the publisher will be adopting to ensure continued financial confidence, utmost integrity, and management transparency. The plan is also supposed to "revitalize" the company.

The "five point" plan is set to be undertaken by the management in the next 100 days, and includes the hiring of a new Chief Financial Officer after former CFO Karl Winters abandoned ship.

The plan, however, will also strip away non-core, non-profitable and marginal businesses, especially those that don't pass the cost structure review that is "well underway." Whether the review of cost structures will give leeway for innovative ideas for games, only Take Two Interactive devs can tell.

But with the plan aside, the company is promising to deliver Grand Theft Auto 4, BioShock and Manhunt 2 this year, all of which have currently passed the review and are on schedule for 2007. The new management's consideration of GTA 4 being the company's savior, while plausible, isn't a sure bet for the company to save itself.

Chairman Strauss Zelnick considered GTA as a "James Bond," always reinventing itself with newer installments, but didn't seem to have any long term plans to allow for newer game concepts and ideas to replace GTA should its popularity ever wane.

But this time around, Take Two Interactive is focused on working with Nintendo, aligning the Wii on a level priority with the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Zelnick commented that "working with Nintendo is a priority" and that Take Two was committed to creating "great games for Nintendo."

 

We have an entire arsenal of super spies (Ian Fleming's James Bond), super operatives (Tom Clancy endorsed Sam Fisher and MGS' Solid Snake), and counter-terrorist units (Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six) to keep us entertained. But how's about another one?

Jason Bourne from the Robert Ludlum Bourne series might just be the next one to join the ranks of save-the-world game heroes. GamesRadar saw a blip on their screens about the Bourne film series (starring Matt Damon) being developed as a game. Their general contention is that the game might be released during the time-frame of the third movie, The Bourne Ultimatum's release on the silver screen.

Most probably set for next gen consoles, GamesRadar says that Vivendi SA is a video game developer; formerly known as Vivendi Universal">Vivendi Universal might be handling the game since the films are from Universal Studios. Keep your fingers crossed.