This time around, there will be some differentiation as Quantum of Solace incorporates events from TWO different Bond installments–Casino Royale and its namesake Quantum of Solace, with a few events unique to the game–Bond is out to recover Mr. White, and fights his way through a small army.  Getting Mr. White back to Siena, Bond discovers that Quantum, an organization Mr. White is part of, has agents that have managed to infiltrate MI6.  From here, Bond proceeds onward through a whirlwind, worldwide adventure, gaining his vaunted Double O status, and ultimately attempting to take down Quantum.

And indeed, what I believed would be the case before I slapped the game in my system was to be—it was a first person shooter that mirrored the events of the movies fairly closely, albeit with some noticeable differences, and I thought that it was going to be yet another in a long string of games that I had already played before.  The unusual thing about the whole mess was that I actually had some fun with this one.  Maybe it was the smoothness of the controls, or the way I got a variety of weapons right out of the gate.  I don’t know what it was, but I both had fun and did NOT get seasick, relative rarities as far as first person shooters go.

And that’s the problem, isn’t it?  It’s a first person shooter game.  If you’re not a huge James Bond fan or really into first person shooters then there’s only so much fun you can have here.  Indeed, I started getting bored with the whole thing after I shot up Mr. White’s pocket army at his house.

There is some further help on this one—there are several multiplayer modes to help improve playability and long-term replay value.  A first person shooter DOES make a good party game with lots of action, so there’s some value here, unless you’re chronically playing alone.

Let’s be clear—Quantum of Solace may be one of the best first person shooters I’ve ever played, but still, it’s only the best first person shooter I’ve ever played.  It’s like finding that particular brand of rat poison that makes you throw up the least when you mix it in a milkshake.  Or maybe the particular brand of anvil that hurts the least when you drop it on your foot.  I’ve only seen a handful of really entertaining first person shooters in my time, and admittedly, Quantum of Solace is one of them.  It’s a good rental, but sadly, not much else than that.

It was recently made known that the book form of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is set for a November 24th street date.

The author of the book, Raymond Benson, was also behind the book form of the first Metal Gear Solid along with, as Kotaku notes, 6 James Bond “continuation novels”.

If you want to gaurantee yourself a copy you can head over to Amazon.com now and pre-order the book for $11.20. Metal Gear Solid enthusiasts won’t want to miss this one.

If you’re big on FPS games you’ll agree, GoldenEye revolutionized the genre on the consoles for the better. Well here we are now, 10million and one Bond games later, with some dissapointing news.

Activision has recently announced that a new Bond racing title won’t hit the shelves until 2010. But why Activision?

Well, according to CFO Thomas Tippl, they are avoiding competition with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which, we all know, is sure to make a killing. Smart move Activision.

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The song “Another Way to Day” was performed by Jack White and Alicia Keys. It will be released on both PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 7 for 160 Microsoft points ($2). No Wii release was mentioned.

In related news, the film has already premiered in Europe, with the game due out in a couple of days.

Everyone loves James Bond right? That’s why you’ll love the Quantum of Solace PC demo that Treyarch just unleashed onto the web.

You can head over to Fileshack to snag the demo, which clocks in at a modest 689mb.

Quantum of Solace is currently under development by Treyarch as a tie-in to the motion picture of the same name. The game is expected out on November 4th for the PC, DS, PS2, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360.

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The largest publisher in North America is currently working on a Quantum of Solace game which is based off the Call of Duty 4 engine. It seems to be shaping to be a worthwhile release, though that remains to be seen.

Craig will be joined by Judi Dench as M, Matthieu Amalric as Dominic Greene and Olga Kurylenko as Camille.

Quantum for Solace, the game, is due out this November on PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and DS.