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English actor Adam Croasdell is the new voice of
James Bond for Activision's next 007 videogame due
out early next year...
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Adam Croasdell Voices 007
9th November 2009
English actor Adam Croasdell will be the next voice of James
Bond. Best known
for his role as Dr. Al Jenkins in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders",
Croasdell is the latest in a line of 007
videogame voice-over
artists. Activision's new original
game,
which is
not
tied
to
a movie
storyline, will be released early next year.
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Croasdell, 29, revealed in an interview
with BBC Asian Network that he was thrilled to be offered
the part because
he is keen to keep his career varied.
"I have just
played James Bond in the new James Bond video game - how
weird is that? I don't know what the future holds, but
I'm always into varying up what comes my way, trying new
things." He continued: "I think video games and the making
of that type of technology, being in a funny one-piece
suit and being shot with 60 cameras, I think that's sort
of the future. Andy Serkis did it in The Hobbit, and there's
a new film Avatar which is James Cameron - it's all that
sort of motion capture."
"I think it's the future, so I
was fascinated to see how that would happen. I think in
our
lifetime it is going to swing very much into the realms
of computerised environments and who knows, maybe there
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The second 007 licenced videogame from Activision will
centre around racing and driving. The game was developed in
parallel to Treyarch's "Quantum
of Solace" at wholly
owned studio Bizarre Creations. The group is best known for
producing
the successful Project Gotham Racing series.
Delay
Back in February, Activision
stated that the planned release of their second James Bond licenced
videogame would
be delayed from its
original
release schedule of September 2009 to early 2010. Activision
reasoned that the title was shifted to avoid clashing with
the launch of "Call of
Duty: Modern Warfare 2". According to the company,
sales of "Quantum of Solace: The Game" were negatively
affected by
launching
alongside "Call of Duty: World at War" - both shooters
using the same game engine technology.
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Mike Griffith, President and CEO of Activision
Publishing, said: "We made a strategic decision to
move our next James Bond release from late 2009 to 2010
to benefit from a better launch window and avoiding having
to compete with the large holiday lineup and going head-to-head
with Call of Duty, both of which negatively impacted the
performance of this title this holiday. The movement will
have an added benefit in staggering the completions of
our racing title and the next Bond, both in development
at Bizarre Creations. This will allow the studio to give
each title the time and attention it deserves for finish
and polish."
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Past Non-Shooters
Previous videogame licensee Electronic Arts flirted with different
ways to use the James Bond licence, including the critically-slammed "Goldeneye:
Rogue Agent" in 2004 where players took control of a
villain. EA also tested out the driving genre with "007
Racing" in
2000, which was also met with poor reviews. MI6 can reveal that
a sequel was in the pipeline but was canned mid-way through production.
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