EA loses Bond Franchise as Activision scores Rights to 007 Games.

In a shocking turn of events, Electronic Arts, will no longer hold the rights to produce videogames based on the 007 brand. Instead, rival game publisher, Activision has just scored exclusive “worldwide rights to create video games for all current and next-generation consoles, PC and hand-held platforms. The license will grant Activision the right to develop and publish games based on all of the James Bond movies, as well as non-movie based games.”

MGM and EON Productions who own the rights to the Bond franchise had this to say in the press release:
“Activision’s track record of developing engaging and sophisticated games across all platforms makes it the ideal partner to introduce the Bond videogame experience to a new generation of game players, as well as to provide new thrills and excitement for the legions of people who are already fans of the Bond films and games.”

The full press release can be found here