What has been hailed as the greatest James Bond movies ever is coming to the PlayStation at the end of 1999. That's right. Tomorrow Never Dies, the game, has chosen the PlayStation platform instead of Nintendo 64 like its predecessor, GoldenEye 64, did. The makers of the new game are MGM Interactive and Black-Ops and this game promises to be excellent.
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Published by MGM Interactive and developed by Black Ops, Tomorrow Never Dies is planned to be a 3D first person shooter. It is loosely based on the movie of the same name. The plot of the game begins where the movie ended, with Elijah Carver, brother of Elliot Carver, plotting world destruction. The game will have similar gameplay like GoldenEye on the Nintendo 64, but MGM Interactive promises a lot more. Examples include driving advanced cars, scuba diving, skiing, and more. MGM says, "Tomorrow Never Dies integrates multiple game engines into one challenging adventure. Players will need to think and act like Bond to outwit enemy agents, fight off foes, and diffuse a new world destruction plan hatched by super villain Elijah Carver. . ." In order to play the game, one must pay attention to what the characters in the game say and do. This will be the way to piece together the post-Tomorrow Never Dies storyline. Black Ops President and CEO, John Botti, states that "There's a small percentage of Tomorrow Never Dies - less than 30 percent - which utilizes existing technology. We [at Black Ops] have always tried to one-up [ourselves]. So, we weren't comfortable with just going with the existing technology; that's not something that's sufficient, something that's going to fly." This means that Tomorrow Never Dies will use fresh stuff that the gaming industry has not yet previously seen before. If Tomorrow Never Dies wants the same kind of success as its predecessor on the Nintendo 64, it will have to be new and innovative. From what has been available, though, Tomorrow Never Dies appears to be a top-notch game and fans of Bond who own the Sony PlayStation should be delighted with a game they can use on their platform. Select articles, current events, and updates 5.12.1999 Q&A with MGM's Rob Alvey regarding TND's progression (PSX.IGN.COM) 6.02.1999 Updated rundown of TND's gaming features (PSX.IGN.COM) Tomorrow Never Dies for the PlayStation is released November 18, 1999. |
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Driving - Breaking the road laws! (890k zipped file) Arms bazaar - Shoot 'em up (1.18mb zipped file) Pressing - Laying waste...007 style (902k zipped file) Game Screenshots: Courtesy of PlayStation Gamer Screenshot 1 Screenshot 2 Screenshot 3 Screenshot 4 Courtesy of The Unofficial Tomorrow Never Dies Playstation Page Screenshot 5 Screenshot 6 Courtesy of PSX.IGN.COM Screenshot 7 Screenshot 8 Screenshot 9 Screenshot 10 Screenshot 11 Screenshot 12 |