Publisher Activision has doled out a few morsels of information on its plans for the James Bond property. Referred to as "the company's newest blockbuster franchise," entries in the series are planned for unspecified "next-generation" and handheld platforms along with PC. The titles are being handled by developers Treyarch, Beenox and Vicarious Visions.

Earlier this year, Treyarch handled the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions of Spider-Man 3, while Vicarious Visions tackled the Wii and DS iterations along with the two DS versions of Transformers. Beenox is responsible for the PC releases of licensed Activision titles, including Spider-Man 3 and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. It is expected the studios will function in a similar capacity for James Bond.

If you actually bought the full version of James Bond: Nightfire, there is now a new patch out for the game. Some bugs are fixed, and two new maps are added.

EA's official James Bond: Nightfire site has been updated with the news that a patch is coming for this Gearbox developed action game. There is no ETA for this patch, but it will "fix some issues to better enhance your gaming experience". Thanks Blues News.

Action Trip has a preview of James Bond: Nightfire, taking a look at the full version of this action FPS in development at Gearbox. GameSpy Daily has a chat log from yesterday's Nightfire talk with Randy Pitchford and John Vifian.

The Adrenaline Vault has a James Bond: Nightfire Q&A, asking Landon Montgomery and Randy Pitchford of Gearbox about the PC version of the latest Bond shooter. Q&As are about the multiplayer levels, weapons, gadgets, differences between PC and console versions and various other things. If you want to ask Randy Pitchford and EA's John Vifian about the demo, you can join the GameSpy Arcade chat which is is today at 6PM CST.

If you just checked out the James Bond Nightfire demo (or not), and are wondering what the full versions of the Xbox and PC ports are like you can check this preview on GameSpy. Unfortunately, the PC version is described as "rough".

(Carried over from last night) Well, it looks like a pleasant surprise for the late nighters tonight. The 007 Nightfire demo from Gearbox Software published by Electronic Arts has made its way online a little early! You can of course grab the demo from Fileshack although considering we're one of the first out the gate with this demo the wait times may bite ya in the ass. Sadly bandwidth isnt free.

Demo players will be able to play the Japanese Estate level, which finds Bond trying to defend the turncoat Mayhew from the evil Raphael Drake's Japanese henchmen. The official NightFire website, located at http://www.007.ea.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="external , gives Bond fans an opportunity to receive more information about James Bond 007: NightFire prior to its ship date. Mission updates on the site include concept art, objectives, screenshots, and video clips. The site also contains images and descriptions of key characters and weapons as well as the Aston Martin Vanquish. The Q Lab section will launch shortly, featuring all the in-game gadgets as well as behind-the-scenes information, additional characters, and possibly game hints.
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Many thanks to Mr EvilAvatar in his assistance getting this demo to Fileshack.

We received a press release from EA announcing that a single-player demo of James Bond 007: NightFire will be released next Wednesday. The demo will contain the Japanese Estate level, "which finds Bond trying to defend the turncoat Mayhew from the evil Raphael Drake's Japanese henchmen". The PC version of Nightfire was developed by Gearbox Software (Half-Life: Opposing Force, HL: Blue Shift).

Over at Computer & Video Games you can find more screenshots and several movies from James Bond: Nightfire, the new first person shooter coming soon on PC and consoles. Thanks HomeLAN Fed.

The guys at Computer & Video Games have posted their own impressions of James Bond: Nightfire, the upcoming action FPS coming out on PC and consoles. The article goes over the average graphics, the more impressive gameplay, and the Bond-like feel of the game among other things.

PC.IGN has updated with some hands-on impressions of James Bond: Nightfire, the upcoming action FPS in development at Gearbox. New screenshots are included. Also check out the updated official site at EA.com for some screenshots and brief videoclips.

There is a James Bond Nightfire Q&A on Electric Playground, talking to Joel Wade of EA about the upcoming PC/console Bond game. Joel is asked about the main villain in the game, the locations, the importance of gadgets, multiplayer support, differences between the PC and console versions, the participation of Pierce Brosnan, and more. Thanks HomeLAN Fed.

I see on HomeLAN Fed that Gamers.com has posted the online version of Computer Gaming World's James Bond Nightfire preview. Gearbox is developing this first person shooter for EA.

There is a brief James Bond: Nightfire Q&A on BonusWeb, talking to EA's Michael Condrey about the upcoming PC/console shooter. Q&As are about stealth vs action, the weapons, multiplayer modes and AI.

Computer & Video Games got to visit Electronic Arts recently and interviewed James Bond: Nightfire product manager Don Mesa and producer Michael Condrey about this upcoming first person shooter. There are a few non-platform specific questions, as well as questions about the differences between the PC and console version and things that make the PC version stand out from other first person shooters. Here's an interesting bit on the multiplayer options that Gearbox is putting in the PC version.

On the content side, you can do things like play in a lot of the classic Bond maps from all the last 20 films of Bond. You can play against Odd Job from Goldfinger in Fort Knox or against Jaws in the space station form Moonraker. We've also tried to do interesting things with gadget play, so you can use the Q-grapple or X-ray vision - all the things that make it feel like Bond.
Then, of course, there're the modes, and we're doing Capture the Flag along with the Deathmatch stuff and we're also looking at doing things more Bond-specific.

Be sure to check out the Nightfire trailer.

HomeLAN Fed has posted their impressions of James Bond: Nightfire, the upcoming Gearbox action FPS. The article touches on the difference between console and PC versions, the engine, the different gameplay possibilities, gadgets and more.

There's a new James Bond: Nightfire Q&A on Computer & Video Games. Producer Michael Condrey answers questions about things like the differences between the PC and console versions, multiplayer features and characters, if immersion in the game is lost as the character looks like Pierce Brosnan instead of an anonymous Bond and what Nightfire has to offer that other shooters dont.

GameSpy is the latest site to post a preview of James Bond 007: Nightfire, the upcoming Gearbox action FPS. Impressions are based on what was shown at last week's Camp EA event.

The guys at GamePlex have a James Bond: Nightfire Q&A, asking EA producer Michael Condrey a few questions about the newest Bond game appearing on PC and consoles later this year. Questions are about the storyline, characters, the realism, things you'll do in the game and multiplayer options among other things.

GameSpot has posted a preview of James Bond: Nightfire, taking a look at the upcoming first person shooter from Gearbox. The preview goes over the differences between the PC version and the console versions, the "Gearcraft" engine which is based on the Half-Life engine, your weapons, gadgets, and multiplayer options. New screenshots are included, and the preview also mentions single and multiplayer test demos coming in August or September.