EA's Bonding With MGM Denies Goldeneye Sequel for Nintendo
Feb 10, 1998  (MULTIMEDIA WIRE, Vol. 5, No. 27) -- Electronic Arts'
deal yesterday to publish four MGM Interactive titles apparently shuts
Nintendo out of a James Bond license and a Goldeneye 007 sequel.  MGM
Interactive parent Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] licensed James Bond to
Nintendo for 1997's gargantuan-seller Goldeneye. But Nintendo was
unable to come to terms with MGM to publish a sequel to Goldeneye and
talks have apparently been halted.  MGM Interactive, instead, will
publish a game based on current Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies."
As a result, Nintendo will not publish a title based on Tomorrow Never
Dies, a Nintendo official confirms. But Nintendo says it is developing
a game based on the Goldeneye engine.  MGM has not said which
platforms its Tomorrow Never Dies-based game will reach, but it is
highly unlikely it will reach the N64, says an MGM official.  It is
unclear why Nintendo would deny an EA- distributed title access to its
console.
Under the terms of the deal, EA will exclusively publish MGM titles
everywhere except North America. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The other games include PC and PlayStation title WarGames, which is
based on the 80s movie of the same name, 3D action strategy game
Return Fire II and fighting sports game Rollerball.
From:  Silicon Times Report / February 13, 1998 / No.1406
... "This is a helluva time to think of this." -Ivanova
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