The new James Bond videogame '007 Legends' had a satisfactory entry in the the UK sales charts, but has quickly descended out of the Top 20.

'007 Legends' entered the UK Top 40 Entertainment Software (all prices) chart on week ending October 20th at #12. Other new entries that week included "Doom 3: BFG Edition" at #5, and 
"Skylanders Giants", also from Activision, at #2.

The split between Xbox 360 and PS3 sales were 51/49 in favour of the Microsoft platform.

A week later, "007 Legends" slipped two places to #14, and then left the top 20 in its third week of release, slumping to #24. The market for first person shooters will be encompassed by the release of the new "Call of Duty" title this week.

Unfortunately, official sales charts are not publicly released in the USA, but industry tracker VG Chartz estimates the game has sold 13,286 units in 3 weeks, which would make it the poorest performing 007 title in recent years.

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OMEGA, the official watch partner of 007 have released a new TV ad in support of the Seamaster Planet Ocean watch worn by Bond in SKYFALL. Bond has sported Seamasters since GOLDENEYE in 1995. 

For more information visit OMEGA’s website

Adele will premiere “Skyfall”, the official theme song to the upcoming 007 film of the same name, globally via her official site on Friday October 5th at 0:07 BST/LONDON time (7:07pm EST on October 4th). The track is available for pre-order at iTunes starting today. October 5th marks the 50th anniversary of the release of DR. NO and is being celebrated as Global James Bond Day.

After reading the script for the film, Adele enlisted Paul Epworth to co-write and produce the theme song to “Skyfall.” Adele admits, “I was a little hesitant at first to be involved with the theme song for SKYFALL. There’s a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song. But I fell in love with the script and Paul had some great ideas for the track and it ended up being a bit of a no-brainer to do it in the end. It was also a lot of fun writing to a brief, something I’ve never done which made it exciting. When we recorded the strings, it was one of the proudest moments of my life. I’ll be back combing my hair when I’m 60 telling people I was a Bond girl back in the day, I’m sure!” Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, “Skyfall” features the lush accompaniment of a 77-piece orchestra.

Called CATCHING BULLETS - MEMOIRS OF A BOND FAN, the book is FEVER PITCH meets 007. It is getting great early reviews and features a Foreword by Mark Gatiss and a Prelude by Barbara Broccoli. "CATCHING BULLETS is a wonderfully funny and touching memoir" - Barbara Broccoli    

CATCHING BULLETS - MEMOIRS OF A BOND FAN
by Mark O'Connell Splendid Books
September 2012
www.splendidbooks.co.uk and all good stockists

On Wednesday the 007 Days Of Bond Tour moved from Manchester to Penbryn Beach, Wales, which doubled as North Korea in the final scene of DIE ANOTHER DAY. There we were joined by Oscar-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming (shown in the picture above), who designed costumes for DIE ANOTHER DAY, GOLDENEYE, TOMORROW NEVER DIES, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH and CASINO ROYALE. “It’s a privilege to be part of the 007 Days of Bond tour celebrating the 50th Anniversary,” she said, before presenting a gold disk to Margaret Williams from the Welsh National Trust.

From there the QUANTUM OF SOLACE Aston Martin carried the Bond Blu-Ray golden briefcase out of Wales and down to the Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough, home to Roger Moore’s famous train rooftop fight scene in OCTOPUSSY. On hand to explain the action was legendary director John Glen, who directed FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, OCTOPUSSY, A VIEW TO A KILL, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS and LICENCE TO KILL. He was joined by stunt coordinator Paul Weston and the BBC One Show, while fans came to see the Aston Martin after following the day’s events on Twitter.

Today the team are at Stoke Park, where GOLDFINGER’s infamous golf scenes between Bond and Auric Goldfinger were shot.