Editing 007: Blood Stone (section)

==Development==
The game was first hinted on [[April 21]], [[2010 in video gaming|2010]] when British store chain [[HMV]] listed ''007: Blood Stone'' as coming soon.<ref name="cover blown">{{Cite web |title=James Bond driving game's cover blown |author=Tor Thorsen |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |date=2010-04-21 |accessdate=2010-07-16 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6259256.html}}</ref> Then on April 23, Activision reserved a web domain name called bloodstonegame.com.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6260037.html |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |title=GoldenEye, Assassin's Creed, Driver, Bloodstone URLs reg'd |date=2010-04-23 |accessdate=2010-07-16 |author=Tor Thorsen}}</ref> The game was officially announced in an Activision press release on July 16, 2010.<ref name="Activision" />

Famed ''James Bond'' film writer [[Bruce Feirstein]] was chosen to pen the story for the game.

The game itself is built on developer Bizarre Creations' bespoke engine, which was first created for the game ''[[The Club]]''.<ref name="MI6 ref1">{{Cite web |title=First story, character and gaming tidbits for 'Blood Stone' |author=MI6 |publisher=[[MI6.co.uk]] |date=2010-07-16 |accessdate=2010-07-16 |url=http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=8744&t=mi6&s=news}}</ref>

[[Ben Cooke]], who is Daniel Craig's stunt double in the films, has provided the motion capture choreography for Bond's digital animation. He is credited as the game's stunt co-ordinator.<ref name="MI6 ref1" />