GoldenEye on the Xbox Live Arcade. We've heard the rumor, have even seen it in action, but til this day, nothing has come close to releasing. And from the looks of things, a GoldenEye XBLA release probably isn't going to happen.Talking to videogamer.com, Rare's senior software engineer Nick Burton acknowledged the GoldenEye development difficulties they've gone through saying that "it's incredibly hard to solve because there's so many licence holders involved. You've got the guys that own the license to the gaming rights now, the guys that have the licence to Bond as an IP, and there are umpteen licensees." Burton further explained that Rare doesn't have control over the project anymore and that it's in the hands of licenesee holders, making it almost "locked in this no man's land" of development hell. Long story short: GoldenEye XBLA is vaporware, turning out to be nothing but a sparkle of a dream of hope and nothingness. Got it?
[Via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
8-06-2008 @ 5:26PM
Sgt Barone said...
a bit off topic, but Halo 3 is once again on top of XBL activity. 3 weeks runnin! Halo 3 forever!
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8-06-2008 @ 6:16PM
Delirium said...
You had to post irrelevant garbage somewhere though, right?
8-06-2008 @ 7:02PM
mrlittledebbie said...
omg that guy is a 360 halo fanboy. look at his previous posts. lol. i dont see the point of caring what is on the top of the xbl activity or w/e.
OMGZ my favorite game is number one this week. that means its so much better than any game in the worldz.
8-06-2008 @ 5:27PM
Birdshake said...
Well we're getting Perfect Dark though, right?
... Right?
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8-06-2008 @ 5:48PM
Mr Khan said...
Nintendo did not publish Rare's M-rated games on the N64, they were self-published by Rare, which means there's no contest from Nintendo's point of view
The rights to re-distribute the Banjo games were purchased by Rare back when Nintendo sold their controlling interest in Rare's stock, selling the IP to boot, though Nintendo did publish those.
8-06-2008 @ 6:05PM
VPhoenix said...
Soooo... Perfect Dark on XBLA is still a possibility then?
Oh please say it's so...
8-06-2008 @ 6:56PM
Robert SRT said...
Nintendo was the Publisher.
GoldenEye 007 was only a teen rated game.
I would love to see this game come on over to XBLA just for the nostalgia feeling.
8-06-2008 @ 8:17PM
AoE said...
@Robert SRT,
Read the comments, the thread you replied to isn't discussing GoldenEye; it's talking about Perfect Dark, the other Rare N64 FPS. Which was M rated, and was published by Rare, as Mr. Kahn said.
8-07-2008 @ 10:02AM
InTheCatBoxAgain said...
I sure hope so.
Perfect Dark is one of my all-time favorites; I'd kill to play this redone on XBLA.
8-06-2008 @ 5:28PM
NitroFrost said...
Goldeneye > Chuck Noris > God > the rest.
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8-06-2008 @ 5:45PM
Tony said...
MS is so big that I have to imagine they could figure all of this out. I really wish they would... Can't underestimate a $10 FPS on XBLA, particularly if it's Goldeneye. They'd easily make enough money off of it to offset the licensing costs and such.
Oh well.
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8-06-2008 @ 5:49PM
Mr.U2 said...
Quit tugging on my heart strings... :'( I'll miss you GoldenEye.
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8-06-2008 @ 5:49PM
Sarth said...
I never owned a N64 so sadly missed out on this game. I would love to play it though.
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8-06-2008 @ 6:10PM
erico316 said...
i agreed with what Nintendo is doing they should keep their classic to their system and let this game come out on 360 only if it should be release for wii.
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8-06-2008 @ 6:13PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Why?
8-06-2008 @ 6:29PM
erico316 said...
i don't like remake much because i believe they may kill what was great once by updating it.there also the fact that game is not the fps that it once was back in the day.
In other word Golden eye was good when its was release but it not good for a fps of today standard.
8-06-2008 @ 6:37PM
Mr.U2 said...
Actually, I still play GoldenEye every once in a while, and I have to say, it's a lot more fun than some of the Xbox 360's games. I don't think it would be outdated at all. Just kinda old feeling...
8-06-2008 @ 8:20PM
AoE said...
"Just kinda old feeling" Hmm... if only there were a word we could sum this phrase up with... maybe... outdated? ;)
8-06-2008 @ 11:13PM
Cal said...
I think you mean 'retro'
8-07-2008 @ 5:31AM
Boff said...
Old school