GoldenEye 007’s canceled Xbox “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/ “> Xbox remaster leaked in its entirety via a 2-hour video playback.
The 2008 project was originally planned to be released digitally on Xbox 360 “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/xbox/x360/ “> Xbox 360’s Xbox Live Arcade platform, but it’s ultimately canceled due to rights issue, despite the game being virtually completed.
Although Xbox Game Studios (Microsoft) “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/microsoft/ “> Microsoft, rights holders Activision” href = “https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/activision- there it is alleged that Nintendo blizzard / activision / “> Activision and original publisher Nintendo” href = “https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/nintendo/”> Nintendo have agreed to a licensing transaction for the remaster, according to Unseen 64 on the nipper withdrew his consent.
The existence of GoldenEye’s Xbox remaster was first leaked via an issue of Xbox World 360 magazine in the UK in 2008, followed by short videos published online in the following years. Today’s footage, however, offers by far the most comprehensive look at the canceled game.
The remaster would have given players the option to switch between HD-edited graphics and the original Nintendo 64 “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/nintendo/nintendo-64/ “> N64 footage, and an online multiplayer The mode was also planned along with the iconic split-screen setup, and GoldenEye’s remaster would also have included online rankings for speed games as well as Achievements.
Barely “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/microsoft/rare/ “> Rare’s former technology leader claimed in an interview in 2008 that the licensing issues behind the James Bond title” are incredibly difficult to get on. te los. “
“You now have the guys who own the license for the gaming rights, the guys who have the license for Bond as an IP, and there are a number of licensees,” he said.
“I, just personally, I thought, God, this is a difficult problem to solve. The guys wanted to go make it. I think it probably came out to them, I do not know, but to me I just thought we would never get it right, and never would make it completely. ‘
In 2015, Phil Spencer, Xbox boss “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/people/phil-spencer/ “> Phil Spencer, suggested that due to the same problems, there was little hope that the Goldeneye project would ever for modern platforms Asked about the canceled remaster by a fan, Spencer tweeted: “GoldenEye rights are so challenging, they are looked at many times. Many different parties to work with, we have always given up. ”
Although GoldenEye 007 was never released for Xbox 360, its spiritual successor Perfect Dark “href =” https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/perfect-dark/ “> Perfect Dark was finally given the Xbox Live Arcade treatment and can be played on Xbox consoles to this day.
Last year, a trailer project aimed at rebuilding GoldenEye 007 in Unreal Engine 4 was discontinued after three years of development.
GoldenEye 25 was the work of self-taught 3D artist Ben Colclough due to release with The Rare FPSs 25de anniversary in August 2022. Swiss composer Yannick Zenhausern had to create the music of the play.
The remake – inspired by the canned GoldenEye project for Xbox Live Arcade – was received regular praise from original GoldenEye developers, including designer David Doak.
However, a statement confirmed that the GoldenEye 25 project would be discontinued at the request of the MGM mortgage holder.