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MS rubbishes GoldenEye XBLA talk News
Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese
Microsoft Game Studios has told Eurogamer that it has no plans to release GoldenEye on Xbox Live Arcade.
It also rubbished recent reports by Xbox World 360 magazine, which promised to unveil the title in its next edition.
"The story in Xbox World 360 is based entirely on rumour and speculation," MGS told us.
"Unfortunately, we were never contacted by the publication to confirm information or participate in the story in any way, as we would have confirmed that we do not have the necessary rights to release GoldenEye on Xbox Live Arcade."
Microsoft Game Studios does "share the gaming community's enthusiasm" for the title and would "love to release" it on the service.
However, until Microsoft and Nintendo can come to a mutual agreement, it seems there will be no PP7 antics for a while to come.
Shame.
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Comments: 1-35 of 35 in total
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"So how do they explain the screenies then?"
You can't base the validity of the article on a couple of screenshots. After all I could just start posting screens from the Goldeneye Source mod for HL2 and claim they are taken from Goldeneye on the XBLA. "Cant they just release golden eye on live and on virtual console? That seems like the best solution to me. Everybody wins! " Nobody wins, you get all your memories ruined by realising how crap the game is compared to things released now. :( |
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Britesparc
25/02/08 @ 11:28
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I think the gist of the article will be "here's GoldenEye, don't it look fab, pity you'll never play it"
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Anthony_UK
25/02/08 @ 12:23
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I used to love xbox world back in the day............then they gave 'Div3r 3' 9/10
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Markusdragon
25/02/08 @ 12:41
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Xbox World was great back in the day, then Future Publishing bought their publisher, and quality utterly collapsed.
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monkie_king
25/02/08 @ 12:50
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viper_h: ur doin it wrong!
Anyway, everyone knows the proper way to play GoldenEye was with a N64 pad in each hand for dual analogue satisfaction ;) |
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Rev. Stuart Campbell
25/02/08 @ 13:35
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They haven't actually "rubbished" anything. What they've said was "We'd love to release this game but we don't have the rights". That's not the same as saying "it doesn't exist" or even "it will never be released". In fact, it sounds a lot like "It's written, and if the licence-holders would get their thumbs out of their arses, it could be out tomorrow".
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Eighthours
25/02/08 @ 13:48
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What a pisspoor response from MS. The game exists, and the writer of the Xbox World piece has played the bloody thing.
EDIT: And, as Rev Stu says, MS hasn't "rubbished" the article. Sometimes, EG, you really need to think about whether the words you're using in your articles are the right ones!
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If it was coming to the Virtual Console I'd wager it would be out by now. If I was Nintendo I would have done everything possible to try and get it out for the Euro/Us launch of the console. My guess for the reason we haven't seen it is that rare can't use it without Nintendo's permission and Nintendo without Rare's.
Mind you, does anyone remember the Felicity from Perfect Dark? Wouldn't it theoretically be possible for Rare to Reskin everything, change the menus and names and release the core goldeneye levels under a different name? It would explain why so much work seems to have been done on both of those Dam screens and silo run-through video which surfaced a while back |
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I loved Goldeneye when it was first released. Me and my mates played it every weekend for over a year. However, the FPS genre is the one genre that has changed the most over the last decade. Especially on consoles. They would have had to have made significant improovements in terms of controls and AI for it to be as playable as I remember it. It simply could not compete against the Bioshocks and Half Lifes that we have become used to now. I hope that it doesnt get released so it can remain in my memory as one of my fondest gaming experiences.
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"Cant they just release golden eye on live and on virtual console?
That seems like the best solution to me. " Not really. on live it'd be a modified version with improved graphics and visuals, etc. On VC it'd be the original game. So it'd end up making more money for msoft than nintendo (who financed it in the first place - and so have every right to be stingey with it) |
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reality_cheque
26/02/08 @ 14:12
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I played the original last year and I think you lot have your rose-tinted specs on. Uglier than Ann Widdecombe, and about as much fun.
IMO of course. |
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there is actually a pretty good online scene happengin with GoldenEye N64 these days using a N64 emulator. For watever reason there are lots of uk players. go figure..
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