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Sofa so good.
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GoldenEye 007
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You know the name. You know the number.
VideoExclusive GoldenEye 007 dev diary
New gameplay! Motion capture!
VideoGoldenEye 007 multiplayer trailer
The name's still Bond.
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Here's what the cancelled GoldenEye 007 XBLA remaster looked like
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Here's what the cancelled GoldenEye 007 XBLA remaster looked like
What could have Bean.
Back in 2008 Rare was developing an HD remaster of its N64 FPS classic GoldenEye 007 to be released on XBLA. Unfortunately, copyright disputes with Nintendo saw the project shuttered.
Indeed, Microsoft remained cagey about its existence back in the day as it couldn't strike an arrangement with Nintendo to release Rare's classic on Microsoft's hardware.
But now that cancelled project has come to light in the following new video via Rare Thief.
Check out GoldenEye remade in Doom
"Don't touch that! It's my lunch!"
A new and improved GoldenEye 007 mod for Doom is in the works, and a demo is expected by the end of the month.
Former Rare producer Martin Hollis has revealed how Shigeru Miyamoto suggested GoldenEye N64 end.
Motorola's new smartwatch now has a GoldenEye 007 interface
Shield meter decreases as your battery drains down.
An enterprising app developer has made a GoldenEye 007 theme for Motorola's new Moto 360 smartwatch.
Hollywood actor Pierce Brosnan had played GoldenEye 007 - one of the greatest video games of all time - once before. Now, he's played it twice.
James Bond developer Eurocom makes remaining staff redundant, ceases trading
"A sad end to 25 years of development."
James Bond developer Eurocom today made its remaining staff redundant and ceased trading, Eurogamer can reveal.
GoldenEye Reloaded, 007 Legends dev Eurocom hit by job losses
UPDATE: Majority of staff laid off, studio confirms. 50 remain.
UPDATE: Eurocom has confirmed that 50 staff will remain at the studio after 150 were laid off today.
TimeSplitters dev was working on Star Wars Battlefront 3 and 4
Plus, Activision asked Free Radical how it would do a new GoldenEye.
Free Radical Design was working on Star Wars Battlefront 3 and 4 before it collapsed.
New James Bond game reveal this month
Is it GoldenEye Reloaded?
A new James Bond game will be announced at Comic-Con this month.
GoldenEye Reloaded in the works – report
Wii shooter going multi-platform?
Activision is readying something called GoldenEye Reloaded, according to a set of domain names dug up by Twitter sleuth Superannuation.
GoldenEye is proof of Wii "core" market
Nintendo: Bond revamp is a hit.
Activision's GoldenEye 007 revamp is doing great business on Wii, Nintendo has claimed, proof that there is a healthy market for core games on the system.
UK chart: Football Manager 2011 is top
Activision's James Bond games struggle.
Football Manager 2011 is top of the UK all-formats chart.
You know the name. You know the number.
For 13 years it's been the critic's go-to reference point for Bond games and movie tie-ins. Endless review introductions have pondered: 'Will this be the game to match GoldenEye 007's triumphs?' before meandering to their inevitable conclusion that, while a valiant effort has been made, the answer is still no. Double-oh-seven out of ten.
It's understandable. Rare's seminal Nintendo 64 first-person shooter popularised a console genre that has grown to become gaming's most prevalent and profitable. At a time when movie tie-ins were inevitably uninspired cash-ins, rushed through development in order to match their cinematic counterpart's release date, Rare's game arrived in its own time, long after the movie was out, treating the IP with unprecedented care. Those features that weren't raw innovations were at the very least game-changing improvements on what had gone before. Developed by a company at the height of its expertise and creativity, the shockwaves of the original GoldenEye 007's influence forever altered the FPS landscape.
Small wonder no Bond game has managed all that since. So after years of trying different approaches, Activision has asked the question: perhaps the secret of its success lay in the name? And in choosing to revisit one of gaming's best-loved titles, leaves us to tortuously ponder: will GoldenEye 007 be the game to match GoldenEye 007's triumphs?
Microsoft thought Rare was Activision's
Deal went mysteriously "cold", says Fries.
Ed Fries, the former Microsoft man instrumental in Rare's acquisition, has revealed how, from his perspective, the deal was Activision's to lose.
VideoExclusive GoldenEye 007 dev diary
New gameplay! Motion capture!
VideoGoldenEye 007 multiplayer trailer
The name's still Bond.
GoldenEye Classic Edition unlocks mode
Otherwise unlocked at level 35.
Buyers of the Classic Edition of Wii-exclusive shooter GoldenEye 007 will get access to the Classic Conflict mode from the get-go – while others have to wait until they hit level 35 in online multiplayer to play it.
Wii GoldenEye has wacky controls
Use Wiimote and nunchuck but not sensor.
Developer Eurocom has invented a strange way to control Wii re-imagining GoldenEye 007.
VideoGodenEye 007 modes and mods trailer
No rockers though.
VideoExclusive GoldenEye multiplayer info
More characters, modes, modifiers revealed.
VideoGoldenEye 007 multiplayer characters
Jaws! Scaramanga! Oddjob! Blofeld!
Jaws! Scaramanga! Oddjob! Blofeld!
Let's do the timewarp again...
It's not a remake, it's a re-imagining. Dangerous words, as Tim Burton discovered before curling one out all over the memory of The Planet of The Apes. However, while the original version of that film remains eminently watchable, videogames are a different beast. In gaming terms, 13 years is an epoch. GoldenEye may have (yawn) pioneered the first-person shooter genre on console, but anyone digging Ye Olde Nintendo 64 out of the loft for a quick blast would find a bewilderingly ugly game. It might have looked the business when Princess Diana was still warm and Oasis were a fresh-faced Slade tribute act, but time moves on apace.
Wii GoldenEye 007 to blow up campers
Keep on moving.
Wii shooter GoldenEye 007 will tackle pesky campers with a clever new mode that blows up players who stand still for too long.
VideoGoldenEye 007 developer diary
The making of (a lot of money).
The making of (a lot of money).
Wii GoldenEye motivated by money - Hollis
Activision won't do original "justice".
Martin Hollis, he who made the original GoldenEye for N64, thinks there may be a strong whiff of money up Activision's nostrils when it comes to the new GoldenEye 007 Wii remake.
VideoGoldenEye 007 developer diary
Bonding the N64 experience to the Wii.
Bonding the N64 experience to the Wii.
VideoGoldenEye 007 multiplayer detailed
Jaws of death.
Jaws of death.
Gold Classic Controller Pro coming to UK
Bundled with GoldenEye 007 Classic Edition.
Activision will release a GoldenEye 007 Classic Edition bundle that includes a gold Wii Classic Controller Pro.
VideoGoldeneye 007 - Facility trailer
Already revealed, but still interesting...
Dam it.
Several months ago, I went to visit Microsoft's UK headquarters and ended up seeing a man's heart breaking right in front of me. The man in question was an in-house XBLA producer who had just finished demoing the freshly-announced port of Perfect Dark to the European games press.
Wii GoldenEye controller for $70?
Gold-plated Classic or Klobb replica?
US retailer GameStop has listed a James Bond: GoldenEye controller for Wii for pre-order, for the princely sum of $69.99 (about Ł46 or €57).
Basement. Pistols. One. Shot. Kills.
Basement. Pistols. One. Shot. Kills.
GoldenEye Wii remake this year
Christmas release, online multiplayer.
Nintendo has confirmed reports that GoldenEye is on its way to Wii this Christmas.