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GoldenEye for Xbox Live Arcade blocked

Wednesday 9-Jan-2008 2:56 PM Rumours and hearsay of a special GoldenEye remake that was ultimately blocked by Nintendo.

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A Rare fansite has pieced together various stories, rumours and bits of evidence to come to the conclusion that Nintendo blocked an Xbox Live remake of GoldenEye

The plan was for a 10th anniversary edition of GoldenEye to hit Xbox Live Arcade, which would have needed Activision's permission as it is the current holder of the license.

Nintendo put pressure them to say no and Activision wanting to keep on good terms with Nintendo, decided to fall in line with its wishes and block the project. A proposed deal was that Nintendo release the original GoldenEye on its Virtual Console while Microsoft gets the GoldenEye remake but that idea was also shot down.

So if all of the above is true, then it's likely GoldenEye will never make it to Xbox Live Arcade unless Activision loses the James Bond license. Of course, the key phrase here is if all of the above is true.

MundoRare claim most of the information came from a Rare insider posting on the Penny Arcade forums, who posted a screenshot taken from the Xbox Live Arcade remake to lend weight to his claims (see below). They also point to news in American magazine EGM that states Microsoft 'cancelled' an Xbox Live remake of GoldenEye, which MundoRare says verifies their own claims.

True or not, it's still an interesting story to read.

Ryan King