Rumours of a GoldenEye 007 port or remaster have been circulating around the industry for quite some time now. After users spotted achievements for the game on Xbox, it was understandably assumed that the launch would be close, with some optimistic fans half-expecting a shadow drop during June's Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase.
Alas, it wasn't to be. No mention of the game's release has been uttered by Rare, Nintendo, or Microsoft and it's now believed that the game may currently be in limbo due to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. As reported by our sister-site Pure Xbox, this comes via a recent tweet from reporter Jeff Grubb who unreservedly stated that the game is "in limbo because of the war".
While this may be speculation of Jeff's part, the reasoning does make a lot of sense; after all, GoldenEye 007 features Bond infiltrating Russian installations and taking on the Russian military in a pretty violent manner, so much so that Miyamoto himself previously suggested a more passive resolution in the game's ending. The possibility that Microsoft and Nintendo would want to avoid releasing the game at this time is not implausible.
If true, the apparent delay of GoldenEye 007's release follows news that Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp would be delayed indefinitely from its original April 8th "in light of recent world events". Currently, no alternative release date for the game has been set.
We've got our fingers crossed that GoldenEye 007 is being considered for Switch - are you excited to give it another go? Let us know in the comments below.
[source purexbox.com]
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If I had to guess, PR for whoever has the rights to release it is saying there is no way a game can be released right now where you kill Russian soldiers.
Personally I really really want the game out and see nothing wrong with it. It’s a remaster of a 20 year old game. But it’s bad press that will easily get misrepresented by the headline hunting media.
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I am just going to act like this isn't happening.
If it does then happy days! But I am going forward accepting the game will never see the light of day and therefore I cannot be disappointed again.
Shame.
Would've been fun.
Shrugs shoulders, turns on N64 with Goldeneye and multiple controllers plugged in while muttering
"Still life left in the ol girl yet".
This is an absolute joke, it’s a game we have played for 25 years and nobody complained. Same with advance wars, it makes no difference to anything regarding a war in Ukraine, none whatsoever, just release these games!
It must be partying with the Switch pro and all the other BS things.
The recent world events argument (especially for Advance Wars) is silly.
a) This war is not ending any time soon
b) When it does, there will be warfare going on somewhere else
c) There are a bajillion other war related games out there.
please, let it be...
Its not something I would have any interest in playing, however, I know quite a few people were looking forward to this game re-releasing, so hopefully it'll still happen at some point.
Of all the things in the gaming world that were never going to happen, this was never going to happen the most.
For England, James?
Personally I will believe it exists or not on Aug 25, the actual 25 year anniversary of the OG title.
If nothing is announced on that date then it ain’t happening.
The war argument is silly for two reasons, as I am sure they could release and if there was backlash release a patch that swapped ‘Russians’ for Spectre or generic evil doers. Yeah, not what was in original, but a workaround.
The other reason is the game already exists not like this is new it is out there already.
These companies know that there is constant war/fighting somewhere on the planet at any given time right?
Well, why not create an actual new game instead of trying to ride a wave of someone else's creation.
Look how well that turned out for the GTA trilogy (monetarily success but now given a reputation that can only create below par piles of crap)
It's a hoax, the game was never gonna happen and if it does we would had heard it from the devs themselves and not this Grubb guy. There's no one working on a remake of this game when the 2010 version is already easier to port and remastered for modern consoles. Getting GoldenEye isn't just one party, you also had to jump hoops through 5 or more parties (Nintendo, MGM, Pierce Brosnan, Rare, Activision, Microsoft, etc.) to legally remake the game again.
Also the original GoldenEye 007 game on N64 wasn't some passion project or a triple A title made by Rare, it was made cause Hiroshi Yamauchi, original Nintendo president, was a James Bond fan and wanted to play a game based on James Bond by his company which is why he bought the license right for one game only. He randomly choose GoldenEye as his preference cause that was the latest James Bond movie out at the time. The game was made just for him and the dude would not let the game get cancelled unless he had his way. Now that the dude is gone, there's no point in getting the game out.
To be fair, from about 1945 until now, about 99% of western media has the Russians as the baddies. The other 1% is Nazis in space riding dinosaurs.
Blaming this on the war is ridiculous. It's fictional media....one that was released decades ago!
A game where you kill Russians right now will just attract too much uproar from some circles sadly, its stupid but it is what it is. At the very least its happening though just not yet.
Oh the outcry at a possible outcry.
Everything is ridiculous, it’s ridiculous that people might say it’s ridiculous to release a game where you fight Russian soldiers when Russia is invading Europe.
It’s ridiculous to guess at that it’s ridiculous that people might says it’s ridiculous to release a game when you fight Russian soldiers.
I’m angry, they are angry, those other might be angry if it happens.
Oh the anger, the outcry, the ridiculousness.
It’s all very hard to keep up with. Who is actually angry? Who is actually causing an outcry? Who is ridiculous?
It’s a tangled web.
I’ll work it out, for England, James.
Cowards! Why is it a bad thing to release a game where you take out Russian soldiers right now? The concept seems a bit ludicrous.
Back in the fall of 2001, Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American was briefly pulled from shelves and then future copies were released with the album title removed from the cover. Which was one of a great many things pulled. So yeah, I'm not surprised at all if that's the reason.
GoldenEye is still scheduled to get screened at cinemas in August in the UK as part of the anniversary.
So far, at least, those cinema screenings are going ahead and tickets are definitely still being sold right now.
If that goes ahead as planned, I think re-releasing the game at the same time is perfectly reasonable from a PR standpoint, and makes sense for marketing too.
I really do expect we will see it in August.
If it's delayed further, then we're getting into some awkward territory. Meanwhile, we all know Call Of Duty will release as normal in the Autumn... (rightly or wrongly, point remains).
any game that involves killing Russian soldiers at this point should be welcome. No more warmongers
gonna have to bite the bullet and release it because the Russia Ukraine war is going to last years so unless your going to delay a completed Goldeneye and Advance Wars for years on end which at that point you might as well just cancel them just release already
The Russian soldier angle sounds bogus. They were the villains in GoldenEye. They're still pretty awful bad guys today
Why is this a big deal? Yes, Goldeneye was one of the first and better early-day shooters with multiplayer (and on a Nintendo console of all things) but it's aged pretty poorly like most things on the N64. I think once people get their hands on the game (whether it be the original ported on Nintendo Online or that rumored remake which was for the Xbox 360), the rose tinted nostalgia glasses will come off and people will realize the truth that this game is not as great or special and there are many better shooters they can play.
Whoever in charge just needs to release it on 64 console. It hasn’t aged well anyway, who cares!
Can someone explain what this means:
“ 1 v 100's team lead left Microsoft”?
How is this now a thing when we had Call of Duty and Battlefield the past years?
Also how does this effect Russia invasion Ukraine?
So now Jeff is blaming the war for his lies being well.. lies about this game instead of just admitting as usual he has no actual reputable information on anything.
Switch Pro delayed due to russian war next?
@AG_Awesome very true, but it frustrates me that we're treated like idiots who are unable to discern between fiction and reality. By their logic all games featuring warfare of some kind should be banned then, right?
I keep reading how N64 games haven't aged well but I just keep playing them and they seem fine to me.
I wasn't the biggest Goldeneye fan back in the day, but I'd still like to see it get a re-release. I don't need a remaster, really, other than a resolution boost and a consistent frame-rate. I think that's the most important issue and it's something all of Rare's N64 titles struggled with. In fact, games like Jet Force Gemini and Perfect Dark actually taught me what frame-rate problems looked like. Some boss battles in Jet Force Gemini were almost unplayable! And I feel like an NSO release would just preserve these now-fixable problems, which would be a pity.
@Toke_McGee is insentive to release a game when we have war on Ukraine with russia.
@Giancarlothomaz Agree to disagree then sir. It’s not insensitive though IMO… the Russians were cast as villains in this game because they’ve consistently played the role of villains in the world stage. Here they are again, being villainous. So a game from many years ago in which you are fighting the Russians? Seems to me to be the perfect time to release this game…
@oceanvoyager As a pro wrestling fan who had to deal with Vince McMahon allegedly changing Steven Regal’s name to William Regal because he thought fans couldn’t handle two wrestlers named Steve in his company, I’m used to the “decision makers” insulting our intelligence. Lol.
I think the decision to delay due to the war is perfectly reasonable - if that's the case, which seems perfectly plausible. The way the timings were lining up, it's the right thing to do purely from showing a mark of respect. There are also PR and marketing elements to consider, not to mention the fact its perfectly possible the game has some links to Ukraine somewhere in the development/marketing/business/licensing that any number of companies may have wanted to be respectful towards.
However...
There will come a point when enough time is deemed to have passed that it is no longer deemed disrespectful. August seems most likely.
How is this "news"? It's only rumors from the start. If it happens, great, if it doesn't happen, it's ok as well.
My guess, Eon Productions hasn’t given their blessing or want control of its release window. Barbara hated the game and would’ve stopped it, but Cubby gave a sweetheart deal to Nintendo to make it. Cubby wanted the game too.
Barbara didn’t like how Bond was portrayed as (apparently) a senseless killing machine and didn’t embody the franchise at all. They’ve been holding this game up for years, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they want it for an anniversary celebration or want to keep it suppressed from release at all. Nintendo hasn’t been the problem with this game, Barbara Broccoli and Eon Productions have been putting the brakes on it.
Yeah, no.
I see Grubb went to the Dave Meltzer School of "Journalism" - make some random speculation based on nothing, and then present it as if it were some sort of verified information.
This makes no sense whatsoever, regardless of the fact it has Russians in it this is a 25 year old game, it could just as well be they're waiting for the game's own anniversary for all we know
Unless something is directly announced in an official capacity, assume it's a lie and don't give it the time of day, no matter how much evidence there is or is not. I know that achievements were found and blah blah blah, but if no one actually confirmed in a statement or release, I ain't buying it. That's how I roll, anyway.
@Axecon @Giancarlothomaz @Axecon I have to disagree here. Many of us love that game still. I have replayed it numerous times and very recently at that. Having the 360 or a remastered version that the story is untouched would be a huge thing for many of us. The game aged beautifully, unless graphics are the only thing you care about. Many of us love graphics, but replay value and fun factor go way further than hyper realistic graphics to many of us.
It's a 20+ year old classic. Nintendo and Microsoft are high if they think releasing this game will cause any measurable amount of backlash. If they are doing it to avoid pissing off Russia, screw them. Either way I do not support delaying these games. Now excuse me while I go listen to R Kelly's R album because I can separate art from the real world and have a good time doing so.
A game where you fight caricatures of cold-war-era Russians is unacceptable because of how the Russian military is seen today? I bet Activision still release their next Call of Duty on schedule, regardless of whatever real-world conflicts are ongoing.
When HASN'T a Goldeneye remaster been in limbo?
Thats a lazy excuse our beef with the Russians has not affected our media in like 50 years...anyways it would be pointless, the goldeneye remaster on xbox 360 is online and free and plays pretty decently on the xenia emulator with being able to swap back and forth on the visuals like on Halo in the mcc with modernized (as far as possible) controls on a xbox controller
Eh, I'm not in a rush, I still have my N64 with the game if needed, as much as I'd love to give it a shot on the Switch Pro next year.
Still waiting for that Zelda Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD release on Switch that Grubb said it’s coming out.
@Jameson87 Graphics and hardware is hardly an issue for me but you can't deny most games on the N64/PS1 have aged like milk, control-wise and graphically. Nintendo & Sony get a small pass for this being their first true foray into 3D gaming. For me, I started playing games in the PS2/GC/GBA era so it's very difficult to revisit anything on the N64.
❗️I played this on N64 back in 2019 and saw nothing wrong with it.
Just as fun when I first played it in late-2000 as it was in mid-2019.
Even my muscle memory remembered.
@HollowSpectre Yes, proxy wars have existed in other parts of the world.
However, this is a war that is affecting everyone and here in the U.S. it is affecting people financially due to the sanctions. This is a war focused on two ethnicities and the dominant power, Russia, is subjugating the lesser country of Ukraine because it doesn't want them to join NATO and various other reasons.
This isn't the first time a major war has been fought over there, it is one that has gained more international attention due to the President of Russia instigating this war over territorial dispute with NATO like I mentioned.
Not only that, but in both countries of Moscow and Russia, there's a lot of political strife going on and clashing of ideals, so I'm sure that Nintendo and Microsoft made the right call for holding the releases of their games as it would maybe not cause any controversy. You know how quick news journalists are quick to make headlines on these sorts of things and how this might affect some people which would also affect the game sales.
So suggesting that this war is insignificant like every other war is a bit ignorant on your part.
@Toke_McGee You'd be surprised how much harassment there is towards Russian citizens at the moment because of what's happening. Every major banking and credit card company has left the country over sanctions and they have to look to other means to cash in their checks. Some of them have to go to other neighboring countries in order to make a bank account, some have to make fake ID's so that banking companies from other countries can accept them, and some are even resorting to crypto currency just to make ends meet.
Some crazy stuff is happening right now and they get most of the blame for the decisions of the President over there. Most people don't even realize this happening.
@Axecon ah, your stance makes more sense to me now. I started in the NES and Sega Master System days so got to experience the rather fast climb from 8 bit to 32 bit graphics and on. So nostalgia and replay factor hold just as much ground as graphical/control advancement for someone like myself. I built a retrobox just so I can revisit those games anytime I like. Just did a replay of RE: Code Veronica X for the Dreamcast a month or two ago.
Um, they do know that Russia is the bad guy right? It's also shocking to hear how many people in Russia support the war, but I don't know how much they actually know because they live in a propaganda state.
@russell-marlow totally understand, but until the people in Russia get rid of that government, then they are still technically the bad guy. It's sad but unfortunate.
@Jameson87 yes also if y'all have played the Xbox 360 perfect dark remaster or re-release or whatever it's called, it is so nice to be able to play the N64 perfect dark with dual analog sticks with a good frame rate.
@Freek Yeah, but I gotta feeling that when they do release Golden Eye, it will actually use both sticks. Since it's technically already programmed in using two controller, this should be easy enough. Unlikely that we will see Gyro controls, but one can only hope.
But now more than ever we want to shoot some very low poly Russians. Would be perfect timing.
Regardless, anyone who is actually looking forward to this hasn't played it in over 10 years and has no clue how bad it is by today's standards. All the nostalgia in the world can't make it still as good as we remembered, better to keep the find memories than play it now and realize how awfully it's aged.
I could understand delaying or not releasing something where you play as the Russians, but are we really not releasing any game with a war theme or guns? Three Hopes was released and has aspects of war, by the same logic behind delaying Advance Wars, Nintendo is insensitive - it's stupid 'logic'.
I guess it must be because the switch is probably struggling to run well the remaster of something.
@XenoShaun Very true. I remember when he said it works be announced within two weeks.
Like I mentioned in my comment if it exists it will be released next month, if it isn’t then it doesn’t exist.
There is no reason why they couldn’t announce it and say it is on hold.
If it was happening in the next year I'm pretty sure Microsoft would've taken the opportunity to announce it at their showcase they just had
Modern warfare 2 is out year aswell & Russia will obviously be the enemy in that one even if they don't Specify which real world country it is
Maybe Jeff Grubb just speculating since his “sources” and predictions didn’t come to fruition.
This isn't a war - it's a needless invasion by the Russians. When the Russians are killing civilians, bombing civilian targets, executing Ukrainian soldiers, and committing many atrocities that I'll not go into - then they are very much the 'bad guys'. Let me shoot some virtual Russians in a video game, and send 20% of the Goldeneye purchase price to fund the post-war Ukrainian rebuilding effort
and yet i can still watch Goldeneye the movie on various streaming services.
*Cries in the corner
Let GoldenEye finally see a proper re-release... 😭 😭
@quinnyboy58 totally agree, have they banned Call of Duty, or every movie where Russian soldiers are killed? No! They haven’t! It makes no sense- they could as well ban the movie Goldeneye from watching and everything else!
Lol look at the alleged leakers trying to cover their tracks when they are wrong about announcements in June
This may come off a tad insensitive... but many real-life events are horrible and I understand for certain people it can be very real for them and affect them personally... however I think if you're offended by some form of entertainment/media/content or it's too much for you... then simply don't support or partake in it. I believe the content should still come out though.
Ideally these mediums and entertainment in general often provides reprieve from some very tough real life circumstances for people, which I do not believe should be stifled or hindered.
... Wun can only hope.
Should Modern Warfare and Battlefield 3 and 4 be pulled from stores because Putin decided to get his trousers in a bunch and start a war?
The world is already suffering enough for this, don't take away games from us too.
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