XBLA Goldeneye confirmed, also canceled

***wraggster*** · January 13th, 2008, 22:29

We've got good news and bad news for fans of Rare's groundbreaking first-person shooter, Goldeneye. The good news? Those rumors you've heard about a port of the game for the Xbox Live Arcade are true! The bad news? The release of the title has been delayed indefinitely, due to a licensing disagreement between Microsoft and Nintendo. Sorry to get your hopes up -- we probably should have led with that last part.

To further rub salt in your wounds, 1UP has some sweet details about the game-that-wasn't, which was only two short months from completion. Apparently, the game was a faithful recreation of the N64 classic, including all the maps and weapons from the original, with the addition of multiplayer support over Xbox Live.

Instead of giving up on what would have been one of the greatest XBLA titles to date, we highly encourage everyone to exercise their civil trolling rights in an attempt to convince Nintendo and Microsoft that there's more than enough of our money to go around. Already, thousands of rabid wannabe 00 Agents have signed petitions to bring the game back to the development table -- have you?

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/13/xb...also-canceled/

**Harshboy** · January 13th, 2008, 23:27

Oh Noez, Nintendo wants to take some of Bill's Moneh!!! ABORT! ABORT!

You know, Microsoft has no idea that thousands of people will buy this arcade game when it would have been released. They would have gotten their money back in 3 days tops...

**JKKDARK** · January 13th, 2008, 23:30

Damn, the only bad thing I heard from Nintendo in the latest years

Becasue it means there's a chance we will not see other Rare titles like Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie

**Shadowblind** · January 13th, 2008, 23:31

Originally Posted by Harshboy

Oh Noez, Nintendo wants to take some of Bill's Moneh!!! ABORT! ABORT!

You know, Microsoft has no idea that thousands of people will buy this arcade game when it would have been released. They would have gotten their money back in 3 days tops...

Its an agreement between MS and Nintendo. Therefore, we don't know the specifics of the "dis" agreement.

**Harshboy** · January 13th, 2008, 23:32

Originally Posted by JKKDARK

Damn, the only bad thing I heard from Nintendo in the latest years

Becasue it means there's a chance we will not see other Rare titles like Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie

Hehe, I guess I'm safe cause I gots a Wii and a 360

**10shu** · January 14th, 2008, 01:45

Wonder where Nintendo draw the line.?!? Rare already did a perfect dark game for the 360. And a remake of the original N64 conker bad fur day on the xbox...