Jeff Grub has suggested that the heavily rumoured remake of GoldenEye 007 has not been officially revealed due to the conflict in Ukraine.
Goldeneye is still in limbo because of the war. 1 v 100's team lead left Microsoft. I don't know what that means for the game.
— Jeff Grubb, No. 3 games journalist (@JeffGrubb) July 10, 2022
The plot of the game features the Russian government with some of the game taking place in Russia, and Bond is attacked by the Russian police and armed forces. While some may relish the chance to punch some Russians those making the game are clearly treading a little more carefully.
Just last month eagle-eyed denizens of the internet – such as Wario64 on Twitter – have spotted that Xbox users have been unlocking achievements for a long rumoured Xbox remaster of the game. This follows on from previous leaks about GoldenEye HD, with achievement tracking site TrueAchievements catching the achievement list and progress being made by a suspected Rare developer. This achievement list gives players the opportunity to earn 1000 Gamerscore through 55 achievements spread across the game’s campaign and multiplayer modes.
A playable version of the GoldenEye HD remaster actually leaked last year and was thrown up onto file sharing sites. Dating back to 2007/8, the remaster was intended for Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360, but ended up being bogged down by licensing issues as Microsoft, Nintendo and the various screen rights holders couldn’t agree terms. In the end, it was Perfect Dark, Rare’s second N64 FPS, that was remastered and released to Xbox Live Arcade, before being included in the Rare Replay collection on Xbox One.
It was announced in November 2020 that Hitman developer IO Interactive is working on a wholly original James Bond video game where “players will step into the shoes of the world’s favourite Secret Agent to earn their 00 status in the very first Bond origin story.”
With no obvious end in sight to the war in Ukraine it may be a good while before the GoldenEye 007 remake sees the light of day.
Source: Twitter
