It has been almost two years of rumours and eventually announcements, but still GoldenEye 007 is yet to appear on Nintendo Switch or Xbox. Despite a trailer at last week’s Game Awards, the game is still to materialize in the Nintendo 64 app on Switch, and there is no signRead More →
With the Nintendo Switch slowly becoming the standalone Nintendo library powerhouse, especially now that N64 titles will be joining the NSO Expansion Pack, we’re seeing many iconic games make a return much to the delight of many retro gamers. GoldenEye 007 is certainly one of those games. Rare’s beloved first-personRead More →
It’s something we’ve been waiting for almost as long as this site has been running: the rerelease of GoldenEye 007. Today’s Nintendo Direct event confirmed that it is really happening, with simultaneous confirmation that not only would it be joining the other N64 games on the Switch, but also hittingRead More →
“It’s coming next week!” “That announcement was code for GoldenEye on the Xbox!” “Trust me, it’s out there.” Just three of the comments I’ve seen concerning the almost mythical official release of GoldenEye 007 on the Xbox since its leak in 2021. And now, it seems, the date of theRead More →
As if GoldenEye 007 wasn’t awesome enough, you can now play a mod that adapts that other great Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me, into GoldenEye-style missions. First launched in 2020, the mod has developed from a few demo levels into a full GoldenEye 007-esque campaign mod. The SpyRead More →
In the first Save State podcast, Christian Cawley looks at the latest news surrounding the Sega Mega Drive Mini 2, GoldenEye 007 on Xbox, and gets (too) excited about Commodore 64 games on Evercade. There is also a look at the G-Darius HD collection on Nintendo Switch. Shownotes North AmericaRead More →
If you’ve been patiently awaiting the release of the long awaited GoldenEye remake for Windows and Xbox Live, there is more bad news. So bad, that it might even impact the N64 version expected to land on the Nintendo Switch. Games journalist Darren Unger (backed up by Eurogamer) has reportedRead More →
Everyone loves GoldenEye 007 right now, so what better way to celebrate the Nintendo 64 classic than with a marking of bookt? From Boss Fight Books comes Alyse Knorr’s The Making of GoldenEye 007, a look at the classic FPS in book form. Launched on Kickstarter recently, the book isRead More →
We talk about GoldenEye 007 a lot, but there is a reason for that: it is one of the most influential games of its era. FPS games all the way back to DOOM make a crucial diversion via GoldenEye 007, a game developed by a young team at Rare inRead More →
It’s turning into a running joke. But could we have actually crossed the threshold that brings the GoldenEye 007 re-release into the realms of reality? Touted for years, the clamour for reissuing of the 1997 Nintendo 64 classic has snowballed since the Xbox Live version of GoldenEye 007 was leakedRead More →
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