Playing The Goldeneye Remaster That "Never" Was

GoldenEye 007 (XBLA) is a remastered version of the original Nintendo 64 game, developed by Rare for Xbox Live Arcade around 2007-2008 but ultimately unpublished due to licensing constraints. It was leaked online on February 3rd, 2021.

Rare was acquired by Microsoft in 2002. From 2007 to 2008, developers at Rare worked on a faithful remake to the original game which featured both the original and updated graphics - as well as Online Multiplayer through Xbox Live. However, this remaster was shelved largely due to Microsoft and MGM not being able to come to an agreement for licensing, as a result of which it went unpublished.

The first public mention of the remaster was an information leak from "Oddjaw2" back in November 2007. The leaker listed the new features of this "absolutely fantastic port of the original game" on said thread and some screenshots which are sadly lost. At first not many people believed the leaker up until they decided to upload a video showing the game in action later in 2008. Even then, many people didn't believe it was real and instead pointed out how it was "just an HD texture pack running on an emulator".

After rumors and videos of the remaster circulated for many years on the Internet, in late January 2021 a GoldenEye "streamer" on YouTube received a leaked copy of the game and premiered a video showcasing all missions and part of the multiplayer mode - far more of a comprehensive look at the game than had ever been seen previously (Leaked videos online).

On February 3rd, 2021, a full ROM of GoldenEye 007 (XBLA) was leaked online. It is worth mentioning that the leaked ROM seems to be the same version used in the leaked video by Rare Thief from 2016, as the original video from 2008 features bugs not present here.

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