GoldenEye 007 Coming To Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3?

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GoldenEye 007 was an amazing first person shooter for the Nintendo 64. I won’t say that it proved that first person shooters could be good on the consoles (Halo did that), but it was a good first step. Some fans have been clamoring for a remake of the game, and last year we saw the Wii get a remake. Now, Activision has just registered a slew of new GoldenEye related domain names – leading to speculation that the company is preparing to come out with another GoldenEye game, perhaps even for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Here are the domains registered:

• goldeneyereloaded007.com
• goldeneye007reloaded.com
• goldeneye007gamereloaded.com
• goldeneyereloadedgame.com

The theme here is “GoldenEye: Reloaded” obviously. Whatever that will be is up to your imagination at this point. The video game license for James Bond has gotten passed around and around more times then the Bond actor has changed, and Activision is the current rights holder. GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64 was a unique case though, because it was published by Nintendo. Very rarely does Nintendo publish a licensed game. Rare, who developed the game, is now owned by Microsoft, as many of you know. Generally, a lot of companies would have to come together to make a remake.

While GoldenEye 007 was great for its time, and somehow they made a first person shooter playable (and actually good) on that weird Nintendo 64 controller – the style of play, pacing and maps all are something of the past. Today’s console shooter player is playing Call of Duty: Black Ops and that style of game. Any interest in a PS3/Xbox 360 remake of GoldenEye would likely be just nostalgic. This “GoldenEye Reloaded” could just be another followup to last year’s GoldenEye 007 remake for the Nintendo Wii.

Ironically, Activision didn’t get just regular “goldeneyereloaded.com”, which was quickly snapped up by Mr. “Chris Mix” of Tolleson, Arizona.