Kotaku: Goldeneye

Transforming a Nintendo 64 Into a Portable

Brian Crecente — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:40:00 EST

There aren't instructions here, not unless you're really good at figuring out what's going on in a bunch of images. But it's still fascinating to watch a Nintendo 64 get picked apart and then pieced back together again as a portable. More »

Get the Lowdown on Goldeneye 007: Reloaded’s Mi6 Ops in This New Trailer

Evan Narcisse — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:00:00 EDT

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There's less than 24 hours before PS3 and Xbox 360 owners get to engage in hot and heavy James Bond action on their consoles. But, there's more than just a campaign and multiplayer on the disc. This new video introduces the game's Mi6 missions, separate chunks of gameplay that task players to complete different objectives with a suite of different modifiers. Does this mode make you more or less inclined to pick up Goldeneye 007: Reloaded, dear readers? More »

The Launch Trailer for Goldeneye 007: Reloaded Will Shake and Stir You

Evan Narcisse — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:40:00 EDT

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It's going to be a little while yet before we get to Daniel Craig as Ian Fleming's iconic secret agent on the big screen. The fact that he'll be reprising the role in Activision's new Goldeneye game is as good a reason as any to pick up the modern take on a FPS classic. The trailer above gives a glimpse of Craig's craggy features, as well as a run-through of various environments from the game. You'll also get a gander at what classic henchmen Jaws and Chop Chop look like in all their visually upgraded glory. Get ready to lay your goldeneye and goldfingers on the spy shooter next week. More »

GoldenEye's Paintball Mode is Preorder DLC Only, Even Though It's on the Disc

Owen Good — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:30:00 EDT

GoldenEye's "paintball" multiplayer mode, something won at a hard cost on the Nintendo 64 original, is a pre-order downloadable content exclusive, GiantBomb reports. It is not unlockable without a code from GameStop, which will be given out only for preorders of GoldenEye 007:Reloaded on PS3 and Xbox 360. More »

Get a Gander at Goldeneye 007: Reloaded's Multiplayer

Evan Narcisse — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:40:00 EDT

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Activision's hoping the multiplayer golden goose will lay a golden gun one more time with the impending release of Goldeneye 007: Reloaded, the shinier PS3 and Xbox 360 version the game that came out last year for the Wii. More »

A Birthday Letter To Myself About Video Games

Lisa Foiles — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:00:00 EDT

Many video games turning twenty-five this year could set themselves on a podium and brag until their throats are sore. "Hey, I'm Castlevania and I've released over 30 games in the last quarter-century. What have you done?" More »

GoldenEye 007: Reloaded PS3 Bundle Hits Nov. 1

Brian Crecente — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:00:00 EDT

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PS3 James Bond fans are getting a special bundle in November, Activision announced today. More »

Separated at Birth? The 3DS' New Gimmick and James Bond's Weird Face

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:20:00 EDT

Some people think that the 3DS' new second-circle-pad add-on is ugly. They mock it. They deride it. But maybe the 3DS "slide pad" is a beautiful homage to one of history's greatest video game box-art optical illusions. More »

New GoldenEye: Reloaded Screens Classified For All Eyes Only

Owen Good — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

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How many times can we remind you that GoldenEye: Reloaded is not just GoldenEye 007 for the Wii? It's GoldenEye 007 for the Wii with better graphics, as this fresh batch of 16 screengrabs from nearly all of the game's stages illustrates. More »

Goldeneye 007: Reloaded Special Missions Make You Roll Like MI6

Mike Fahey — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:40:00 EDT

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Like MI6, like MI6; aside from the single player campaign and online multiplayer, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Goldeneye 007: Reloaded will feature standalone missions that will task players with assault, elimination, stealth and defense objectives — like MI6. More »

Activision had Plans for High-Definition GoldenEye All Along

Owen Good — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:00:00 EDT

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Depending upon the consoles you own, the bad news about GoldenEye: Reloaded may still be the good news. It is most definitely a high-definition remastering of last year's title reboot on the Wii. But given the much larger shooter constituency on the PS3 and 360, and online multiplayer's vastly greater viability on those consoles, that may be all the game needs. More »

GoldenEye 007 Reloaded Is Real, Coming to PS3 and Xbox 360

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:40:00 EDT

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Activision will be tightening up the graphics on 2010's GoldeneEye 007 for the Wii—the re-imagining of the 1997 Nintendo 64 game of the same name—bringing it to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as GoldenEye 007 Reloaded. See? More »

Activision's Bringing A New James Bond Game to Comic-Con

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:00:00 EDT

Superhuman fare X-Men Destiny, Spider-man: Edge of Time and Prototype 2 will get special attention from publisher Activision at this month's San Diego Comic-Con. The mega-publisher has one (possible) reveal planned for the show, teasing a "new 007 game" for the annual nerd gathering. More »

Is Goldeneye Reloaded Just a Fancy Word for Rereleased?

Sam Winstrom — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:20:00 EDT

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Activision puts nostalgia-loving gamers in their sights once again, gathering a nice list of domain names revolving around something called "Goldeneye Reloaded". This could mean a number of things are in the works: an HD re-release of Goldeneye for the Wii, an HD remake of the classic N64 Goldeneye, or maybe even a turn as an Xbox Live Arcade game or on PSN? More »

Kmart Rings In The New Year With Gaming Deals

Mike Fahey — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:20:00 EST

Kmart has discounted games like Goldeneye, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Epic Mickey as part of a sale lasting from now until the end of the year. For those of you not counting, that's five days from now. More »

GoldenEye Cheats Resurrect Big Head Mode [Updated]

Owen Good — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:00:00 EST

An intrepid Kotaku reader found three working cheat codes for GoldenEye 007 on the Wii, but, so far, we only know what two of them do. Update: The third unlocks Big Head mode (pictured) in local multiplayer. More »

Review: GoldenEye 007

Owen Good — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:00:00 EST

The fat-chewing topic for hardcore gamers today who were the adolescents of the 1990s has been GoldenEye, the seminal Nintendo 64 shooter. Why can't they bring it to a modern console? Finally, "they" have. But it's neither reboot nor remake. More »

The People Who Made GoldenEye Were Almost Purchased By The People Who Are Making GoldenEye

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:30:00 EDT

Rare owned by Activision? Could have been! More »

Conduit 2 Makes Way For GoldenEye

Owen Good — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EDT

Conduit 2, a game that's actually been in development for the Wii instead of talking about it, got a reminder of the pecking order for Nintendo shooters when Sega moved it to 2011 to stay out of GoldenEye's way. More »

Original GoldenEye Dev Has A Slight Issue With Remake

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:30:00 EDT

Martin Hollis, who while with Rare was one of the men behind the original GoldenEye on the Nintendo 64, has some kind words to say about Activision, the publisher pushing the remake. More »

The History of Headshots, Gaming's Favorite Act Of Unreal Violence

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:00:00 EDT

It may seem ghoulish to the outsider. It will seem essential to the gamer. One of the most popular things to do in video games is to aim for the head with a gun and fire. Who thought of that? And why do people like doing it so much? More »

GoldenEye On Wii Gets A Golden Controller

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:30:00 EDT

Sensing perhaps that there was room in the market for an official peripheral for the upcoming GoldenEye, Activision and Nintendo have teamed up to release this gold-coloured Classic Controller Pro. More »

New GoldenEye Feature Big Hands, Not Big Heads

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:40:00 EDT

We've been comparing the new James Bond GoldenEye (Wii game set for fall release) to the original GoldenEye game (Nintendo 64, came out in '97) as best we can. Level comparisons. Graphics comparisons. Still, people ask, what about DK Mode? More »

GoldenEye N64 To Wii Comparison, Dam Vs. Dam

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:00:00 EDT

This fall's GoldenEye game on the Wii isn't a shot-for-shot remake of the Nintendo 64 James Bond original. It doesn't even use the same maps. But let's compare overlapping locations. More »

A Golden Gun For Your GoldenEye

Mike Fahey — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:30:00 EDT

Now that we know a new version of GoldenEye 007 is heading to the Wii, we can start preparing to play it in style. Peripheral manufacturer dreamGEAR has just the thing. More »

GoldenEye For Wii Is A Remake With Some Asterisks

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:30:00 EDT

The news today that a new version of Nintendo 64 classic GoldenEye 007 was met with cheers at today's Nintendo E3 press conference. I played the game. It's good but it's not the remake you may have thought it was. More »

Goldeneye's Return to Wii Confirmed

Team Kotaku — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:30:00 EDT

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Nintendo just confirmed the return of the beloved first-person shooter Goldeneye. The title will be a Wii exclusive. Daniel Craig will star as James Bond and the game will feature eight classic bond characters. It releases this holiday. More »

Rumor: Goldeneye Coming Back, Exclusively For The Wii

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:30:00 EDT

This clip apparently showed up on IGN's YouTube page earlier today before being swiftly pulled. It looks like it's for a new Goldeneye game for the Wii. But hey, you can never be sure. More »

Slaps to the Death — and Stop Looking at My Screen!

Owen Good — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:30:00 EDT

Honorable people agreeing to the terms of a duel to the death. As this spoof shows, and as any one who's ever played Goldeneye knows, the negotiations take forever, and the outcome is well more ridiculous than suspenseful. More »

'Gold N’ Fly' Combines Nintendo 64 James Bond Classic With Jay-Z, Nas, T.I.

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:00:00 EDT

The 13 year wait is over. New York rap producer Alex Kresovich has merged the music of 1997 Nintendo 64 James Bond classic GoldenEye 007 with big-time rappers' rap lyrics. More »

Website Registrations Tease GoldenEye, Driver Sequel

Owen Good — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EDT

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It doesn't mean such games are in development - at most the companies owning these marks have moved to protect them - but new domains for GoldenEye and Driver have been registered by Activision and Ubisoft. More »

Animator Says He's Working on "GoldenEye 2010" for Wii

Owen Good — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:40:00 EDT

Grain-of-salt territory here, as it's just one guy and his resume, but an animator named Craig Peck lists work on "GoldenEye 2010 (Wii)," spotted by - who else - SuperAnnuation. More »

Rare: "We're Long Past the Stage" where Goldeneye Deal is Feasible

Owen Good — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:30:00 EDT

The long, sad tale of bringing the groundbreaking shooter Goldeneye to Nintendo's Virtual Console, or Xbox Live Arcade, appears to have ended long ago, with a whimper. More »

GoldenEye Designer "Would Like" To See It On Virtual Console

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Nintendo 64 title GoldenEye is a classic title and seems like a perfect fit for the Wii's Virtual Console. Seems, that is. More »

If Only Game Covers Were As Classy As Book Covers...

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:30:00 EST

While they're improving, game covers are still a largely generic lot. But book covers? Well, they've had centuries to get it right, and many book covers are classy. What if the two were switched? More »

Microsoft: British Mag Taking The Piss, GoldenEye Not Coming To XBLA

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:20:00 EST

Hope you didn't get your hopes up. Britain's Xbox World 360 magazine has been cock-teasing for a little while that they've got some BIG NEWS regarding GoldenEye on Xbox Live Arcade. Hands-on impressions, screenshots, the works. Which was an odd thing to be boasting, because we'd heard that the project had been shitcanned. So why were they banging on about it? Who knows. Microsoft have issued a statement over their story, which reads:

The story in Xbox World 360 is based entirely on rumour and speculation. Unfortunately, we were never contacted by the publication to confirm information or participate in the story in any way, as we would have confirmed that we do not have the necessary rights to release GoldenEye on Xbox Live Arcade.

Like I said, hope you didn't get your hopes up. More »

Next Xbox World 360 Features Goldeneye

Mike Fahey — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:20:37 EST

The UK's Xbox World 360 magazine blog has been teasing readers over the past week or so with snippets of a screenshot (like the one seen here) from a game they will be featuring in their next issue, which hits stands February 27th. After puzzling over the pieces with the help of several of our readers, we've come to the conclusion that it is indeed the abandoned port of Rare's N64 classic Goldeneye for Xbox Live Arcade. They'll have shots from the game and hands-on impressions, but don't be getting your hopes up.

There'll be no satisfying conclusion... but maybe, together, we can take down the whole system. Or, er, change a few minds.

Or at the very least move a few magazines, right? Hit the link to browse the heartbreaking screenshot snippets. More »

Goldeneye Source Beta Live

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:40:50 EST

After suffering a last minute delay, the beta version of Goldeneye Source has been released. A remake of the classic Nintendo 64 shooter built from the ground up to take advantage of Valve's Source engine, Goldeneye Source is available for download from the official site (or any of its many mirrors). More »

Reggie On Vague Release Dates, GoldenEye And Wii-Mote Injuries

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:22:45 EST

In a meal of an interview, Nintendo honcho Reggie Fils-Aime tells MTV's Stephen Totilo that Metroid for the Wii will be out after Marty Party 8 hits in March. Okay, but what about Super Mario Galaxy?! That'll be out anytime between the end of March and next Christmas. More »

Game Geezers Grinding Their Gums at 12-Year-Old Goldeneye Critic

egauger — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:20:07 EDT

The Addicted Geek ran one of our younger brethren, a 12-year-old gamer nicknamed Minigeek, through the gauntlet of GoldenEye and recorded the boy's responses for posterity. Addicted did it for the sake of testing the supposed "timelessness" of the title, and he was vastly disappointed with the boy's lack of sensitivity for his entrenched nostalgia. More »