GoldenEye 007 Is Getting A Digital Releasing On Xbox

Image Credit: James Bond GoldenEye 007

As James Bond news for 2022 is teased, GoldenEye 007 achievements for Xbox have been leaked.

GoldenEye 007, Rare's famous N64 shooter, is receiving a digital re-release, but unfortunately not on a Nintendo console.

GoldenEye 007, a renowned James Bond game from Rare, appears to be coming to Xbox. The game's achievements have been discovered by Wario64 and reported on TrueAchievements.

GoldenEye 007 achievement screenshots and a thumbnail have also surfaced online, fueling suspicion that the 1997 Nintendo 64 game would be released on Xbox in the future. According to the leak, there are a total of 55 Achievements worth 1,000 Gamerscore. Both campaign and multiplayer appear to be in the works, based on the text of the Achievements.

There have also been several leaks of achievement photos:

an Xbox Achievement list for GoldenEye 007 has popped up https://t.co/7oaXNAq0Gr pic.twitter.com/OlTia6hZal

— Wario64 (@Wario64) January 1, 2022

The James Bond franchise will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2022. Fans should "keep an eye out for announcements, events, and new material throughout 2022," according to the franchise's creators. It appears that a re-release of GoldenEye 007 could be one of the surprise announcements, while nothing has been confirmed at this time. 

This year we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the James Bond series. Watch out for announcements, events and new content across 2022. pic.twitter.com/eLiSIvK722

— James Bond (@007) January 1, 2022

This appears to be the original N64 version of the game, rather than the remastered version. The leak coincides with the announcement that the game is no longer prohibited in Germany.

Whereas the absence of GoldenEye 007 on Switch is disappointing, it does pave the way for a future release, maybe as part of the Nintendo Switch Online service. 

An Xbox Live Arcade version of GoldenEye 007 was rumored to be in the works years ago. The unavailability of GoldenEye 007 on Xbox is a "rights issue," according to Xbox boss Phil Spencer, implying that it is a commercial issue rather than a problem with the game's functioning on current hardware.

GoldenEye for Xbox Live Arcade was in development at Rare in 2007 and 2008, according to Unseen64. Microsoft, Activision (at the time, the James Bond rights holders), and Nintendo appeared to have reached an agreement on a publishing contract. Nintendo Japan, on the other hand, is said to have canceled the project mere months before its planned release for unknown reasons.

In the video above, you can see some leaked footage of GoldenEye 007 for Xbox.

In other news, IO Interactive, the creators of Hitman, is working on a new James Bond game that will tell an original story about the British spy. Given that the James Bond series celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022, let's hope we get to see or hear more about the game this year.