RETAILBIZ: GOLDENEYE 007 52 MCV 15/10/10
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Activision brings a gaming icon back to shelves as GoldenEye is reimagined for a new generation on Wii…
by James Batchelor
IT’S THE ULTIMATE case of Never Say Never Again. After years of rumours, gamers gave up on ever seeing GoldenEye return to consoles – especially after Microsoft, Nintendo and Activision quashed any hopes of a downloadable HD re- release of the classic.
RELEASED: NOVEMBER 5 FORMATS: WII, DS PUBLISHER: ACTIVISION DEVELOPER: EUROCOM (WII), N-SPACE (DS)
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Rumours have a nasty habit of surviving, but even a leaked trailer wasn’t enough to quell the excitement this summer when Activision announced it was working on a brand new GoldenEye exclusively for Wii and DS. The Nintendo 64 original is still hailed to this day as the father of the console FPS and every Bond outing since has faced the terrifying but inevitable comparison to this landmark
game release. But Activision believes it has found the perfect way to satisfy hardcore fans and newcomers. “The key thing is that this is a reimagining of the original title,” says Activision’s executive producer Julian Widdows. “If we had done a remake it
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“I think it stands up really well – it’s
what a GoldenEye experience should look like in 2010. The reaction we’re getting from hands-on previews and studio tours is also very positive – people didn’t expect the quality and the production values of the game.”
This is what a GoldenEye experience should look like in 2010. The reaction we’re getting is very positive.
Julian Widdows, Activision
would have been directly compared with the first game, inch-for-inch. Instead, we’ve gone back to the original game and film and asked ourselves what this should look like in 2010 so that it can stand on its own two feet, but also stand next to the original GoldenEye.
ALL THE USUAL REFINEMENTS
Activision has built the title from the ground up.
While there will be various references to the 1997 Bond flick and game that inspired this new title, every aspect has been redesigned to fit in with the world of 2010. This includes the
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Far from being a polished port or a wildly different approach to the licence, GoldenEye 007 is an entirely new beast.
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