Apparently, the company got through the process of getting the source code and had worked their way to remastered the remaster for XBLA, but just could never get all the parties involved to make it work. As Xbox’s Phil Spencer said on Twitter, there were “Lots of different parties to work with, we’ve always given up.” This makes sense when you figure Rare (which is now owned by Microsoft) had to enter into a deal with MGM (who owns the Bond franchise), and the game was eventually published by Nintendo. Add in the fact they’re working off the Activision 2010 build and that’s a recipe for too many cooks wanting their fair share of the pie to make it worthwhile to publish. But thanks to whoever leaked the footage you see below, we can now get a taste of what that might have played like. This video shows the complete Goldeneye 007 experience, with multiplayer and Brosnan returned to the role of Bond.

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