GoldenEye on Xbox Game Pass won’t include online multiplayer
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Classic Nintendo 64 stealth shooter GoldenEye is coming to Xbox and Nintendo Switch, but will be missing a key feature onMicrosoft’s platform.
Coinciding withthe game’s 25th anniversary, a remastered version of GoldenEye is set to launch onXbox Game Passand theNintendo Switch OnlineExpansion Pack tier soon. According to a post on the officialJames Bond website, its online multiplayer mode will only be available on theNintendo Switch.
Both versions of the game will include four-player local multiplayer, though, as well as the original single-player campaign. The remaster will also support up to4Kresolutions, smoother frame rates, and improved control options that take advantage of two analog sticks – after the original game used the Nintendo 64 controller’s single thumbstick.
Leagues ahead
SomeXbox Series X|S andXbox Oneplayers will see the omission as a big loss. After GoldenEye’s original 1997 release, it quickly gained acclaim for its competitive online deathmatches that included a variety of modes and maps. Each could be customized, and more levels and characters unlocked as you progressed through the main campaign.
The game established a template that’s been followed and expanded upon by many multiplayer shooters in the decades since. Elements of GoldenEye’s frenetic gunplay, map variety, and barebones progression system can still be seen in the biggest of them. It’s likely thebest FPS gamesof today would look very different had Rare not tried its hand at competitive deathmatches.
Fans have been waiting to dip back into GoldenEye’s multiplayer on current-generation consoles for years. Although an HD remaster was in development for theXbox 360it never officially released, and a 2010Nintendo Wiiremaster made some significant changes to the original game. Up to this point, players have had to rely on legally worrisome fan-made remakes and ports to glimpse Rare’s original.
You won’t need to be a paid-up member of Game Pass or Nintendo Switch Online to try this new remaster. If you own a digital copy of Rare Replay – a compilation pack collecting 30 games created by the titular dev studio – you’ll be able to download the new version of GoldenEye for free.
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Alongside announcing GoldenEye’s remaster, Nintendo also revealed it’s nabbinga foxy Xbox game, and finally revealed arelease date for Breath of the Wild 2.
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