The updated version of the beloved 1997 first-person shooter GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64 is coming "soon" to Nintendo Switch Online and Xbox Game Pass .
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GoldenEye 007 is coming to Nintendo Switch Online, adding online multiplayer for the first time, the company revealed during Tuesday's Nintendo Direct livestream. The James Bond-themed first-person shooter will be added "soon" to the Switch's collection of classic Nintendo 64 .
It will also be released on Xbox Game Pass for Xbox One and Xbox Series X and S, and developer Rare noted that this version will include “achievements, 4K resolution, and a smoother frame rate.” It’s unclear whether the Switch version’s visuals will be upgraded or remain closer to the N64 original, but the Switch and Xbox will be released on the same day.
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Online multiplayer will be exclusive to the Switch version, the official 007 website notes. The Xbox version will be available for free to people who have a digital copy of Rare Replay, the collection of 30 classic games released in 2015.
GoldenEye 007 was released for the N64 in 1997, as a licensed tie-in to the 1995 film that introduced actor Pierce Brosnan as the legendary British agent. The game earned critical acclaim for its entertaining single-player campaign and epic competitive split-screen multiplayer gameplay, and became the third best-selling N64 title, with 8.09 million units sold. Only Super Mario 64 and Mario Kart 64 were able to top the charts , selling 11.91 million and 9.87 million copies, respectively
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This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Bond film franchise — with the latest film No Time to Die now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video — but the series is in flux as fans await the announcement of Daniel Craig in the role of Agent 007. Hitman developer IO Interactive is also working on its own Bond game.
